Logging steps per day?

piraterodgers

I'm using a step counter and I don't get a calories burned or time duration ... just the number of steps per day. How can I log this into MFP exercise? I tried creating an exercise but the factors it asks for (calories burned, duration) are irrelevant. I'm not particularly interested in those items; at this point, I'd just like to log in steps per day. Can this be done?

malibu927

You can't, unless it's an activity tracker that can sync to MFP. I'd just create a spreadsheet to keep track of the steps.

MarvelGrrl

You wouldn't log it as exercise. It's a part of your daily activity level. Depending on how active you are you can adjust that here on MFP and it will suggest a baseline for calorie consumption. For example the daily carlorie allowance for a sedentary person and an active person with the same goals would be different. You could note your daily steps in the note section of your diary here, but creating a spreadsheet would be a fun way to track and see how active you're being

MomOnTheMoove

An average person has a stride length of approximately 2.1 to 2.5 feet. That means that it takes over 2,000 steps to walk one mile; and 10,000 steps would be almost 5 miles. Based on these numbers you can determine how far you walked. I don't know how you would account for duration except to guess-timate. You could also use the MapMyWalk app (which will sync with MyFitnessPal) and create a workout. I hope this helps!

TeaBea

malibu927 wrote: »

You can't, unless it's an activity tracker that can sync to MFP. I'd just create a spreadsheet to keep track of the steps.

This^

You could add it to exercise "notes," but the spreadsheet idea is a good one.

Adding all steps to exercise will invariably result in double counting. Even sedentary activity level includes (at least) a few thousand steps.

piraterodgers

Thank you, all, for your replies. I did discover the Note section, so I've been just jotting my steps there.