Boredom

Story of my life when it comes to dieting. And once again I come to the conclusion that I hate dieting and just want to change and be better. Which means getting active. So now I'm back to the pedometer. I absolutely loved the idea of Fitbit and came very close to buying one since it was on sale on Amazon yesterday. But after reading the reviews, decided against it. Sounds like it is a great idea in concept but they just haven't figured out the kinks yet. And I've also had lots of trouble finding the battery to replace in my pedometer. So I just bought a pedometer app for my iPod :-) Ahh technology, what would we do without you? As of right now, I have taken 2414 steps. Almost a quarter of my goal of 10,000 steps (seems to be the standard when you look up anything about pedometers). Shows me just how lazy I've been. I bought the iTreadmill app ($1.99) and it is quite slick. Lots of customization and I especially love the auto pause/start feature. When it senses you've stopped, it pauses it. And it has its own screen lock so it'll keep running in your pocket all day long. Seems to not be a big drain on the battery either, which I was worried about.

Just in case you haven't heard of fitbit:

http://www.fitbit.com/product

The biggest draw of it for me, other than the obvious pedometer features, was actually that it monitors your sleep patterns. I'd be very interested to see what that is for me.