Friday, 2/8/13

Another Friday. A good day to get in steps before the weekend?

I take that back. With a 90% chance of precipitation today, and only 10% on Saturday and Sunday, today may not be the day. Unless you want to take a cold shower?

Thursday, 2/7/13

I'm coming to visit tomorrow! Sorry to have caused you so much trouble! But I'm excited to see your new guest room!

Wednesday, 2/6/13

I've been thinking about alternative ways to keep in touch with our steps. I'm happy to keep doing this blog format, but I'm wondering if another format would be easier for you other two. Would you like to try a googledoc spreadsheet? You'd still have to log in through your gmail accounts. Let me know what you think.

Tuesday, 2/3/13

There are just some days that are harder than others. Shake it off, and start again tomorrow!

Monday, 2/4/13

It's a new week. How many days this week will you make your goal?

Sunday, 2/3/13

Sunday is a good day for a family walk!

Saturday, 2/2/13

It's Saturday. What is your plan for physical activity today?

Friday, 2/1/13

It's a new month! Can you believe we've been doing this a month?!?

Thursday, 1/31/13

So, did either of you make a security lanyard for your pedometer?

Wednesday, 1/30/13

Forget a new week, each day is a new beginning. Up and at 'em!

Tuesday, 1/29/13

Aaack! Have been consumed by homework today, and didn't get a post up this morning. Hope I didn't miss you because of it!

Monday, 1/28/13

It's the start of a new week. I like new beginnings, because it's a fresh start. No matter how poorly I did the week before, it's a new week, "with no mistakes in it ... yet."

Sunday, 1/27/13

It's Sunday, one of the days when it's typically harder to get steps in. Why not go for a family stroll?

Saturday, 1/26/13

It's Saturday! How will you get to your goal? I'm going to do most of my steps in the morning, so that I'm not rushing to do them late this evening.

Friday, 1/25/13

Friday fun-day! Is it raining where you are today?

Tursday, 1/24/13

Looks like the weather will start holding some rain on a more regular basis. Do you have a rainy day plan to meet your goals?

Wednesday, 1/23/13

You now have two new habits: wearing your pedometer every day, and logging in your steps every day. I wish I could say that the pedometers were highly accurate. They are not. However, they provide a useful starting point for understanding how active you are from day to day.

Sometime in the next week or so, I would like for you to find out how accurate your particular pedometer is for your activity level.

1. Find a pathway that you walk frequently. A corridor in your house, or at work. 
2. See what your starting pedometer count is. 
3. Walk the pathway, and count how many steps you take. 
4. See what the difference is between your mental count and your pedometer count. 
5. Do this several times, over the week, so that you come up with an average. 

Good luck!

Tuesday, 1/22/13

So, you have a new habit. Now it's time to have a new goal. What is your goal?

Monday, 1/21/13

It's been three weeks! Congratulations on maintaining a new habit! I know that none of us were 100%, but it's still been great to see all of us logging in so consistently!

Sunday, 1/20/13

It's nearly three weeks! I notice that Bruce and Jean tend to post their steps in the evening, perhaps before going to bed? I think that's great. Establishing a routine is a great way to make a task easier to accomplish.

Saturday, 1/19/13

Well, Blogger doesn't have a way to create tables. But when I looked at http://www.google.com/intl/en/about/products/ I saw Innovation: Fusion Tables at the bottom. Jean, do you want to look in to it?

Friday, 1/18/13

Whoo-hooo! Awesome active day for the Dragons yesterday!

Thursday, 1/17/13

Have you thought about making a security line? I took some ribbon, looped it through the clip, and tied that to a safety pin. So, when I change pants, I resecure the pedometer so it doesn't get lost. Just an idea!

Wednesday, 1/16/13

Is it harder to get your steps in when the weather is so cold? Or easier? Or does it not make a difference either way? For myself, sometimes knowing that it's really cold outside makes me want to stay inside. Then, I get over myself, bundle up, and do my walks.

Tuesday, 1/15/13

So, now that you've been counting steps for a little over two weeks, do you have an idea of where your daily average is? Have you set a goal for what you want your count to be at the end of the month?

Monday, 1/14/13

How was your weekend? I noticed yesterday (at work, boo!) that my steps were about 4000 around 4pm. So few! So I started walking around, and it felt good to be moving around.

Sunday, 1/13/13

Today is Sunday; not generally a day when you will probably be walking a lot. What do you think your count will be? Can you think of creative ways to make it a little higher?

Saturday, 1/12/13

It's a Saturday! Make the most of your time, and get the step count you want!

Friday, 1/11/13

So, it's been eleven days into 2013. That's over half the number of days generally required to set a new habit. Keep up the good work on keeping track of your steps on a daily basis!

Thursday, 1/10/13

Ten days into 2013. Are you drinking enough water? Conventional wisdom says to drink 8 cups a day. I've been trying to drink more before and after taking a walk (helps hydrate me), and with meals (helps to make me to feel fuller, and not eat as much)

Wednesday, 1/9/13

One strategy to increase your daily step count, is to periodically check your count throughout the day, and take a few minutes to just do some extra steps. Last night, as it was getting close to bedtime, I noticed that I was about 400 steps short of my daily goal. It was too cold to go outside, so I just walked around my living room!

Tuesday, 1/8/13

Now that you are probably starting to get a feel for how active you are in a day, does it change the way you feel about it? Are you happy with your level of activity? Do you want to increase your activity? Do you want to want to increase your activity?

Monday, 1/7/13

It's the start of a new week! How is it going? Are you starting to notice an average number of steps? Are you getting motivated to get a certain number of steps in before the end of the day?

Sunday, 1/6/13

So, mom is in the game now. I taught her how to leave a comment with her step count. I think she will put us all to shame!

Saturday, 1/5/13

So, it's the weekend again. How are your steps stacking up against a regular weekday?

Friday, 1/4/13

So, how are you doing? Are you finding any patterns in your steps? More on weekdays? Or more on weekends? More in the morning, or in the evening? I ran a lot of errands yesterday, and generally parked farther away from my destination, so that I was required to walk more. More steps, and less frustration trying to find a parking space!

Thursday, 1/3/13

Are you starting to see patterns in how your steps accumulate? Bruce's comment yesterday noted that most of his steps came after work. One strategy to increase steps is to take an active break, during periods of inactivity. Are your steps lagging before lunch? Why not walk around for 10 minutes to get your step count up, as well as increase your energy?

Wednesday, 1/2/13

In light of yesterday's miss, I'm putting this up now, so that we'll be on track!

Tuesday, 1/1/13

Ahhh. As you might have noticed, I did not put up a post yesterday! I was away at a friend's, and didn't remember. However, Bruce and Jean were diligent, and put up their numbers on the post before. Bravi!