Hello, all. After much to-ing, fro-ing and general confusion (sorry!) we have a dedicated group set up on Fitbit. If you have a) a Fitbit, and b) any sort of heart condition at all, you can join up here - fitbit.com/group/22SDB9
I'm getting quite excited about the possibilities of this group thing. As well as ranking our individual steps etc, it gives us a GROUP step total for the month. Maybe once we have all our members and see what our monthly step total tends to be, we could challenge ourselves (as a group) to go a bit further. We could choose a virtual journey to try and complete within a month - Land's End to John O'Groats, walk to Moscow, pole to pole?! Pretty sure the possibilities are endless We could maybe use it as a fund-raising opportunity further down the line too?
In the meantime, we can let things settle down, see who wants to join up and take it from there. New members and ideas very welcome
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Have joined tge group but still only get to see you on my 'friends' board
Do you have any idea how to get all of the group showing up under 'friends'
I am already taking part in the 'Walk 1,000 Miles 2017 challenge' and am up to 1,242 miles since 1st Jan. However I rashly decided to increase my challenge to 2,000 miles in January and told everyone I know on FB. I now have a bit of a task ahead of me before NYE and really hope this group will spur me on 😃😃😃😃
That sounds like a brilliant challenge, best of luck with the remaining...758 miles? Ouch! If you have any ideas for group challenges/ways to best use the group for motivation, let us all know. Thanks for joining in
Laura I dropped fitbit an email asking if they'd be willing to offer a discount to the forum members for their products, will let you know what they reply
I looked on wowcher to see if they had any deals on the basic model for a couple of friends and there is a discount offer at the moment - head to the site and type in Fitbit you'll see all the equiv monitors and trackers but there are a couple of older models like FitTrackPro 2.0 under £20
Sorry for slow response, I've been on holiday and missed your reply. If you have your fitbit all set up, you should be able to follow the link at the top of this post and click on the option to join the group. You can click on other people in the group (you should see other group members at that link) to add them to your friends, that way you can see how everyone is doing from the dashboard within your app and send/receive messages and cheers. Feel free to message me if you need any more help. I'm not an expert when it comes to the technical side of fitbit but I'll do my best! Good luck x
I bought a cheaper version and have found it most interesting it measures heartbeat and blood pressure. I have noticed that when my pacemaker fires it coincides with the threshold of 60bpm. It has been useful in making me more aware of my body
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We could maybe use it as a fund-raising opportunity further down the line too?
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