Forgot your Fitbit tracker? Here's how to make your steps still count

It's a shame that Fitbit penalizes forgetfulness.

- ALAINA YEE

New Fitbit owners often expect that manual tracking of a walk or run will count toward their daily steps. Unfortunately, the Fitbit dashboard doesn't work that way. It'll let you track the exercise, but it won't count the activity toward your daily step count. Upon realizing this fact, most people assume they're out of luck whenever they forget to wear their Fitbit. That's not the case you can get around this problem with Fitbit's Mobile Track feature.

HOW TO TURN ON FITBIT MOBILETRACK

Fitbit Mobile Track (fave.co/3wEVBtv) treats your smartphone as a basic tracker. It pulls in the step data your phone collects and then calculates the distance you've covered and calories burned.