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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

I'm taking my phone for a walk

One of my strategies for keeping fit is walking 8,000 steps a day. I'm a pretty lazy person and could spend the whole day lazing around. Apart from walking to the supermarket, I don't go anywhere else. Having a way to keep track of the number of steps I take a day is really useful to a lazy bum like me. I use this free Runtastic app and it calculates the number of steps I take on a daily basis.


Here is my stats for today. As you can see, it's evening and I haven't achieved my 8,000 steps. A trip to the supermarket only chalks up 1,500 steps or so. Today I went to the library, the supermarket and walked around my estate 3 times and I only managed to reach 3,729 steps. Later after dinner, I will make sure I walk some more to get my 8,000 steps.

I don't beat myself up when I don't achieve 8,000 steps. But I try very hard to reach the goal every day. So far I haven't succeeded every day. But I keep trying.

What do you do to keep fit?

 Update: Woo hoo! I went for a walk after dinner and I exceeded my goal for today.

A good song to listen to while you walk? I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers. (here)

3 comments:

  1. pennydogAugust 12, 2015 at 11:06 PM

    I got my husband a Fitbit and he religiously gets 10,000 steps a day, he won't go to bed til it's done, he walks in his breaks at work and he walks the dogs plus an extra walk in an evening if he needs the extra steps. I often go with him but I totally am not getting one as there's no way I could keep it a regular daily thing. If it was a target to chip into over a week or a month though I think I could, just each day is so different,

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  2. Jaz LohAugust 13, 2015 at 8:02 AM

    Oh walking is something I can do! I must get this app and figure out how it works. Thanks for the tip!

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  3. LindaAugust 20, 2015 at 4:17 AM

    My husband uses Runtastic and walks every day at lunch. He really likes this app.

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