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So the competitive element I've added to this by having Fitfit friends has definitely boosted the motivation but also destroyed my poor legs!

Haha! I'm clearly psychic!

How round the corner is round the corner?

Anything on this page for me. M&S do a good biscuit!

There's always one... I need a prediction first!

No expense spared here! I will certainly be willing to take the biscuit preferences of the winner into account! I'm sure I could get some bourbons in.

I was going to hold off to see what the iWatch has to offer as well and then decided that I was willing to blow the £60 to get active now as opposed to put it off for x amount of time. Glad I did! Not sure my co-workers are enjoying my need to pace about in meetings rather than sit down, though! Have struggled a bit this week compared to last week, the grizzly weather definitely isn't helping. Going to get my bum on the treadmill tonight though.

Offering a pack of biscuits to anyone who can correctly guess the Argentina v Germany score. Predictions in a PM!

Hello you lovely lot, Just for a little bit of end of the World (Cup) fun we've decided to offer a packet of biscuits to whoever correctly guesses the score of the Argentina v Germany final on Sunday. Any predictions in a PM please!

The last time I was conscious (before now) the second half had just started.

I can't ever work out whether or not I've put it to sleep so I do it through the app instead. I haven't really paid too much attention to the sleep log though apart from presenting it to the boyfriend while I complain about his snoring keeping me awake!

It'll probably become more of a struggle when the weather isn't so good. Not a fan of venturing outside when it's cold!

Awh that sucks. I was up there for a week at the end of May, I honestly hadn't realised we had scenery quite like that in England and having spent 3 years in Cornwall I thought I had a better understanding of "the beauty of England" than most! Incredible. Not sure if Fitbit would have been good for that trip though... impressive steps and distance covered but an alarming number of calories consumed. I ate all the pies. Also the hot chocolates, the ales, the Plumbread...

Started working on prizes for our next competition... now just to design the competition itself. Watch this space!

I'm still so excited by it that I can't help but check/sync it pretty frequently, I do try to hold out for as long as I can because it's always nice to see a larger than expected increase from when you last checked . It's so much easier for me on the weekends, I'm always out and about so I hit 10k without even feeling like I've done anything. During the week it's a lot tougher!

I thought that initially, uhm'd and ahh'd about it and then finally decided to go for it and I can honestly say that thus far it's the best £60 I've ever spent. Don't suppose you fancy adding a friend? You're definitely right in that the app is what really makes Fitbit worthwhile. I know I'm still very much in the novelty phase but I'm exercising daily, deliberately taking the longer route to places, walking to places I would previously have driven to. Last night I was a few hundred steps off target so, to the amusement of my boyfriend, paced around the bedroom until I hit my target. I'm also thinking about what I'm eating. After a half hour run I actually don't want that biscuit or square of chocolate that's going to instantly make some of that exercise more or less redundant. It's definitely a great investment for someone who isn't always enormously self-motivated when it comes to health and fitness particularly if you also like graphs, statistics and a touch of competition!

Do you think it's made you more motivated to move around more?

I bought myself a Fitbit Flex about a week ago and have been completely obsessed with it since (and lost some weight in the process!). Does anyone else use one or any other sort of pedometer? I need other step-obsessed people to share with!

Buy a clown costume and spend a day/night on the back seat instead.

Absolute madness!

I have no doubt we'll have another one up and running in the not too distant future. Obviously, the more orders we get from Edugeek, the more leverage I have with the powers that be! Hint hint.

Yeah I suppose so... Think I've been in denial about us being out so early! Would have been a much better competition if we'd had some more scores to predict.

Enquiry gratefully received, @Garacesh!

Hi Martin, I certainly can! PM coming your way.

What can I say? Foiled again! You have impressive skills, I'll give you that much. :D:D