Fitness tracker without heart rate monitor??

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I am looking for a device that will measure steps and activity but that does not measure heart rate. Does this exist?
I had an Apple Watch previously and had to stop using it as I became totally obsessed with the heart rate monitoring. But I really miss knowing my daily steps and the motivation I found it gave me. Help! Does this type of device even exist anymore? TIA

Just use the step counter on your phone? Or buy an old fashioned pedometer?

Could you just turn off heart rate monitoring? I'm not familiar with the Apple Watch, but I've had several Garmins and there's an option to turn off the wrist-based HRM.

Garmin also have a Vivofit which is a basic model that doesn't have a HRM sensor - this might work for you (I had the original years ago, but I think the current one is Vivofit 4).

Thanks. Sorry I should’ve said I had a pedometer but obviously it didn’t have phone or text notifications. Will have a look at Garmin. Unfortunately I tried turning off the HR option on the Apple Watch but I just kept turning it back on!