I’ve had mine since July 16 this year and got it as a gift to myself after swimming the mile in open water at Salford Quays. After years of running I’ve now managed to wreck my knee (doing yoga) and need to keep motivated to do other things and keep my weight under control. The Fitbit One that I use tracks steps taken, distance walked, calories burned and floors climbed. It can also track your sleep patterns but I don’t really use this.

I tend not to watch calories as I have always used the calories in/calories out formula for making sure I don’t put on weight, but some of the other data I have collected so far is worth sharing:

• Climbed over 2900 floors
• Taken 1.4 million steps
• Gone over 25,000 steps in a day twice – that’s about 13 miles
• Walked 767 miles overall. 767!

If you want some motivation to exercise more and track your progress, get one of these. It sits in your pocket all day or clips onto a belt and it uploads the data wirelessly to your phone/tablet/etc. It has made me push harder and added extra motivation that I was lacking to just basically do more. Highly recommend!