I am a gadget nut! I love to get all of the latest gadgets that are suppose to make life easier and better. When I was newly married, I bought up every cool gadget from Pampered Chef. In the past year it has been a Cake Pop machine, Whoopie Pie maker, quesadilla maker, spaghetti serving measurer…..etc…. My hubby just rolls his eyes and says “did you really need that?” or his next comment will be “where are you going to store that?” Oh how I love that man!!
So I have to confess, I purchased a new gadget this past week. For once it is not something that belongs in the kitchen but it is probably my most expensive gadget yet. My hope is that the benefits I get from this one will out weigh the cost.
I got myself a FitBit Tracker. 
This past year has been tough for me health wise and I totally stopped exercising and eating healthy. The scale has done a good job in telling me the cold hard truth. In the past when I get into a good exercise routine my eating habits start aligning too. So this latest gadget is my motivational tool to getting back on track with being active. I am one that is motivated by goals. I have been using it for 5 days and so far I am loving it and I have reached my goals each day. It syncs to my account on fitbit.com. It tracks steps, floors climbed, miles, calories burned and my active score. It also can track your sleep patterns. I have found this part very interesting. It tells me how long it took me to fall asleep and how many times I woke up during the night. I know the importance of sleep to your health so this is pretty cool. My main goals are 10000 steps, 5 miles, 10 flights of steps climbed per day. The hardest part is reaching the 5 miles. You can walk a lot of steps but not reach the miles marker. I have started back on my elliptical machine, which helps get me 1 1/2 to 2 miles.
Another cool part is that it syncs with my Fitness Pal app on my iPhone. I log my food intake on there and it syncs to my Fitbit account. I have a clear picture at the end of my day how much food I took in and how many calories I have burned. This past weekend while in Indy my food intake was not under control and so in the food plan part on my account it had a big “whoops you have over eaten by !!!!! calories.” The truth hurts!
So time will only tell if this gadget will help keep me on the straight path to health. I know that it is not the gadget that will help me lose weight it is my determination and self- discipline, but hey can’t help but give this little gadget a chance! Oh and by the way, my hubby has not stated either of the usual comments yet, but then he has seen me moving like he hasn’t for a long time, I just might get him sold on this gadget!