Let the 10,000 steps a day begin!
I bought myself a present last night, an Omron Pedometer! I got it all set up and have tried it out a bit.
I clipped it to my pants this morning before I left for work. I even went for a 45 min walk during my lunch break.

7,000 – Not bad for day 1.
I am interested to see what it says at the end of the day. Will I make 10k?
So far it is pretty neat and I am enjoying it. Although, I do admit setting it up was a bit frustrating. I live in Canada. So I bought a Canadian version of the Omron Pedometer (HJ-112CAN) – there seems to be a few differences:
#1 24 hour time (very frustrating)
#2 CM – how big are my strides in cm? but the instructions tells me to measure in inches and then gave me a formula for cm – I was super confused at this point
#3 KG – how much do I weigh? I only know my weight in pounds! One plus, I weigh less in KGs then I do in pounds. 😉
Really my biggest beef is the 24 hour time. I suppose maybe now I will learn to tell 24 hour time. I wonder though, how does 24 hour time make it a more Canada friendly version?
Anyway, it is cute – pretty small. I joined a group of ladies on a website I visit; for eight weeks – starting labour day – our goal is to walk 10,000 steps a day. Can we do it? Better yet, can I do it? Omron, WalkerTracker.com and I are going to find out!
And where did this 10,000 steps a day thing come from? Off to google.