The daily updates part, anyway...
I mean, come on. If I work out every day for three or four days in a row, the App will tell me that I'm running the risk of overtraining, which is fine. If I goof off or I'm sick and don't exercise for three or four days in a row, it tells me that I'm in danger of undertraining and should ramp it up a bit, again- that's fine.
But more often than not, the advice the app gives me doesn't sinc with reality, and is sometimes just plain contradictory. Sometimes it tells me that I've really been pushing it, so my "readiness is high" and it gives me a very high cardio load target. Sometimes it says that I've been "maintaining fitness" so I should reach a certain level "to get back on track." Then there are the days that it tells me to "slow down and take it easy to avoid injury," only to follow up 24 hours later by chastising me for "undertraining."
The bottom line is, I think that Fitbit is pretty much the modern equivalent of one of those Magic 8 Balls we Boomers liked when we were little; fun, but totally random in the "advice" they give.
So the first of my early New Years' Resolutions is to stop reading the daily "Readiness" report on my Fitbit and just stick to reaching my step and cardio goals. Not that they are perfect, either- I can't tell you how many times I've spent 30 minutes on a treadmill, 15 minutes lifting weights, and and 15 minutes stretching only to be given zero or very few credit on the cardio goal. Like, WTF, Fitbit?
Oh, and continue to stay off sugar. That's important, too.
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