By Burton Craig

After the Jawbone Up 24 didn’t do much for me. I asked my daughter if she was still using the FitBit that she had to have. “No”, she said. I asked her why. She said that she didn’t feel like it was working properly. I asked her how she determined that. “Um, I don’t know. It didn’t sync a couple of time then I just put it down and forgot about it.” My daughter is no wallflower when it comes to tech. Heck her school’s curriculum is called New Tech.

I asked her for it and after setting up an account, changing the battery and updating the firmware (which wasn’t too hard) I attached it to my belt and that when the first gotcha hit me. With the rubber casing on it was hard to put on a leather belt. In just the few months my daughter used it the rubber was also very worn. It looked like it was time for a new case – $14.95 from the FitBit store.

Anyhow I attached it and off I went. Its promise of zero maintenance was pretty spot on. It seemed to work as promised. The biggest issue was that as I put it on everyday, I ripped the holder more and more. Now the metal is exposed and I don’t want to scratch my belt.

I’m going to get another holder and start again. Needless to say devices motivating me to work out more are not working. I’ll follow up when I get a new holder. The next time I try this I will also be diligent in filling in the log, especially entering my foot intake. If it would only automatically track what I’m eating, that would be sweet. You really need to do this if you are using any device to lose weight.