Anybody who knows me personally may greet a post about fitness with a delicately raised eyebrow as not only am I not an athlete, I'm not even the person you would ask to fire a starting pistol. I've never been sporty - but I still need to maintain the level of fitness which I have.
That level is pretty low. I used to have a dog but can no longer walk a dog so Fido hasn't been replaced. These days I can manage about a hundred yards on a good day, some days a few painful yards from the car to the house are about as much as I can manage.
But I don't want to give up on myself. I work on the "Use it or lose it" principle for the abilities I still have. A few years ago I bought a FitBit One, a handy device to measure steps walked, steps climbed and one or two other fancy bits. I wear mine very discretely (clipped to my knickers if you really want to know) and I wear it all the time. I keep a record of how many steps I walk around the house and garden and anywhere else I feel safe walking. For most people the sort of staggering around I do would not count as "steps" but I am me.In January 2016 my average steps each day was just 950. January 2018 I averaged 1650. One day I managed 3700 but the next day I was in a lot of pain, For most people my average would be woefully inadequate but for me the fact that I can move more now than I did two years ago is really important.
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