Small Steps

I decided to wear a step counter (pedometer) the last couple of days in order to see how much walking I'm doing daily.  Since starting this long commute, I have had minimal time to exercise so decided to do little extras throughout the day to keep me in shape and then concentrate on longer workouts over the weekend.  According to health and fitness experts, people should take at least 10,000 steps a day to improve their health, fitness and weight. 

So with this advice in mind I strapped on my counter.  After two days of monitoring the steps I take walking the stairs, escalators and to and from the train stations, though, I am sad to report that I'm not meeting the 10,000-step goal.  As I sit on the train this evening, I am at 6,600 steps and don't plan on doing much more walking before I hit the sack.  Frankly, I'm just too tired.  Yesterday, the results were about the same. 

So I must revise my plan and see if I can squeeze in a mid-day walk to up my step count and perhaps pace around the train stations as I wait for my morning and evening rides.  There is one woman I see every morning walking in circles on the train platform.  I never really noticed whether she too wears a step counter and is just trying to meet her 10,000 step goal.  Perhaps I'll join her.