My New Toy... Pedometer

A couple of months ago, one of my Aussie pastor friends was in Singapore. I noted that he has lost quite a lot of weight. He told me that his secret was to walk more. He told me that there is quite a big campaign in some Aussie quarters where they are encouraged to cover certain distance by walking every single day.

If my memory serves me right, they are encouraged to take between 10,000 to 20,000 steps every day.

Anyhow, I was inspired and he said that he will buy one of these measuring tools for me. It is called a pedometer. It is an instrument that helps us measure the amount of distance we covered everyday via walking.

Yesterday, my new toy arrived from Australia!

So like an eager beaver, I wore it immediately to measure how much distance I am able to cover everyday. For now, as this is new and I am still quite conscious of its presence, I find it hard to stay still even while I am talking to someone. I am just eager to cover more mileage so I would walk around even while talking to people.

I am like some sugar-intoxicated hyper-active child with worms in the backside that just cannot stay still!

One of my colleagues once commented to me that people in Singapore are generally too lazy to walk. We would drive to eat even though it is just a short 10 minute walk away. He also commented that walking is one of the best exercises that we can engaged in.

When I was in Europe, people there love to walk. And I mean they really LOVE to walk. But then again, the weather there is quite different from the one that we have here. Whatever the case, I will be walking a bit more with my new toy!

You can read more about the pedometer at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometer

Walk on people…