Have a long running list of errands to do? Wait until last minute to cram them all into one day and create a sense of urgency.
Get Started With Fitbit
Put your Fitbit on your ankle. Yes, people will stare and think it’s a prison monitor, but that’s okay. Let them judge, you don’t want to miss steps while pushing the cart, especially if you are in a workweek challenge. Throw the kids in the car, one by one, carrying them out. 25/50 pounds of dead weight kicking and screaming being hauled out over your shoulder is a great arm workout. Forget your purse and your phone and your wallet, all separately, so you have to sprint back inside the house at least 3 more times.
Keep It Up At Target
When you get to Target or said store, grab that ginormous cart that seats both kids in the front. The extra weight from the clumsy cart that’s nearly impossible to push also burns more calories. Walk/light jog with your cart up and down every aisle while your kids throw a tantrum about Goldfish and Star Wars toys. Be sure to move your ass to avoid walking simultaneously with others and being in the aisle with the same people on more than one occasion. No need to get the side eye from the same folks more than once. When you think you are finished, move your ass to the checkout. When it dawns on you, you forgot the bread and milk walk the long back to the food, through the electronics, avoiding the toy section, to get what you came there for in the first place.
Checkout Line Change-Up
While you are on line waiting, march in place. March proudly, who cares what others think. Hell, swing your arms and sing a little tune. Yes, you may look insane, but again, who cares. The faster you march, the more steps and the more calories you burn. Load up your bags and run out to the car, pushing the cart as fast as you can, making your kids laugh as the cart flies out of control and you sprint to catch it. Once in a sweat, load up the car and continue on to store number two. Rinse and repeat for the rest of your errands.
When you finally make it home, start cooking dinner. No rest for you!
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