Also, look for used stuff on eBay. I sold my stuff on eBay as lightly used and people got a bargain and I got some money back.

I started out with the fitbit because I wasn’t sure I would be able to wear a watch all day. I eventually grew out of that and now have one of relatively large garmin triathlon watches and I even wear it when I am sleeping to get that data.

If I was looking for something just for motivation I’d probably get the Fitbit. The Apple Watch will give you lots more smart features. I had the Fitbit charge 3 and then the charge 4.

Yes I find it motivating. I was already pretty active but its made me want to push myself harder.

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Anonymous wrote:Just get Apple's free health app on your phone. It counts your steps.

Not the same at all, at least for me. You get fireworks on your wrist when you do a good job. It’s honestly made a huge difference in my life.

Yes and it reminds me every hour if I have sat for too long. P

I think the PPs are wrong about it not being motivating. I don’t have an Apple Watch, I don’t like that you need to charge it daily, but I’m in a Fitbit challenge group and man those women make me move! If I don’t want last, I have to push myself to get in extra steps. It’s very motivating OP.

Anonymous wrote:Just get Apple's free health app on your phone. It counts your steps.

Not the same at all, at least for me. You get fireworks on your wrist when you do a good job. It’s honestly made a huge difference in my life.

Just get Apple's free health app on your phone. It counts your steps.

I love my Apple Watch. It motivates me to work out harder, go further, get my heart rate up. That said I already have a strong internal motivation, if I didn't have it the watch would just be another piece of "jewelry".

My Apple Watch motivates me too. I was very sedentary at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. I got an Apple Watch and closing my rings became a goal. I also got the Peloton app and that provided structure to my workouts. I have always responded well to gamification no matter what the activity is.

I LOVE my apple watch. It totally motivates me. My goal is 720 exercise calories a day. If I don't make that, I literally walk up and down my steps at home until I reach it!

I find the Apple watch to be very motivating. It prompts you to get up and move once an hour, and gives you a mini celebration if you achieve 45 minutes of exercise per day. Between that and the Peloton tread, I’m back into working out every day for the first time in a decade. Down 5 lbs of the 15 I want to lose. If you can easily afford it, I recommend it.

I find the watch very distracting

A watch won’t get you to exercise

An Apple Watch isn’t going to motivate you to exercise. You need to motivate yourself and the watch can track your movements.

I am fat and don't need an Apple watch. I just get up and go for a walk twice a day.

Is it motivating?