Hi Starryeyed
I have just gone through your diary. On the whole you have been doing very well with your project. Don't worry if everything doesnt quite go to plan - especially when you go away (I had that last weekend too!). You just need to refocus and everything goes right. I failed far too many diets by giving up after a bad few days - I was so silly when I was young.
It was a really smart move to go through various people's diaries in search of motivation.
Motivation is the key to staying focused - and indeed to refocusing.
So you have a pedometer. I use mine a lot. I wear it all the time because I burn
calories all the time - so I count all my steps. I put it on when I get dressed in the morning so I cannot forget it.
Is it you that is having trouble with your pedometer or Anne?
I had trouble getting my pedometer to register all the steps when I first got it. I had a good idea of the distance that I was walking because we had measured it out in the car. The pedometer gave a totally different reading. The next day if I did the same walk it gave yet another reading. You expect a certain discrepancy because if you walk a mile you do not always do the same amount of steps.
Anyway - there are two aspects that you have to think about when wearing a pedometer.
1/ You have to make sure that it is set up with the right stepsize. One way of doing this is to have your heels on a line and then take 10 steps forward - then divide the length by 10. This is more accurate than just measuring the length of one step.
2/ You also have to make sure that you are wearing it right. I wear mine on my trouser waistband above the middle of my right knee. At first I had a problem as I said. It transpired that my bra was not supportive enough and my boobs were acting as a shock absorber so the pedometer did not detect all the steps that were taken. I started wearing a more supportive bra and the pedometer reading got a lot more consistant and started tying in with the expected length of the walk from our car experiment.
If you have any questions about your pedometer - or anything else - just ask. I am always more than happy to help if I can.
Good luck with your project.
Take care
Best wishes
Margaret
