Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating the same

A device comprising:

• one or more motion sensors for sensing motion of the device and providing activity data indicative of the sensed motion;
• one or more feedback devices for providing an indication to a user based on the monitoring;
• a memory for storing one or more activity goals for each of a plurality of activity-tracking modes;
• one or more processors for:
• monitoring the activity data;
• selecting among the plurality of activity-tracking modes based on a current activity the user of the device is engaged in;
• determining one or more activity metrics based on the activity data and a currently selected activity-tracking mode;
• accessing one or more of the stored activity goals associated with the currently selected activity-tracking mode;
• and
• causing one or more of the feedback devices to produce an indication to the user that one or more of the stored activity goals associated with the currently selected activity-tracking mode has been achieved by the user based on one or more of the activity metrics;
• and
• a portable housing that encloses at least portions of the motion sensors, the processors and the feedback devices.