Staying in shape, being healthy is an ongoing process. The key is stay involved. I have became more consistent about exercise since I learned I had diabetic tendencies-- a diagnosis of "pre-diabetic." Your body works better if you move it. Moving it 10,000 steps a day (5 miles) works for me as a bottom line goal.
Getting yourself to go the distance every day, or almost ever day, is key. How you do it-- well, that's a personal decision.
The Fibit Charge became a favorite of mine-- for these reasons.
1) Distance-- uses GPS to track your distance and that seems pretty cool.
2) Calories burned-- I like the way it keeps track of your calories too. You burn about 100 calories for every mile you walk. A mediocre day means you only burned 2000 calories. An active day means you moved 2500 calories.
3) Floors-- The Fitbit also tells you how many floors you've climbed. And climbing up and down hills really gets you in good cardio shape.
4) Active minutes-- my other favorite feature. It takes me about 17 minutes to walk a mile, and so active minutes helps.
Omron HJ-112 Pocket Pedometer-- why I returned
1) Distance-- measures your distance based on the length of your stride. The movement in your hip indicates how many steps you've taken.
2) Uses Kcal and Grams-- to tell you caloric burning. I'm not too good with these units.
3) Floors-- does not measure
4) Aerobic steps and aerobic minutes- give you the number of steps you took at a good aerobic pace and the number of minutes you stayed at the aerobic conditioning level. This works well for me and correlates directly to the "active minutes" of the Fitbit.
Why did I go back to the Omron pedometer?
I don't like being hooked up to an electronic device on my wrist. Full disclosure... Actually my Fitbit fell off a few weeks ago and I decided to go back to the analog technology. Just an old-fashioned guy... or is that old guy?
Now I just drop the Omron pedometer into my pocket and hit the road.
