Dreary Day #4

I have been really glad that I didn't have a lot of things on my schedule this week.  It has been nice catching up on paperwork and other things around the house.  I've been able to get a brief walk in every day and I have upped my steps on the Fitbit every day as well.   I hope the weather will clear up enough to get a walk in this afternoon.  The Fitbit plan for  2 pounds per week seems to be working.  I'll continue to go to WW meetings on Saturdays for the accountability factor, though.

Butch is taking the new Camry up to Hudson today to get a trailer hitch installed.  All he uses it for is his little lawn trailer, but since we don't have a truck anymore, it's important to have that capability.

Beau and I will hold down the fort here. Neither one of us really wants to be out in the cold and the damp today.  As for me, the trip to the grocery store can wait until tomorrow when we're supposed to be in the 70's and the sun has come out from behind the clouds.

I Hate This Weather

BUT...

I know it could be much, much, MUCH worse.  Like what friends and family are experiencing  in Virginia, the Carolinas, and just about everywhere across the USA right now.  Even New Orleans is expecting a significant accumulation of snow.

I looked at the avocado tree out back while I was walking laps around the pool deck. Not one blessed leaf is still alive.  I have never seen it like this.  A 50 foot tree full of dead leaves.  Dead, brown, ugly, withered leaves.  It never loses all its leaves in the winter.  Except this winter.  I hope it has not been permanently damaged.

I usually love winter in Florida.  But this has not been a typical winter for us.  I hope the warm up coming next weekend sticks around.

The Fitbit Craze

In what I was considering a very weak moment, I lost my mind and purchased a Fitbit One from an eBay seller for about 2/3 of what I would have paid to Fitbit.com or a local retailer.  And got free shipping. So I guess I could just not resist the deal. Ha Ha

It arrived yesterday and after staring at the five different little parts that came in a package with no manual or ANYTHING, I went online ans pulled up the website of the seller.

And found that all I had to do was click on a link and download an .exe file to set up an account and start using the little Fitbit.

It is fun.  No problem to set up.  And it has passed all the little tests I've devised to check its accuracy.  I can see why people are saying that it really motivates you to move more.  I've fallen into that same little trap.  But what I like the most is the calories in-calories out feature that you can use to set goals that are based on your resting metabolism and monitors your activity and boosts or reduces the calories allowed based on how active you are.

While I had my doubts in the beginning, I am now a big fan of this little gadget.  It far exceeds what I was anticipating.  I am determined to make sure that I utilize this wonderful little tool to reach my goal by next fall.