My foot or more specifically my toe is in a great deal of pain. I'm not really sure why but two days ago I basically started getting severe pain in my left big toe when I walked with shoes on. It got to the point where I basically had to limp. This is hampering my walking ability obviously and I can only really wear shoes for short durations. I'm still managing to do my steps by either pacing around inside or going for short walks.
Something else which is new is the fitness app! It's been updated and it's looking pretty nice, although its a little harder to navigate but that's probably just because it's new. It also doesn't show a single screen for the steps like it used to. It looks a little messy to take screen shots but I'll make do. The app now basically sets a new goal which is activity. This seems to be just the amount of time you're up and walking. This is actually a very useful tool if you're looking at doing just that, being more active.
One of the biggest problems I've always faced working in an office or from home is remembering to be active and get up away from my desk and go do something. This app could serve as a great reminder for that, it vibrates when you achieve 50% and the pre-set goal is to achieve one hour of activity. It really isn't that difficult and it's something that you'd easily achieve without really thinking about it. The steps are still my main focus and with my toe injury it's going to be pretty annoying hitting the 10,000 mark.
Here's the results from the fancy new app -
So far, I've only missed one day out of 12 weeks which I'm really impressed with. Also that day was actually just an error and I did in fact do the steps, just without my phone registering them. I've figured out the calories burnt runs in correlation to how quickly I complete the steps. Over the weekend I went for one of my walks with Holly which was nice, but she walks incredibly slow and It took almost twice as long to complete the walk than it usually does. My steps weren't much different but I had burnt a lot less calories according to the app.
Holly has an iPhone 6 which also has a pedometer/fitness app. Going on the walk was a nice was of basically confirming that my phones pedometer is pretty accurate. She had nearly the exact same amount of steps when we both went on the walk. That's it for this week, also I do realise it's Wednesday not Tuesday. Shit happens.