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I'm currently obsessed with a little plastic device clipped to my waistband. It's a pedometer, or a step-counter, and all it does is record the number of steps I take each day. According to various health sources we're supposed to take 10,000 steps a day for a healthy, active lifestyle, but achieving that goal is much harder than you'd imagine. If you drive to work, stay in the office (where you're seated behind your desk) most of the day, and then drive home and spend your evening relaxing and watching TV, chances are the total number of steps you've taken are less than 3,000. For example, I've only hit 837 steps so far after getting up in the morning, doing a spot of laundry, and then sitting down in front of my laptop. I know I'll need to go out for a short walk later for an additional boost. Would I have bothered to do so if I didn't have a reminder of how inactive I've been so far? Probably not.
That's why the pedometer is a great motivator for me to get off my butt and walk around a bit more. It's the first thing I hook on in the morning, and I take it off last thing at night. I currently average about 7,000 to 7,500 steps a day, but that's because competitive me just LOVES watching the numbers rack up, so I make an extra effort to take the stairs, walk the long way round home, or simply take a walk after dinner. Every little bit counts! My friend Jess (who gave the pedometer to me) wore it around BKK and on most of the days we did so much walking the count went way past 10,000, to 14,000 and more.
J has been pretty bemused at my efforts, but I'm determined to keep this going. Now when I walk, I keep listening out for the faint tap tap tap of my pedometer. Every little tap is one more step towards being a little more active, one more motivator for walking just that bit further.
That's why the pedometer is a great motivator for me to get off my butt and walk around a bit more. It's the first thing I hook on in the morning, and I take it off last thing at night. I currently average about 7,000 to 7,500 steps a day, but that's because competitive me just LOVES watching the numbers rack up, so I make an extra effort to take the stairs, walk the long way round home, or simply take a walk after dinner. Every little bit counts! My friend Jess (who gave the pedometer to me) wore it around BKK and on most of the days we did so much walking the count went way past 10,000, to 14,000 and more.
J has been pretty bemused at my efforts, but I'm determined to keep this going. Now when I walk, I keep listening out for the faint tap tap tap of my pedometer. Every little tap is one more step towards being a little more active, one more motivator for walking just that bit further.