Shortcut for logging Fitbit Weight

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This shortcut allows you to update your weight in Fitbit by just entering the number after a shortcut. I’ve built it below for text input, but you could easily make it a Siri voice command.

This is especially useful when looped in with other shortcuts as a routine.

This is a two-parter. I’d just share these, but this process requires your actual phone number, so manual instructions it is.

Step 1: IFTTT

First, set up an IFTTT applet. If this: sms. Choose “Send IFTTT any SMS.” Then that: Fitbit, then “Log your weight.”
Click “Add ingredient,” then “Message.” Choose your preferred unit of measurement. Then, click done.
Copy the phone number it provides in the summary of the applet. You’ll need it for step 2.

Step 2: Shortcuts

Add the “Number” element. Use “Ask when run” if you’re doing this manually.
Add “Send Message.” Make the recipient the number IFTTT provides. Set “Number” as the content. Turn “Show when run” off.
I have an alert that says “Log your weight to Fitbit” before the rest of the shortcut runs, because I tend to group this shortcut into other routines. But that’s optional.

That’s it!