Cheers and Taunts

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I believe we should always walk our wellness journey with others, whether we're stocking our power pantry, or participating in some welcomed physical activity. So when my son, Ben, invited me to a Daily Showdown yesterday, it was easy to say yes. If you've gotten into the world of fitness and activity trackers, you might recognize a Daily Showdown as a challenge you can send to someone through Fit Bit.

I got my Fit Bit Zip back in September, and have been logging activity through it since. Once you have an account established you can connect with other Fit Bit users to track who is being more and less active, and even throw out daily and weekly challenges. Where I work, there are now four of us connected through Fit Bit, and following each other's activity.

Like any good competition, the challenges you initiate through Fit Bit come with the opportunity to trash talk, or to support someone else. They call it 'taunting' and 'cheering'. When you taunt, you are basically throwing a dose of raspberries someone's way, either to brag because you're way ahead of them, or to give them the business because you know you're not going to catch up today. Obviously when you cheer someone you're giving them a thumbs up on them hitting their numbers...

There's nothing like the real thing when it comes to a slap on the back or a kick in the seat, but having a Fit Bit challenge is a close second. No doubt, it offers healthy competition (literally) and gives you a reason and a way to increase your physical activity. If you haven't gotten a good tracker yet, maybe now's the time to add it to your power pantry wellness lifestyle. 

By the Way

Ben's toast on the Daily Showdown... he already went to bed and I'm up a thousand or so steps on him...
:o)