The Dashboard

Fitbit really shines when you connect with its dashboard after logging in at www.fitbit.com. Figure 2-2 shows my dashboard for a day in late September. The dashboard shows how many steps you’ve taken (in the thousands, unless you’re bedridden with a broken leg from skiing), calories burned and eaten (if you’ve logged them), how many miles you covered, and an Active Score, which is a numerical indication of how active you have been throughout the day.

The Active Score is a reflection of your metabolic equivalent of task (MET), which is how much energy you’re expending by taking part in certain activities. Sitting all day is a MET equivalent of 1, for example. Running hard would be a MET of 9.5.¹