Hi,

My name is Cheryl and I can’t stop working out. It is immensely fun and as of yesterday, I have worked out for 230 days straight.

Yes, you read that right, 230 days straight. This all started due to an email my gym sent to members. Work out for 30 days, and they would pay for a month of dues. Given the month of dues as this was occurring around the holidays, I was all over this. In a spin class that I take regularly, our instructor asked how many of us were doing it and I was the only one who did it.

After the 30 days were up, my spin instructor challenged me to 50 days. That seemed like a piece of cake since her challenge came around day 35 of my continuously working out. On February 29th, I hit 100 days. After 100 days, I thought I would take a day off, but it just never happened. Then it became “let’s see if I can make it 120 days.”

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Ah leap year! It only comes along every four years and this year I saw lots of chatter on Facebook and Twitter that you whatever you did this past Wednesday “didn’t count” because it was February 29th.

Nike had other ideas. To make Leap Day count, they held an event for people to test their new Nike+ FuelBand and had challenges to make this day worth having on the calendar.

I was fortunate enough to attend this event and it was so much fun. Before I get to details of the day, I have to first tell you about a new gadget that I CANNOT WAIT to get my hands on to use all the time rather than just for a couple of hours.

The Nike+ FuelBand is a handy little bracelet you wear (it also functions as a watch) that tracks all of your movements in a 24-hour period and gives you feedback on how active you are. The concept is that it takes into account your movements as well as oxygen used to determine your fuel level. » Continue reading “Making It Count: Nike+ FuelBand Is A Fun, And Functional, New Toy”