I felt like a traitor to Fast Food Nation on Wednesday, when I got my “Go Active” Happy Meal.

The version I chose was the “Fiesta Salad.” For the same calories as a small burger and a small bag of fries, you get a whopping bowl of flavorless lettuce, sprinkled with some almost-as-flavorless corn-chip strips, a dollop of sour cream, and a few scattered ground-beef morsels. You also get a plastic packet of Paul Newman salsa, which is as mild as milk but at least adds need moisture to the concoction.

The package deal includes a bottle of Coca-Cola’s Dasani brand water (regular tap water with mineral flavoring added).

But the real reason I got the meal wasn’t edible (as if the salad was). It’s the li’l “Step With It!” pedometer, a friendly looking piece of clip-to-your-belt electronics encased in green and black plastic. The first thing, I trotted around the corridors of my multi-unit building until I reached the magic 2,000 paces (more or less a mile). As soon as we have a relatively rainless day around here, I’m gonna take the thing out and see how long it takes to reach the magic 10,000 mark just on my daily errands.