Smart Ass Tuesday – Talking 7000 Steps

Of course, I needed a Fitbit. Everybody else is wearing one and I wanted to try it as well -and why not. The goal is to walk at least 10,000 steps a day, and how much easier would it be to achieve it, with a wristband that would count and log all my efforts.

I wasn’t sure what to get, so I decided to try a used one first and of to eBay, I went. I settled for a newer -older- model, made a last-minute bid and three days later my new fitness companion was in my mailbox.

The setup was easy. An hour later I was ready to STEP it up and wore the ugly, black plastic thing with pride on my wrist.

That evening I piddled around quite a bit, and soon the new apparatus showed the 800 steps I had taken, just taking care of the house and the dogs. There was no doubt on my mind, I would walk 10,000 steps a day with ease.

At 10 pm a quiet vibration on my wrist reminded me that I needed to got to bed and I was grateful. Again, I had fallen asleep in my chair and now I was on my way into bed.

The next day didn’t start so well. I overslept and had to hurry up. Nevertheless, between coffee,  taking care of the dogs and setting up my workroom for a class, I managed to walk 400 steps. Good job Padawan! Only 9,600 to go.

My students arrived and I sat down and watched them work on their projects. Sitting down allows me to view everything eye-high and not from above, like when I would be standing.

It was the last class in a block and there was not much for me to do, other than talk, explain and gently nudge the students in the right direction, by pointing out the little mistakes they still made. I didn’t walk much, sat most of the time.

I am not sure how it really works, but it seems my mouth and my hands are attached to each other. The mouth opens – the hands go up and I underline my words in a sign language, only I can understand.

Many Italians and South Europeans talk exactly the way I do. To my surprise, I managed to TALK 7,000 steps in a 4-hour class. That must be some kind of record!

After class, I worked on a chair and sewed for about an hour. By the end of the day, my Fitbit showed I successfully WORKED and TALKED 11,200 steps -all while sitting on my butt.

High Five to me!

I continued to wear it for a few more days, but the number of steps it showed by the end of each day was ludicrous every time.

My Fitbit experiment ended and now the poor thing sits on my desk -ready to be sold on eBay -if I ever find the time to list it.

Let’s someone else have fun with it. My imagination is running wild!