My new Silva EX3 pedometer finally arrived a few days ago.
Well worth the wait - no wonder they were sold out! What a difference it is making.
The cheap one I bought while I was waiting for delivery of this one started being annoying and so I didn't wear it all day. With this one you can wear it around you neck, in your pocket or in your bag and it's around 20g (less than an ounce) so you don't even notice you're wearing it.
It resets itself automatically every night (keeping a record of the last 7 days for you) - I leave it in my dressing gown pocket until I'm dressed and then it goes in my pocket or around my neck depending what I'm wearing.
No annoying click click click either or falling off your waistband when you bend over.
If you've only ever used those horrible cheap ones you'll really notice the difference though that may be less of a case if you've had an expensive one before.
As far as motivation goes, it's working for me so far.
I'm reasonably fit so I didn't start from the beginners part of my pedometer weight loss program with a gradual build up on steps - I'm aiming to do 10,000 steps a day.
First day I had the EX3 I had only done 6000 or so steps by 4pm so I did an extra 30 minutes stepping in front of "Ready Steady Cook" to help me arrive at my target and yesterday I decided to walk to the Post Office instead of driving so that I could get some extra steps clocked up and I got to almost 13,000.
Today I have not done any formal exercise so I am around the 3000 mark and so that will be me going for a walk this evening or stepping in front of the TV again instead of being lazy.
By the way if you would like to buy one I have seen these on Amazon in the Uk - the .com site doesn't seem to have them but you may get something similar on their pedometers page.
Update: December 2012 Amazon no longer sells the Silva X3 but there are updated models that now cost less! See the Silva range here
Glad to hear that you've found a pedometer you like. I need to find mine again!
Posted by: Cory | January 31, 2009 at 06:35 AM
Hi Cory,
I had to buy a new pedometer after I spent ages looking for mine as it was permanently stuck on 3800 steps or something. Anyway I'm glad it was broken - good excuse to buy this new one which is so easy to use.
Thinking about it, the old one probably just needed a battery. I didn't even think about mending it because it used to drive me a bit mad anyway and I wanted to try one of these new Silva EX3 ones after researching them a while ago.
There go my green "re-use everything" credentials...I suppose walking everywhere instead of taking the car will make up for it
Janice
editor Think Slim
Posted by: Janice | January 31, 2009 at 02:44 PM