I’ve been a little obsessed with my pedometer recently. I have a really basic cheap one and then a much nicer one that I borrowed from a friend. It started like this: I wanted to know how much I was walking at my part-time retail sales job.

Mostly I am afraid to use my friend’s fancy one. My cheap one keeps falling off my person. It won’t stay clipped to my clothes. It’s fallen off in the middle of the street and it’s jumped into the toilet (and yes, I stuck my hand in the toilet to pull it out--yuck--now the numbers doen't read very clearly). Basically, this thing is doing everything it can to separate itself from me. I shove it back in my pocket or stick it back on my waistband but I promptly forget that I have it on and before I know it, the damn thing is on the ground again.

Now if I wasn't so obsessed with how many steps I’ve taken and how many miles I’ve walked, I’d give it up but the thing is I love it. Last Saturday I walked 5.5 miles just at work. That’s a lot of steps. I’ve been jotting down the info when I remember but I am not so good about that.

Enter my interest in one of the digital activity trackers like the ones Fitbit and Jawbone make. I like to walk and I think of myself as fairly active but I wonder if I am as active as I like to think that I am.

Anyhow, I’ve done my own research and I am leaning towards buying the Fitbit Flex. This said, I’ve also been looking at the Jawbone UP24. Here’s what I want from an activity tracker:
<ul>
	<li>Not too big or clunky</li>
	<li>Easy to use</li>
	<li>Easy to access the data</li>
	<li>Not too expensive</li>
</ul>
Thoughts? Recommendations? Personal anecdotes? The current problem I am facing is that I think that the style/design of the Jawbone is more aesthetically pleasing but it doesn’t seems to meet my other criteria as well as the Fitbit does. The thing about the Fitbit is that their latest model (the Force) was just recalled so what does that say about the other products they’ve created?

Oh decisions, decisions.