FitBit'n

 I know. I know. No posts in December until December 30, but suddenly another post today.

I want to get this one posted before I forget about it altogether.

For my birthday in November, my nephew and his wife gave me a FitBit. I'd happened to mention to them in October that I thought I might enjoy having one, and luckily they took my comment to heart.

I love it. I love the fact that it motivates me in so many unexpected ways. I love that it has made me aware of how much sitting I was doing during the course of an average day, although I'd always considered myself to be quite active.

The "Today" in the top photo is just that, today, December 31. I went to my thrice-weekly exercise class from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m., walked for almost an hour, then did the aerobic/weights video for 30 minutes. Mondays and Fridays are easy FitBit days for me, because I easily have 6,000-8,000 of my daily 10,000 steps taken care of during the exercise routine. I have only 700 steps to get to 10,000 today, and that's going to be easy.

Here is my FitBit record from yesterday, December 30. I exceeded my 10,000-step goal, but that's because I went to the mall to walk for 30 minutes before doing the errands that needed to get done. So I was about 4,000 steps, maybe 5,000 steps into my goal by mall-walking, then I got groceries and did some other shopping.

I don't always reach my 10,000-step goal. Some days I manage to accumulate only 7,000-8,000 steps, but I tell myself that's all right. Even at that, I'm getting more daily exercise than I had been getting, so that's a good thing.

You can see in the top chart that I've achieved 60 active minutes today, compared with 31 active minutes yesterday. Credit for that goes to the aerobic exercise videos, I'm sure, although partial credit goes to my being a fairly fast walker. I've always enjoyed walking at a good clip.

So my resolve for 2015 is to keep active with my FitBit!