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Waiting things out is OK -
except for the missing Fitbit
If you are a regular reader of this col
umn, you may know that my family is
fortunate enough to have a cabin in the
woods. It has been our cherished haven
for about 20 years now, and it is here that I
have sequestered myself for a few weeks, in
the company of my extraor
dinarily patient and capable
husband.
We packed up the car with
a few boxes of food, a bottle of
wine (there was more where
we were going), computers
and power cords, notebooks
and books (I’m analog), a six-
pack of toilet paper, and an
ample supply of chocolate.
I have been known to run
out of toilet paper, but I have
never run out of chocolate.
Anyhow, as I was unpack
ing my goods, I realized with
mounting dismay that I could
not find the charger to my Fit-
bit.
This was a disappoint
ment to me because I wear
my Fitbit all the time, so much
so that, to borrow a line from
Henry Higgins, I’ve grown
accustomed to its face. I’ve
grown used to the zips and zings it buzzes
me with, reminding me to stand up from
my laptop and do a few deep-knee bends.
I’ve come to enjoy the fireworks it sets off
whenever I reach 10,000 steps in a day and
the celebratory bursts of color it causes to
explode on my phone when
I best myself for the week.
I don’t even mind when it
springs to life when I roll over
in bed and casts a piercing
blue glow that wakes me mo
mentarily. It’s the pet I never
had, the pet that is loyal and
encouraging and always glad
to see me, yet does not need to
be fed or watered and is hy
po-allergenic. What, I won
der, will happen to that peppy
wrist-bound pet once he runs
out of charge and stops wag
ging his tail? What will hap
pen to me?
How will I know if my ca
loric output exceeds my in
put? What will motivate me
to march while brushing my
teeth at night, just so I can
log those last 435 steps? How
will I ever know how many
miles I’ve traveled in a day by
Robin’s Nest
Robin Conte lives with her
husband in an empty nest
in Dunwoody. To contact
her or to buy her column
collection, “The Best of the
Nest,”see robinconte.com.
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merely going back and forth to the laundry
room?
For the benefit of those of you who don’t
know and haven’t figured out by now what
a Fitbit is, I’ll explain that it is a tool dis
guised as a watch that tracks steps and cal
ories burned, and it links to your smart
phone so that you can log exactly what you
eat per day and the calories therein. It can
even monitor sleep and sleep quality, and
the fancy models can track blood pressure
and heart rate.
I got a base model, compliments of my
son, who got it by surprise when the Fit-
bit people erroneously sent it to him and
a score of other students at his universi
ty. To his credit, my boy tried to return it
to the sender, but the company was gra
cious enough to let the kids keep it. My son,
though, is a well-toned rock-climber and is
not an obsessive-compulsive weight-watch
er like his mom, so I snatched it with glee
and have been trying to figure it out ever
since.
I’ll continue fooling with it and its hap-
py-little-dancing-person icon until it finally
peters out, and then I’ll probably start gain
ing weight again.
But I will try to continue healthy habits
and hope and pray that we all get through
this, wherever we are. So, do what you can
for yourself and your family; drink your
immune-boosting quarantinis, wash your
hands, keep your distance, and whether
charged or not, please, do please, stay safe
and well.
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