Unfortunately my unpredictable schedule doesn't allow me to have a set schedule. So I literally have to find time to move. But I never use my lack of time as an excuse. I either pop in a work out dvd or blast music and dance.

No fitbit here :ohwell:

I do a lot of walking at work usually hitting close to 10,000 steps per day. The treadmill has been my "at home" source of exercise and I use 2-5 lb weights for toning. When it's just me at home I like to turn the music up, sing really loud and dance, dance, dance ~ neither of which I do well but I have fun!

I am on a Fitbit - it's actually what brought me to this site (their food logging is less than desirable.)

Most of my exercise is in the late afternoon or evening. I've made it a habit to go for a longish, fast-paced walk every evening. A few nights a week I'll drag myself up a nearby butte (small mountain, if you're from the midwest!) that I live about 3 blocks from. The trail's a bit over a mile long, and you ascend 500' (50 flights of stairs!) It's the quite the workout if you push yourself.

I've also started walking everywhere, whenever the opportunity presents itself. There's a grocery store about 1.1 miles from me, one of the jobs I work is about 1.4, and the homeless kitchen I volunteer at on Sundays is about .9 miles. Not only does walking to those locations give me my daily exercise, but I get a chance to listen to my tunes (I'm a big music fan!), so it's a win-win.

This last week and a half, I've been clocking in 12k-15k footsteps a day. And I try to do it every day, not because I want to lose the weight any faster (I'm only committing to 1.5 lbs a week), but because I don't want to be cutting my calories excessively. I love to eat, and there's nothing more miserable to me than being hungry, so I just eat [good food] when I'm hungry -- about 2000-2400 calories a day -- and if I shoot over my net calories, it means I have to spend an extra 30 minutes chugging up the butte that evening.

The Jawbone Up is very comparable to the Fitbit. It has a lot of the same features, its own tracking website, and integration with MFP. Only difference is that it doesn't have a display like the Fitbit (only a sun/moon symbol.)

If you get one, I would say it's worth the extra $30US or so to get the Up24. Plugging the device into your mobile or your iPad isn't really too much of a hassle, but WiFi makes it all the easier.

I do know that these trackers have a tough time with certain activities, and I seem to remember that stationary biking is one of them. If that's your primary mode of exercise, you might still have to enter the workouts manually into the app or website. Might want to look into it on their site.

But at least the device will still track all the commuting on-foot that you do throughout the day.

I just started biking to class and work. I also go to the gym three days a week. I'm going to try to start swimming two to three days a week as well. It's hard for me to get motivated to be active. I'm a nerd and my life is all about the sedentary. I am a student, plus I work an office job where I sit for hours. I also spend a lot of time on my computer and playing video games. But I'm going to be more active!