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Global Fit Week 8

Vacation is over, which means this week I was back to work and able to register my steps for the past two weeks.  Monday marked my first (but not last) trip past the 10,000 step barrier.  It only took 2 months, an hour on the treadmill, and a trip to the Cell to do it.  Tuesday had a small experiment to see how riding a bike would show up.  Not well, as the barely 2000 “other activity” steps show us.  Thursday also pushed past the magical 10,000 mark, thanks to another hour on the treadmill and 3 games of bowling.  Exciting stuff.  The hard part will be keeping it up now that I am back to work and not reverting back to the old routine.

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Global Fit Week 6

Another week of SWAT meetings leads to the same mediocre results.  Although, I would have easily broken the 10,000 step mark on Tuesday if not for a 14-inning game which put my 6 block walk back to car early into Wednesday morning.  Saturday also had a slight baseball boost, as an early arrival for Mark Buehrle bobble head day led to a stroll up the ramps to the upper deck to kill time.

Sadly, this week isn’t looking much better.  Perhaps it is time to head over to North Plaza for the afternoon coffee run to get in some extra steps.

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Global Fit Week 3

Week 3 showed more improvement, as I passed the 6000 step barrier for the first time on Thursday and then pushed past 9000 on Friday, thanks to the Chicago White Sox and the parking restrictions around US Cellular Field.  Saturday even logged some action due to another game.  I should pass the 100,000 total step mark this week, and my daily average currently sits at nearly 4200.

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Global Fit Week 2

Things went a little better in week 2.  I still need to get out and around more on non-game weekends.  I worked from home on Monday and didn’t put shoes on all day, which is why that comes up as a great big zero.  That said, I did pass the 5,000 step mark twice, which is an improvement from the previous week.  Baby steps, my friends.

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Global Fit Week 1

At work, we’ve started a “new program” that “encourages you to track your steps and help you to focus on your fitness in a simple and accessible way. The core component of Destination: You is the Tracker, which uses an accelerometer to accurately calculate the number of steps, distance walked, calories burned and time of activity.”

I thought I could use the motivation to get up and move around a bit more (and maybe even go to the gym), so I signed up.  The results from week 1 were not exactly pretty.

We didn’t get the trackers until Tuesday afternoon, so that explains the low total there.  According to The Walking Site, a sedentary person averages only 1,000 to 3,000 steps per day, and I am barely surpassing that.  Of course, this doesn’t count any steps I take at home, since I don’t wear my shoes in the house, but I doubt that would provide any significant increase.

I guess I am posting this in order to shame myself into doing better and to track any progress I may make.  They say 10,000 steps per day is a good guideline.  After 1 week, I barely approached the halfway point.