Hi friends. Today I bring to you a review on a great little gadget that I was introduced by a program at my husband's work. This device has been around for a while now, but maybe like me, you hadn't heard of it before and I thought I would share in case it raises interest in you guys as it did with me.

What is it?
This little gadget is called a Fitbit zip. Fitbit has developed several types of activity tracking gadgets that can help you take control of your well-being and stay fit. It comes in different colors: Blue, Black, White, Fiusha, and Green. It requires a battery that is included in the packet, and it is my understanding that it lasts up to about 6 months.

I´ve heard that in order to fix a problem, you have to first admit that there is a problem. For a very vain woman like me, admitting that I am overweight is hard, specially knowing that I´ve had this problem for a very long time. I come from a family that is predisposed genetically to be wide. On my dad´s side, men are wide in their torso, while women have very wide hips. On my mom´s side there is the belly and the big but. I guess they didn´t leave me much of a choice, and from a very young age I noticed that I inherited traits from both sides. Looking so much like my grandma, was a hint that I might end up looking like her when I grew older, or even her mom who was a bit bigger. I mean they did birth like 12 kids my great grandmother and 5 my grandmother, but still, because my mom lived in denial for half of her life. She would blame her weight to "I gave birth to you two!" (My brother and me) And I grew up thinking that just because you had kids you ended up overweight, and though this might be true to some point, nothing says that you can´t get slimmer at some point after baby.

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