{"id":17335,"date":"2016-12-01T11:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=17335"},"modified":"2016-12-01T11:35:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T18:35:41","slug":"thoughts-on-fitbit-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/12\/thoughts-on-fitbit-blaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts On fitbit Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those that may remember, I got a fitbit Flex a few years ago<\/a> and at first I loved it. \u00a0Then I hated it so very much. For starters, it would go to sleep way too easily without my knowing. \u00a0I could be driving down a particularly bumpy road and it would go to sleep. \u00a0Making a smoothie? Yup, it would go to sleep. \u00a0You get the idea.<\/p>\n

Plugging in exercises on the app\u00a0was a pain in the ass. \u00a0You would have to create exercises if you did anything other than run or walk. \u00a0Then you had to guesstimate how many calories you burned because the app required that you put in some number. \u00a0Instead of being easy it became cumbersome and I hated it. \u00a0I tossed it back in it’s box as I cursed it and moved on.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a few years, once I was doing CrossFit consistently, I wanted to be able to track my workouts, calories burned, and so on. \u00a0Wearing a traditional heart rate monitor during the workout was uncomfortable. I also started running again so wearing a GPS plus wearing a HRM<\/abbr> was annoying. \u00a0Isn’t there something that does all these things? In frustration, I started looking for other options.<\/p>\n

I went back to fitbit site and saw that they know have a whole line of devices. \u00a0The Blaze<\/a> is what caught my attention because the features seemed to be exactly what I was looking for. \u00a0Plus it connects to your phone (iPhone AND Android) alerting you to text messages and phone calls.<\/p>\n

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It took me a long time to decide to make the purchase because I was afraid of spending the money then hating the device. \u00a0Scott finally convinced me to take the plunge so I purchased the Blaze with a purple band.<\/p>\n

Hands down, I am in total love with this fitness tracker. \u00a0It has everything I was looking for and fits my needs perfectly.<\/p>\n

It has a HRM<\/abbr> and while I’m sure it might not be as accurate as the old school ones, I don’t mind. I can go to the “Today” tab and see all my stats which is so handy and much preferred over having to open the app each time.<\/p>\n

It does track sleep and it goes to sleep on it’s own. \u00a0I assume it detects sleep by lack of movement and slower heart rate.<\/p>\n

It has multiple workout modes to choose from:<\/p>\n