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I’ve been playing around with a lot of fitness related tech lately since combining my existing tech love with my growing interest in fitness because I’m finding it a great way to keep me motivated.

Today my Withings scale arrived! It connects to the WiFi in your house so that when you step on it automatically logs your weight to your Withings account and from there my Runkeeper and Fitbit accounts automatically pull that data.

I’ve flucuated back and forth on the merits of having Fitbit automatically tweet my daily stats and even though I dislike automated tweets in general, I like the accountability and motivational aspects of having my steps and miles tweeted each day even if I don’t think I did a great job.

The Withings scale offers the option to have your weight automatically tweeted every time you use it. And I’m just not sure I’m willing to do that. In the same thought, I worry about a) people thinking I weigh a ton and b) people being jealous of my weight because my number is pretty decent for my height.

Withings has a post on their blog about why people do share their numbers and it brought to mind this post that I read on the NYTimes website some time ago about a guy who shares every possible stat he can.

What fitness/health stats would you be ok sharing with your friends and family or the general public and what is totally off limits?

Disclosure: The Withings scale link is an Amazon affiliate link. If you’re curious about it and want to give it a try like I am and order through my link I’ll get a small commission that’ll help me pay my hosting fees.

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