steps per day

earlnabby

lsboulton wrote: »

I am confused. How many steps are we supposed to do in a day??

The real answer is as many as you can

Snip8241

I started with 8500. Today I walked 4.12 miles. My misfit shine said I walked 10208 steps. I am aiming for 5 miles. I don't know that step count yet.

khristiana

I have a Fitbit as well, and when I first started using it (about 3 months ago) I set my steps at 5,000 steps, and I'm just now up to the goal of 6,500/day. But with working out and doing extra walking, I'm consistently hitting 10,000-14,000 steps a day!

norcalbeezy

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Wreathy

I walk in my 15 minutes breaks - I walk 25 minutes to public transport twice a day. I get 10k steps on those days usually, including additional steps walking around office/home. I go for long walks (hour plus) in the weekend to get to 10k, otherwise I don't get much at all. A fitbit/pedometer will help monitor it for you.

Sandcastles61

Today I started looking at my daily steps in a little different way...... I'm a shorty so it takes me 2514 steps per mile. I normally get between 8000 and 13,500 steps a day depending. At 8,500 steps, this is 3.36 miles for my stride length. If I only walk 8,500 steps each day in April (30 days) this will equal a grand total of 100.6 MILES walked in one month!!! How crazy is that Kinda put my overall steps into a completely new context, LOL.

lindsayh87

I just started tracking my steps but do not include exercise in my goal. Tricks I've found for making myelf take extra steps...

Put the laundry basket a few steps away from the machine when loading & unloading. And from the dresser or closet too when putting away.

Leave the remote across the room.

Leave dinner in the kitchen so I have to walk from the table to get it or seconds!

While waiting for coffee to brew, microwave, etc take a walk around the table.

Anything I can do to force myself extra steps- carrying one thing at a time so I have to walk back a forth!

Good luck everyone and happy stepping!

slucki01

10,000 steps is the general rule of thumb for avoiding sedentary but it's not very much. My Fitbit goal is officially 10,000 steps but I use that as a minimum and usually try to get to at least 15K.