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10. Consider using a fitness tracker. Our world is flourishing with fitness trackers, mobile apps, and other wearable devices that calculate our daily movements and exercise. Some of the newer fitness products are quite accurate in measuring calories, steps, heart rate, and other physiological data. These fitness trackers really do inspire people to move more. In 2007, a comprehensive study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association involved reviewing twenty-six previous studies in which participants used pedometers to increase their physical activity, and it found that the average increase in physical activity among participants was 2,491 steps per day, a 26.9% increase. Don’t, however, expect trackers to help you automatically lose weight. Weight management, which I have dedicated the second section of this book to, requires learning new strategies to modify behaviors. Fitness trackers do not prompt you to change a behavior; they just track your activity, inspiring you to be more active. So consider trying a few of them out and seeing how they work for you. Most important is to stay positive and believe in yourself. You are in control.