Turns out I'm not dead

Just not wearing the monitor.

'I set up my new fitbit,' I told Husband proudly.
'Well done you little techy thing. Is it linked to your computer?'
'You mean sync-ed. Yes it is.'

We were out walking George and, a few minutes later, I stopped to see what my heart rate was. I peered at the various numbers. 
'You need your glasses,' Husband said. (He's always telling me I should wear my glasses all the time and accuses me of vanity in spite of me explaining that I will fall over if I wear my short glasses for normal things.)
'No, I can see the numbers,' I said. 'I just don't know what they mean. I'll have to check and  maybe look it up when I get home and I've got my glasses on.'

I'm home now. I still can't work out what things are. The only thing I can tell for sure is the time. It's not actually a Fitbit, you see; it's an old model of a vivofit, which was less than half the price of a Fitbit and got better reviews. But it doesn't have a little instruction booklet. I know, I know, you can probably look stuff up online but  I like a little booklet. Oh wait ...


There are some pictures on the side of the box.

So heart rate looks like that third box, which means my heart rate is currently 10- 2. That's either incredibly high or incredibly low. In fact I might even be dead.

Whatever I should probably go straight to hospital. Do not pass Go. Do not collect £200. Or I could look it up on t'internet. 

Excuse the 20 minute delay. Apparently I have to be wearing the heart monitor in order for it to work. Who'd have thought it? I don't think I'll be wearing this monitor very much; it's not comfortable especially with the remnants of my shingles hanging about.

But not only do I have to be wearing it I have to sync it and do stuff with it but at least it's working now. My heart rate is 0- 78. I don't know what that means. Well, I assume the 78 is my actual heart rate but what's the 0?

I'm alive and hungry so I guess all is well.

P.S. One good thing about the vivofit is that it doesn't instantly challenge you to do 10,000 steps a day. It starts at 7,500 and gradually increases as you regularly meet your target. So I am currently 635 steps over target. That's a nice feeling.