I never thought I would join the mass of people who own a Fitbit. I heard about people having one and I didn't see the big deal in it. Flashback to last Christmas and I open up my last present... a Fitbit Flex! Although I never thought of having one, it was still exciting to see what the big fuss about it was. I did think it was pretty neat though...have my steps calculated per day, my sleep is now being measured (I have now concluded that I am a restless sleeper), and being responsible to record how much water I drink. Honestly, I was hooked from the beginning.

It started out as a new toy that I couldn't put down. Well, I didn't have to... it stayed on my wrist! I was mesmerized with what it can do and right away I thought to myself: "I have to keep myself in check and reach my goal of steps each day!" With being away at the Art Institute and constantly walking everywhere, it was not hard to reach 10,000 steps each day. It soon became too easy. I upped it to 12,000 soon after that. Then up to 15,000 where it currently is at. I felt like I was doing well when there were days I would reach that goal and then some (I have had a day where I reached 25,000 steps... I was cutting the grass that day after running around at my kennel job - boy, was I tired). But it's exciting when your screen starts flashing that you did a great job that day!

The days where it dies, it becomes a sad day. I wear my Fitbit so much, that it has become weird whenever I don't wear it and I have to have it charged. I feel like I should be doing nothing when it charges because I don't want to miss out on my steps that my Fitbit won't be counting!

Now that I am back at college, I have noticed that I am not as active as I once was when I lived in the city and had to walk just about anywhere. It's harder to reach my goal of 15,000 steps each day. I have thought about bringing the goal now, but it almost feels as if my Fitbit is disapproving of this. So, I leave it be. But I do feel guilty when my goal is not met that day. I feel as if my Fitbit keeps me in check.

I need to start doing better, but before I had a Fitbit, I thought I would be doing great with steps and moving around. Now that I have one? I was so wrong. I estimated way off. When I feel like I am doing great, I really am not at all. It's exciting to see how a Fitbit has changed my way of thinking and I don't think I will go back to not having one at all.