My New Best Friends

It would appear that my treadmill and my Fitbit have become my new best friends.  My initial goal was to get in 5000 steps a day.  A bump up from what I was doing, but not so much that it would kill my new spark.  I began to make goal regularly, passing it in fact most days. Seven out of the past eight days I have got +5000 to under 10,000 steps a day.  Having been so close a few times to getting the fabled 10,000 steps/day for a pretty much sedentary person, I decided to go for it.

Today was the day.  Of course it helps that I have added Fitbit 'friends' through MFP groups.  Before this, I had just 3 and I was typically #2 in the rankings.  After adding and being added by others, my list is now around 24 Fitbit friends, I think.  Needless to say it's quite a kick in the ass to go from #2 to #18 in the rankings!!!  There have been days when I would add extra treadmill time or walk to do errands instead of taking the car just to move up in the ranking!  Right now, I figure that if I can manage to stay around #12, in the middle that would be good.  :)  Let me tell you that for me, this Fitbit friends ranking thing is no joke as far as adding motivation!

I am truly hoping that all this added movement results in a good loss for when I go back to the 'fat farm' for weigh in next week.  I mean it's bad enough that their scale weighs me 3# heavier than I weigh at home...but come on, no loss at all last month?!  That was awful.  Even after July when we had vacation and spent a majority of the time on the road and dining out, I managed to lose 2.9#!

I DID IT!!!  Got in my 10,000 steps today...an hour and 20 on the tread.  Going from mainly under 4000 (there were days I was lucky to get 3000) to now averaging almost 7000/day is crazy.  Crazy...but cool.  Granted, it required me doing another 20 minutes after I had already completed an hour...because of the rankings don't you know!  ;)

To my Fitbit friends...THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ADDED MOTIVATION!!!