THERE ARE DAYS THAT I GET ANNOYED FOR NO REASON.......



My dear husband has surprised me with a Fitbit exercise tracker..I was using another brand for several months but unfortunately its strap broke, and  I gave up wearing it. When setting up the new device I had to enter my height, weight, and date of birth.....

I like to have a calculation of how far I have walked over the course of the day.My Iphone does a great job, but I have to make sure I have it with me all the time, and that it is charged.

Yesterday was my first walk with the new tracker, I did one of my usual walks with the dog near our house, down the road and into the woods, which has always shown up as 1/2 mile on my phone. I was  very surprised when I found that the new device was showing more than double the steps I would usually register, and about the same distance. I made a few more tests, and again it showed far too many steps.... so I delved deep into the settings, and discovered that it had arbitrarily entered my stride as 10.01 inches...THAT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN A SHUFFLE.....  Did the computer decide that because I was a 5 feet 4 ( seems that I have shrunk over the years) and a month short of 75 that I was a little OLD lady, out with a cane?

One more thing..... it measures heart rate, quite accurately..... so when it came back with a message for me that said...my resting heart rate of 70-74 was "excellent for a woman of my age" I could not help be feel it was being condescending.


Other than that... all is well... I have completed the first lot of chemo, and will start another session next week, for 12 weeks. I will let you know how it goes.....

Maureen