can an iPhone be called inanimate?

When I was down in Arkansas a few weks ago with Dottie, she told me about the free pedometer she had downloaded on her iPhone.   Oh I have heard all aout the 10,000 steps and how you should try and get them in each day for maximum health benefits.  And yes, I have seen the wrist bands, and before that the bicep straps, and the clip things you could wear to keep track of all your activity.  Not for me though.  Unh uh. 

Until I tried the free app that is.  Now I find myself trying to take the stairs whenever possible and walking the long way around at work to get somewhere.

Because of this I have been renewing my relationship with my raspberry Nike's and am back to walking in the neighborhood on my days off. 

I am trying to lure Chris down the trails as we check out sites for the Thanksgiving day hike.  Me and my free pedometer app.

All for the sake of seeing the green confetti shower when I hit the 10,000 steps.  Can I be that easily bought off?  Ha!  Apparently so.  Me.  A sucker for the positive feedback supplied by an inanimate object. 

I suppose there are worse things.   Come to think of it, can an iPhone be called inanimate?

Comments

[Maureen]

I hope to get back to higher numbers on my FitBit after next week's knee surgery. Right now I'm lucky to hit 2500 and I miss the walking AND the satisfaction of seeing 10k.

[Mary]

I heard some funny conversations with Siri on NPR yesterday. Ask her if she'll marry you! And have fun on your walks.

[Leslie J. Moran]

Yet another reason to upgrade my phone. I really, really, really want this. When I get back.

[Bobby]

I forget to carry my phone with me, so never know the steps or heartbeats or whatever... But... the other ay my phone randomly popped up with how many steps I had walked that day... never seen it before but it must be a built in Apple app :)

[Joan]

An iPhone is NOT inanimate...it talks to you, answers your questions, can find you, your friends, find itself if stolen or lost...now it keeps track of fitness...no, it's part of our bodies. How did we ever get by without smart phones & Google?

[Susan]

Thanks Carol. I just downloaded the app, and it says I've already walked 1632 steps just sitting here on my couch. Now that's my kind of exercise! :-)