Since I can’t decide if I should get a gym membership or not, I searched the web for other ways to lose weight without breaking my bank account. One of the articles which attracted me the most is the “10,000 steps to health” program. The 10,000 steps to health program is literally moving your butt out and aim to get 10,000 steps a day. If you manage to get 10,000 steps a day, you are roughly burning 500 calories a day. In order to track the number of steps I take in a day, I need either a pedometer or a strong memory to count the number of steps I take. Since counting the steps by myself doesn’t give me an accurate reading, I opted to purchase a pedometer. The pedometer I purchased is the Chinese model of Omron Pedometer HJ-113.

The “Look”

The Omron Pedometer HJ-113 is a step-up from the HJ-112 model. They removed the system reset button in the front and placed it in the back with the only option to reset it is by using a pin. In any case, the pedometer itself comes in red/silver color (China) or black/blue color (US). It is 1.3 cm thick, 4.5 cm width and 6.4 cm height. The front of the pedometer includes the screen, setting button (left), mode button (middle) and memory button (right). At the back is the system reset button, battery and the strap connector.

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