I started locking Instagram until I walk enough steps

kinda embarrassed how long it took me to admit this but my walking streak kept dying the second I opened my phone.

I'd lace up, get 8 minutes in then sit on a bench and scroll steps gone. mood worse

so I flipped it. Instagram and TikTok stay locked on my phone until I earn unlock time by walking Screen Time blocks them. HealthKit counts the steps. no tap-past-the-limit escape hatch like the old screen time apps.

I've been using an app called WalkGate and i can say this :
not magic I still have lazy days but the loop is stupid simple: want the feed, walk first

curious if anyone else ties phone access to steps, or if I'm the only weirdo who needed the phone to bully me into walking