Fitbit and Shoes!

I wish I could say I love to exercise.  I hear and read about all of these people who just can't start their day without it.  They just don't feel like there day is complete unless they get it in.  I am not one of those people.  I honestly do it out of pure necessity and my form of exercising is walking. Period.  

No marathons, no 5Ks, no cute workout outfits.  No fancy whatsoever. I just put one foot in front of the other and walk.  And sometimes, I don't even walk fast.  I just walk.  But, you know what?  I like it!

I really like taking walks outdoors, but, at this time of the year that's not going to happen, so onto the treadmill I go.  I do like that on the treadmill I can set it on an incline, so I'm walking uphill.  Hey! That's fancy, right?  I really like that I can just get my tablet going with fun videos and blogs and the walking time just flies right by!

But, guess what??? I found a way to make exercise fun pretty!

I love Saucony tennis shoes!

Are these fun, or what?  I just love the colors!  I had been eyeing these for weeks on Amazon, but they were a little out of my price range and my old pair had just a teeny tiny hole in the toe, so I put on some patience and waited.

And then just the other day, I noticed them sitting in my "save for later cart" at half off!  I snagged them up and within two days (Lovin' me some Amazon Prime!) they were at my door.

I wore them for the first time a couple days ago and two of my friends gave me compliments as soon as they saw me!  Maybe they are a bit loud?  The shoes, not my friends! ;)  Addie saw them and said they were so me, but it was funny to her because they weren't "mom" shoes.  Ha!

Now, shoes are just part of the equation.

Enter Fitbit!  A great little interactive pedometer.  I have used many pedometers over the years.  I like the competition with myself to try to get in 10,000 steps a day.  No, I do not get 10,000 in every day. I said I like to TRY.  What is really great is that at midnight, it automatically goes back to 0 and starts you over.

It even smiles at me. And, yes, can you say BRIGHT PINK?  It does come in other colors, just fyi. ;)

It syncs up to my phone to help me keep track and to keep a log, which I love.  It also has a lot of other fancy stuff that I don't even use yet.  I sometimes keep track of my water intake, but honestly, I forget to do that most days!  Or, I do my first Tervis cup and forget after that.

Oh, my, that was a good day! 12,000+ steps!  Of course, I wanted to post that dashboard picture, and not one of my 3,000 day ones. ;) The competition with myself makes exercise bearable fun!

Honestly, I can't wait to wear these super cool shoes and my Fitbit when we go down to WDW next summer. I LOVE to see how many steps I rack up in a day at the parks.  Double the fun!

Cruise wear

I found the cutest pair of shoes at New and Again Resale Shop.  I LOVE resale shops.  Resale shops in of themselves are palm trees for me.  It just makes me feel good to save money and reuse something.  I wouldn't call myself a "green" person at all, but as far as shoes and clothes go, I just don't see spending a lot of money on new stuff if you can get super cute, cheaper used stuff! 


So cute and so my size!

So then if you have the shoes you of course have to find something to go with them.  The shoes although cute, weren't necessarily a blog worthy palm tree and flip flop moment.  It was the next thing I found....

I just happened to see this in Kohls one day.  I saw it and knew right away it would match the shoes perfectly and together they would make the cutest outfit for supper one night on our upcoming summer Disney cruise!  Imagine my disappointment when I ran to the rack to see they didn't have my size.  It is a very flowy, billowy shirt so I really needed a small so my chest would not be swallowed.  I was so sad because it was just perfect with the exact colors and a little bling like the shoes had.  I happened around the corner to petites and there was the shirt in my size in the petite section! There was heavenly music playing in my head and I'm pretty sure there was a light shining down on the shirt.  I don't usually wear a petite anything because my torso is long and I'm not exactly short.  But, I tried it on and it worked! 

Doesn't this scream "Cruise!" Ahhh, palm trees and flip flops, here I come!