OK, so I've been using the FitBit One and coming up with 3000 steps a day, sometimes 4000 steps. Considering my physical shape previously I was kind of happy. Then my doctor told me that she wanted me to add about 500 steps a week until I came closer to the 10,000 steps a day that everyone seems to recommend (including FitBit themselves).
Kind of short aren't I? So, I thought about creating a "route" in my neighbourhood that was about 2 kilometers long. Not a really long route but enough to challenge me. It worked out that if I went to the end of the subdivision, turned around and walked back it was almost exactly 2 kilometers long. So, armed with my FitBit I took my walk.
By the time I got home I was exhausted. Sweat was poring out of every pore in my body. My legs felt like they were on fire. I was freaking exhausted. Utterly spent.
3000 steps.
That's what it added to my total. And people are trying to do 10,000 steps a day? Seriously? That's doing this trip at least twice a day (three times on slow days). I almost broke down and cried at that point.
There needed to be another way. So, in the afternoons at work I would leave the office and instead of turning left to go to the drugstore to pick up a liter of water I would turn right, walk around the block and get to the drugstore from the other direction. OK, that's another 1000 steps. Next?
Every hour or couple of hours (depending upon meetings) I would get up and walk around the floor. I work in a big building and a circle of the floor is actually 300 steps. 3% closer to my goal.
Shopping? Picking a spot farther from the store front. Groceries? Wander around the store looking for new items that meet your dietary needs. Go up and down every single row in an effort to get some extra steps in.
Status for September 7th
- Weight - 337.3 lbs
- Blood Sugar - 6.3 mmol/L
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