Have you heard of this Fitbit thing? It’s a pedometer, but more!  

I got one a month or so ago and could not, no matter how hard I or support tried, get it to connect to my computer (actually, I tried on FOUR different computers!) so they finally sent me a new one. Plugged it in and it worked immediately.  While I appreciated they sent a new one, it would have been nice if I hadn’t had to wait so long, but whatever.

So now I have it and I’m totally loving it! It tracks steps, calories, miles and even tracks sleep patterns if you wear it to bed. It syncs to the website so you can see your stats in pretty colors and in graph form. The cool thing about the sync is that you plug that little black thing into your USB port and if you get within 15 feet of it, your data syncs immediately!

For a long time I have heard that 10,000 steps a day is a good goal for fitness.  I honestly thought I probably walked that or at least near to that every day!! WRONG.  My first day with the fitbit I logged 4,279 steps. I didn’t even hit 5,000!

It’s funny how it’s been motivating me.  Now I want to get as many steps in as possible.  I realized that at work, I walk a LOT less than I do at home (can you say sedentary???) I keep it on all day and all night (I’m not losing credit just because it’s 3am, yo!)

On Sunday morning, I got up and went for a walk around the neighborhood (I was up early and it was nice out). Later, I did laundry, cleaned, and mowed the lawn.

I logged 18,513 steps!!  Aha!

Last night my step count wasn’t very high – all day at work and then sitting at Matt’s baseball game – so while I was catching up on the interwebs I was standing at the counter doing side steps just to keep moving.

I think I found my inspiration.

Now, if only I could do something about the food!

One step at a time (ha!)

*I was in no way compensated for this post, but if Fitbit wants to credit my account for my review, I will totally disclose the heck out of it*

I was feeling spunky this evening after dinner. I had already mowed (mown??) the lawn, but I wanted to do something more exercise-y. I decided I would go for a walk. The weather was perfect this evening, the boys were busy, Mike was home, so I laced up my shoes!

Before I went though, I tried to quickly find an app for my iphone to track how far, how long, etc. I flipped through a couple and landed on a free version of one that seemed pretty cool. And it was.

Until….

I hit 3,000 steps.

Now, it’s not really the app’s fault – it says in the description (that I was in too much of a hurry to read) that the free version is good for 3,000 steps.

I missed that.

So, midway through my lovely walk (during which I was feeling very comfortable and keeping up a great pace!) I grabbed my iphone from my pocket to change a song and there, on the screen, was a little notification (silent bugger) that said “Too bad for you! You’ll never know how far you walked or how fast because this was the FREE version! Bwahahaha!!”

Ok, that’s probably not an exact quote…

So I’m off to find a new app that let’s me walk more than 3,000 steps (which add up way faster than you think, by the way).

It’s as if the universe doesn’t want me to exercise!!

I went for a walk tonight.

I wasn’t going to, but then I figured, what the hell. I put on my shoes and did it anyway.

Just over 3 miles, just over an hour. Here and there and back home again.

It felt really good.

And of course, now I wonder why it’s taken me so long to do that.

Here’s hoping I can remember the feeling of good exercise, the fresh air, the stretching of muscles I thought disappeared, next time I think I’d rather sit on my ass.

I need to grow up.

I need to be accountable.

I need to start exercising for real, on a regular basis.

Because seriously, all you people around me losing weight? I’m pretty sure I’m gaining it all. You lose a pound, I gain a pound. It’s stupid.

I can’t eat whatever I want, whenever I want. It’s time to face facts.

The Coke needs to go.

The water needs to come back.

I need to wipe the dust off my gym membership card and get to it.

So, tonight, I shall begin. Again. Haircut and then the gym.

Wish me luck!