Pedometers

Ok so everyone has one tucked away in a drawer, under the bed, some may even wear them...I'm talking about pedometers.  Fitness guidelines say that we should strive for 10,000 steps a day which equals out to about 5 miles.  Granted these are "steps", going to the refrigerator, bathroom, marching in place, these all register on the pedometer so you figure that should be a fairly easy task...well ummm no.  I first put mine on 4 days ago while at work, assuming that since I own a fitness club and I'm constantly on my feet that I should rack up atleast 5000 be the end of the morning, well I was wrong.  Standing is not Stepping! The first day I managed 7500 steps ( now I did remove it before any Zumba classes, I want 10000 steps on top of my usual workout). The second day I really paid attention and I'm fairly certain I never stopped moving either at work or home.  Instead of standing still reading the paper or mail I was marching in place or doing quad lifts. By the end of that day I had managed 10,500 steps!  Now yesterday was gorgeous here and I decided to involve my kids while trying to get my daily walk in, considering that by 10 am I was still in my PJ's my pedometer was barely awake, so we went to the local state park and tried out their hiking trail.  I logged in steps and the kids enjoyed the walk!  Then we went to the playground where I walked around the swingset and did some chair dips and counter push ups while they enjoyed being outside.  After all our activity of the day I still needed 4000 steps to meet my goal, so I dusted off the old treadmill and met my goal while watching the Discovery channel...LOL  I can absolutely feel the difference this little device has made! As I'm writing this I've been up for about an hour and have only logged 171 steps..thats doing my normal routine of bathroom and coffee, gotta step it up..:)
Now pedometers are very very cheap, ranging anywhere from $5-$35.  Some can track calories, time and some can store up to 7 days worth of readings.  I sell one at Curves for $32.95 that tracks calories burned, and holds your weekly totals as well as offering an alarm, calendar and clock. Either one you choose will be great, just pick one up and start walking, itll make a HUGE difference in helping with your health and fitness resolutions this year!  Happy New Year friends, I will talk to you again soon!  Love ya!