Like I Needed a New Thing to Obsessively Track ...

[jedibuttercup]

So, one of the things I got for Christmas in 2017 was a Fitbit Charge 2. My aunt has one; her two daughters both have one; some of their BFFs have one; my BFF has one; my mom bought one a couple months later. Natch, this results in my being challenged all the time.

NGL, that contributed on more than one occasion to last year's general exhaustion. OTOH, sometimes it was a boost to feel like I'd at least accomplished something in any given week? Anyway, I just got my Year in Review email for 2018:



No wonder I've been destroying athletic shoes to the tune of three pair in the last year and a half. My arches are high enough I pretty much have to spend at least $70 to get a pair that don't kill my feet; but it still seemed a little excessive. But they do say you're supposed to get a new pair every five hundred miles or so.....

Comments

[cornerofmadness]

Wow good for you (but yeah as a former podiatrist with high arches, I feel your athletic shoe pain)

[sulien]

Impressive, go you! Regarding arch support and durability, I had great luck with Teva hiking boots, which have decent arch support and also have a removable foot bed so that you can put whatever customizations in to give individualized support. I've found that the standard Teva insole supplemented with a thin foam Foot Petals arch cookie from Amazon does the trick for my very high but now falling arches. I stick the Foot Petals on the underside of the insole so they don't work loose and that works wonders!

If you don't mind 'last year's model', you can often find several high quality brands of hiking boots at sierratradingpost.com for around half price or less. A lot less if you can find a coupon code.

[pronker]

That looks most impressive, go you. The totals amaze! Obsessively track I don't really get - is the FitBit a daily worn thing?

[flingslass]

I haz flat feet 😜
I don’t know how many steps I take but I’m running 20k a week 😎