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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good luck!  Keep posting!!

How's it going with the Fitbit?  I found the first month that I wasn't really motivated by it.  I used it mostly as a data collection tool to see how much I was moving in a typical week, and the results were pretty humbling.  Basically, I was much more sedentary than I realized.  :-(

But after a month of watching the numbers with no motivation to change my behavior, I finally engaged with it. I set a more modest goal of 7,500 steps a day at first, and then ramped up to 10,000 when 7,500 started feeling like a given.  I'm now thinking about ramping up further to 12,000.  Anyway, I now find all sorts of ways to add more steps to my day.  Small things like walking around the block when I have a bit of downtime at work to larger things like getting into a routine (finally!) of walking 3-4 days a week for an hour at a time either on the treadmill or outside if the weather is decent.  Once I engaged, the feedback from Fitbit about my steps became surprisingly motivating.  :-)
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Fitbit is a good motivator if you have friends who are also on it. If you are competitive it can really be a motivator to try and top your friend's step count. I also like the integration into other apps like Lose It which helps control my calorie intake. [/quote]

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