more television

I love television, but from my last couple posts you'd guess I'd watch it constantly. I have three jobs, I don't.

So while I was doing the last post, Extra was on. It's a entertainment "news" show.  So I hear "obesity in America" and it sounds a whole lot like "Sammi Brady" (Allison Sweeny). Because of the post I was doing, I thought Biggest Loser , glanced over and they were talking about a new program Walking With Walgreens.

It's another corporate program to track how much you walk and give diet tips ect.  You track your walks and post walks in your neighborhood. If you do, they give you coupons. Tiny reward. For everybody who registers they give a buck to a wellness charity.

They want you to set goals that are SMART: —Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Relevant, Time Bound.

• Specific means you know what exactly you’re going to do: Walk in the park with my friend Lisa every Saturday morning at 9.
• Measureable means able to measure. In order to know if you’re succeeding, you have to be able to track it. Did I go on Saturday? How many Saturdays in a month did I hit it?
• Achievable means you can do it. Don’t promise to get up at 5a.m. every day rain or shine to begin with. That’s probably not realistic.
• Relevant means the goal has got to matter to you so you’ll stick to it. The Walk with Walgreens site is great for that because it can help you remember why you want to walk.
• Time bound means you create a time frame when you’ll check in on how you’re doing. For instance, I will do this for a month. A time limit gives you a chance to tweak and recommit.

I signed up. We'll see. I've signed up for others and haven't followed thru.