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Getting healthier with a FitBit Charge – one step at a time #EveryStepCounts @telus

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I’m going to have to update this post because there is a new app that I really like!

For the past month, Craig and I have been using the new FitBit Charge to track our steps and fitness activities as part of the #EveryStepCounts Challenge with Telus.

The FitBit is a great addition to our workouts at the gym because it encourages us to keep moving.  Reaching the 10,000 steps per day goal can be a challenge when you sit at a computer all day.

FitBit Charge

Easy to set up and easy to use!

The FitBit Charge isn’t intimidating at all. Plug it into your computer using its special connector, go to the FitBit setup page, download the software, follow the prompts, enter your info, and you’re set!  

There is only 1 button on the device — it shows the time and the push it again and it shows  your steps.  

It even celebrates when you hit your steps goal by vibrating to let you know of your success!

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Keeping you motivated!

What has helped me are the Challenges that you can do with friends.  The Daily Showdown is a race to see who can get the most steps in one day.

Throughout the day, you get notifications on your progress and the progress of your challengers. It’s a nice push to keep moving. Several times I’ve parked at the back of the parking lot and walked just so that I could get those extra steps in!

Syncs with my other apps!

I can keep using myfitnesspal to track my food and, once synced, it will automatically sync with the FitBit app to show my calories consumed.

Same goes with my activities.  If I spend 4 hours raking the grass, that won’t be a lot of steps, but it is a significant amount of work.  I can add the cardio activity in myfitnesspal and it will sync with FitBit.

Want to challenge me?

Do you have a FitBit and want to keep motivated?

Add me as a friend (mapsgirl@gmail.com) and we can challenge each other and be healthier together!

TELUS says Thank You with Grand Gestures!! #actsofcaring

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We’ve been Telus customers for many years now.  We’re proud to be Telus customers too!  The service that we have always received, on phone or through Twitter, is always amazing!  Especially the last time we had to renew our contract. They helped explain everything and helped us to get the best plan for our family!  We thanked Telus via twitter because we were so happy with the service.

Telus is thanking their customers with Grand Gestures!

TELUS believes that a simple thank you can go a long way. And while it would be easy to send a text or reach out with a quick call, we believe that some thank yous are just better shared in person.

With this in mind, TELUS gave loyal customer, Ramona, a big surprise to thank her for being such a great customer for almost 20 years. Ramona had told TELUS that she loves aviation, so the whole day was structured around her interests and desire to ride on an aerial plane – she even got to fly it!

You have to see this!

 
You can subscribe to Telus’ YouTube Channel here!
 

TELUS showed the love in Guelph, Ontario

Ramona’s surprise was just the beginning. The TELUS Care-a-Van rolled into Guelph, Ontario last week with a host of events and activities that took place all week long to specially thank TELUS local customers and the Guelph community.

TELUS has literally performed everyday acts of caring all over the Guelph community throughout the week.TELUS says Thank You with Grand Gestures!! #actsofcaring

They’re going door to door to the homes of our top 100 customers to thank them personally with a care package – a small token of our appreciation.

And they’re hosted a free BBQ lunch for their top 1000 customers and their families at the local TELUS store.  

You can help too – use #actsofcaring  

As part of this, TELUS is donating $5 to the Guelph Children’s Foundation for every use of #actsofcaring.

They’ll be presenting a cheque to the Guelph Children’s Foundation in the amount of $5000 – in response to all the uses of #actsofcaring. Donald Woodley (member of TELUS Board of Directors) will join our celebration to present the cheque.

So as you can see TELUS cares!  

It’s nice that they thank their loyal customers…and not just provide incentives for new ones.  I truly believe that people will want to be TELUS customers when they see how much TELUS cares!