October 12, 2021-Day 1
This is day one of my health behavior modification project. I do not exercise or go for walks regularly so the behavior that I would like to modify is increasing my walking/steps to at least 8,000 steps daily. My reason for wanting to increase my steps is because I live a very sedentary life which is not good for my body. I also read in a medicine.net article that increasing your steps from 7,500 to at least 10,000 steps daily can improve blood sugar, anxiety, and depression which are all things that I have experienced, or is currently experiencing. During the next five days I will be self-monitoring how many steps I have been taking throughout the day using my Apple Watch as a monitoring tool.
Today, I arrived at work for my 8am shift in the office. I created my to-do list, returned emails, and phone calls. It is now 9:22am, and I have only walked a total on 1,191 steps according to my Apple Watch. I will check again after my 4:00pm work shift to see where my steps are to compare them.
At 4:00pm, I checked the amount steps that I had taken throughout the day, and my Apple Watch showed that only 3,512 steps had been taken today from my arrival at work from 8am until 4pm. I did not hit my goal of 8,000 steps so far, so I will do a final check tonight before I go to bed. According to the medicine.net website that I posted, at least 7,500 steps should be taken daily, but the ideal number would be 10,000 and above.
10pm-My total steps today were 4,630. I did not reach 8,000 steps.

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