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I don't manually input anything, figured it would be a lot of work to constantly keep track of all that stuff. What I like about the Fitbit is that it automatically logs your activity without you having to do anything, but I could see if you were in training for a marathon or something like that how it'd be worth it to keep track of your food, heart rate, etc.

I'm using fitbit as part of a weight-loss program to capture activity for the three different programs that I use; fitbit.com, loseit.com, and dailyburn.com. They each have benefits and drawbacks. I'll eventually favor one and ditch the others.

Fitbit.com captures my activity from the fitbit pedo and my weight from the withings scale, leaving me to manually enter what I consume each day.

Loseit.com is my favorite, for now. It works similar to fitbit.com but uses an algorithm vs. empirical data for daily caloric burn. If your Fitbit indicates caloric burn in excess of the algorithm, an adjustment is made. Kind of like the extra points earned in Weight Watchers for extra activity (a.k.a. exercise). As jaimetout points out, be careful with your privacy settings. I enter the food I eat manually.

Dailyburn.com allows input via API's from the Withings scale and the Fitbit pedometer, just like loseit and fitbit, leaving me with the task of manually entering my caloric intake. However, unlike loseit and fitbit, dailyburn has a program called FoodScanner (in-app purchase) that allows me to use my iPhone camera to scan packaged food barcode labels to input nutritional information. This works really well with home-cooked meals.

Also, there is a free program called Fooducate, that works similar to FoodScanner, though it doesn't have an API (can't link it to other programs).

Probably best not to record *everything*. techcrunch.com­/2011­/07­/03­/sexual­-activity­-tracked­-...