I've been a couch potato for quite a long time. Ever since I worked in the call center industry on a night shift, I barely had any energy to walk around and be active, let alone do any sort of exercises. My days were usually just spent sleeping, watching shows and movies on Netflix and playing video games.
Things changed when my sedentary lifestyle finally took a toll on me. I felt really sluggish and felt sleepier than normal most of the time, even during work hours. I generally feel like I'm about to get sick but had no other signs of having a disease of some sort. I'm still 24 and I thought that I'm too young to feel this way. So I decided to start having an active lifestyle.
Planning to have an active lifestyle is one thing, actually doing it is another. I thought some brisk walking would be a good start. However, I was on and off for quite some time. For it to work, I had to do it regularly and consistently. I had this idea that I needed something to not only track my activity but to make sure I'm motivated to do it consistently. I'm usually not self-motivated when it comes to doing something new daily.
I tried different kinds of conventional activity tracking apps from Google Play Store. Most of them worked for quite a while. However, after some time they usually get boring and I saw myself going back to my old ways. I realized I needed an app that would actually reward me for staying active. Interestingly, I found a few apps that gives out rewards, however the rewards I got were either useless to me or too minute to even be worth anything even in the long run. I did find some promising apps like Sweatcoin and Healthcoin, however they currently don't have any real value as of the moment and even after months of using them they haven't made any significant development. I still keep them around just in case they turn into something fruitful, but I wouldn't really count on it that much now. So, my search for finding a truly rewarding fitness app continues.
Enter "Actifit". The dApp that rewards, they say. I actually just stumbled upon actifit by accident. I was browsing this blockchain-based social media site when I encountered a post about staying healthy and active. One of the commenters posted about actifit and told us to try it. Unfortunately, he didn't really post a referral link and I also forgot his name. It was interesting to me because I learned that it was based on steem blockchain and I actually just discovered steemit a few days prior to discovering actifit.
I tried it out and until now I'm still thankful I did. As you can see below, I've already maintained a bit of a streak. There are days where I barely reach the 5000 activity count, but comparing that to my old ways it's still pretty active. I'm now committed to staying active consistently and actifit really has been a big part on me forming that commitment.
I guess it's now obviously that I really loved the entire actifit experience so far. The app itself is very straightforward and user-friendly. The fact that it's based on the steem blockchain makes it even more interesting and more rewarding. I earn AFIT Tokens everytime I reach an activity count of at least 5000 daily. Even though it seems that the AFIT tokens can't be withdrawn to steem engine yet, I still get rewarded daily because I have to post my activity and 
What I love the most about actifit though is that you can really feel a sense of community. There is an active discord channel and actifit users are also very active in interacting and commenting with each other on actifit posts and on their individual posts. Special mention to 
So there you have it! If you're not part of the actifit community yet and want to join in on earning while staying active, you can join by using my referral link:
https://actifit.io/signup?referrer=paleredsteel
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I look forward to seeing you around, and always remember to stay active folks!