A few weeks ago I got a Fitbit Flex. It’s one of those
little gizmos you wear on your wrist, like a watch. It counts your daily steps
and sends the info to an app on the device of our choice. I have the app on my
cell phone because it’s always handy.
The app tells you all sorts of things. It ties into
MyFitnessPal.com and together the two apps will drive you nuts provide steps
walked, how many miles walked, active minutes, calories burned, how well you
slept and how many pounds to go until you reach your weight loss goal (if you set that one).
I told myself I wasn’t going to get all caught up on the
craze to take 10,000 steps a day.
Aye. Right.
It seems I like the daily challenge of feeling the gizmo
vibrate on my wrist. For the past week, starting with last Thursday, my totals
are:
Thursday (11/12) 11,574
Friday (11/13) 10,659
Saturday (11/14) 5,480
(rain)
Sunday (11/15) 10,664
Monday (11/16) 7,875
(homeowner “stuff” needed done)
Tuesday (11/17) 10,125
Wednesday (11/18) 11,194
That’s not too shabby for a woman with a desk job during the
day and a writer gig in the evening. A quick twenty-minute walk before work,
and a good thirty-ish minute walk during my lunch hour puts me within striking
distance of 10K. The incidental trips around the building, up and down the stairs,
picks up the rest. But now I’ve
discovered - there’s more.
KC Kendricks
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