APRIL STEP CHALLENGE

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  • roopags3
    roopags3 Posts: 2 Member
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    I am in
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
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    I'm a little late to the party but I'd like to join for the rest of the month.

    Daily goal for work days - 15000
    Daily goal for days off - 10000

    14/4 - 14768 (so close) work day
    15/4 - 14283 work day
  • LilDsMom2
    LilDsMom2 Posts: 211 Member
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    Goal Month: 500,000
    Goal Week: 125,000
    Goal Day: 17,875

    Actual Month: 236,351 (4/1 - 4/14)
    Actual Week: 62,629 (4/11 - 4/14)
    Actual Day: 17,466 (4/14/16)

    My exercise week is from Monday to Sunday.
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  • LilDsMom2
    LilDsMom2 Posts: 211 Member
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    Elaine352962 wrote: »
    Thank you for the welcome. Had a migraine today, steps 10,700. Hopefully will do better tomorrow.

    Even without a migraine 10,000 steps is pretty great. Keep up the good work.
  • conniehealthygirl
    conniehealthygirl Posts: 156 Member
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    I am in. Even if I am late to party

    I hit 14269 today and did not work out I did clean house though. Good night I will check in tomorrow
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
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    Daily goal 10,000
    Daily avg. 10,066
    Total 150,992

    4/1 - 10,504 Walk
    4/2 - 4,228 -
    4/3 - 12,781 Cleaning
    4/4 - 6,405 -
    4/5 - 9,283 Cleaning
    4/6 - 9,412 Treadmill
    4/7 - 11,488 Treadmill
    4/8 - 6,464 Treadmill
    4/9 - 19,803 Treadmill, shopping
    4/10 - 14,405 Treadmill, raking
    4/11 - 9,312 Treadmill
    4/12 - 11,786 Treadmill
    4/13 - 10,623 Shopping, raking
    4/14 - 5,021 -
    4/15 - 9,477 Shopping, walk

    Great to see some new steppers!
  • destinyhope988
    destinyhope988 Posts: 1 Member
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    I'm in just got my Fitbit today
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
    edited April 2016
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    I'm a little late to the party but I'd like to join for the rest of the month.

    Daily goal for work days - 15000
    Daily goal for days off - 10000

    14/4 - 14768 (so close) work day
    15/4 - 14283 work day
    16/4 - 10148 day off :smiley:
  • kiela64
    kiela64 Posts: 1,447 Member
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    Ooo going to join this, I've been trying to do this anyway this week but I keep falling a bit short

    Tues - 7062
    Wed - 7376
    Thurs - 8582
    Fri - 7690

    I've only been wearing my counter when I go for a walk, so I'm going to start wearing it all the time & also try to increase my walks distance, so far it's been just ~2.5 miles, so I'll aim for 3 & see if I can't hit the 10 000 mark now!
  • conniehealthygirl
    conniehealthygirl Posts: 156 Member
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    kae612 wrote: »
    Ooo going to join this, I've been trying to do this anyway this week but I keep falling a bit short

    Tues - 7062
    Wed - 7376
    Thurs - 8582
    Fri - 7690

    I've only been wearing my counter when I go for a walk, so I'm going to start wearing it all the time & also try to increase my walks distance, so far it's been just ~2.5 miles, so I'll aim for 3 & see if I can't hit the 10 000 mark now!
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    You want to wear it throughout day to see your activity. It all adds up. Running errands. Cleaning house. Helps you be aware of your activity and adjust. I add steps throughout day if I am lagging. Such as park in back and force self to walk across parking lot. Step in place while waiting on something like microwave. If evening come and I didn't hit 10.000 I make self step in place during commercial if I am chilling out watching TV
  • Andrewc993
    Andrewc993 Posts: 1 Member
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    I'm in!
  • brendavirgo13
    brendavirgo13 Posts: 84 Member
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    Apr. 1st--12,868
    Apr. 2nd--(12,868)+20,062= 32930
    Apr. 3rd--(32,930)+18,621=51,551
    Apr. 4th--(51,551)+18,804=70,355
    Apr. 5th--(70,355)+20,325=90,680
    Apr. 6th--(90,680)+26,103=116,783
    Apr. 7th--(116,783)+18,610=135,393
    Apr. 8th--(135,393)+21,093=156,486
    Apr. 9th--(156,486)+21,127=177,613
    Apr. 10th--(177,613)+21,127=198,740
    Apr. 11th--(198,740)+20,325=219,065
    Apr. 12th--(219,065)+18,925=237,990
    Apr. 13th--(237,990)+22,882=260,872
    Apr. 14th--(260,872)+23,185=284,057
    Apr. 15th--(284,057)+12,116=296,173
    Apr. 16th--(296,173)+13,800=309,973
  • conniehealthygirl
    conniehealthygirl Posts: 156 Member
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    brendavirgo13 wrote: »
    Apr. 1st--12,868
    Apr. 2nd--(12,868)+20,062= 32930
    Apr. 3rd--(32,930)+18,621=51,551
    Apr. 4th--(51,551)+18,804=70,355
    Apr. 5th--(70,355)+20,325=90,680
    Apr. 6th--(90,680)+26,103=116,783
    Apr. 7th--(116,783)+18,610=135,393
    Apr. 8th--(135,393)+21,093=156,486
    Apr. 9th--(156,486)+21,127=177,613
    Apr. 10th--(177,613)+21,127=198,740
    Apr. 11th--(198,740)+20,325=219,065
    Apr. 12th--(219,065)+18,925=237,990
    Apr. 13th--(237,990)+22,882=260,872
    Apr. 14th--(260,872)+23,185=284,057
    Apr. 15th--(284,057)+12,116=296,173
    Apr. 16th--(296,173)+13,800=309,973

    What are you doing to get 20,000 steps?
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
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    Daily goal 10,000
    Daily avg. 10,147
    Total 162,351

    4/1 - 10,504 Walk
    4/2 - 4,228 -
    4/3 - 12,781 Cleaning
    4/4 - 6,405 -
    4/5 - 9,283 Cleaning
    4/6 - 9,412 Treadmill
    4/7 - 11,488 Treadmill
    4/8 - 6,464 Treadmill
    4/9 - 19,803 Treadmill, shopping
    4/10 - 14,405 Treadmill, raking
    4/11 - 9,312 Treadmill
    4/12 - 11,786 Treadmill
    4/13 - 10,623 Shopping, raking
    4/14 - 5,021 -
    4/15 - 9,477 Shopping, walk
    4/16 - 11,359 Walk

    I put my counter on when I get up and wear it all day.
  • freakymistkd
    freakymistkd Posts: 586 Member
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    Really unsure of what to think right now. For the last couple of weeks I thought I'd jump in the bandwagon and try and track my steps. I looked at getting a fitbit but couldn't justify spending a couple of hundred dollars on one. I upgraded my phone recently and it came with an app, that tracks steps, called lifelog. Awesome I thought, the only thing is I have been spending the last 12 months trying to distance myself from my phone and have gotten into a great habit of not having it attached to me 24/7. I have noticed that the app doesn't track all of my steps for example if at the end of the day I wasn't happy with how many I'd taken then I would walk on the spot to make it up (as I've read alot of people do) but for some reason the app doesn't register that movement. This week I bargained with myself and allowed myself to buy a pedometer, only a $20 one but I had read somewhere that this particular brand/model were pretty good. So today was the first time I used the pedometer and I tried to make sure I had my phone in my pocket almost all day. I've tested the app before by walking 100 steps and then checking it's count and it's for the most part pretty spot on but like I said earlier it doesn't seem to register small steps or walking on the spot. This morning I tested the pedometer in the same fashion, I walked 100 steps and the count was only off by one or two, then I walked on the spot for 100 steps and it was pretty close also. However I think it might be too sensitive and was maybe counting extra steps for times throughout the day for example I was kneeling on the bed while my daughter was jumping on it and I could hear the pedometer clicking over.

    Anyway sorry for the long post but today my phone registered 6061 steps while the pedometer registered 13044. That's a huge discrepancy.
  • socalgardengal
    socalgardengal Posts: 116 Member
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    April Total= 399,702
  • conniehealthygirl
    conniehealthygirl Posts: 156 Member
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    Today 19,000 steps a personal high for me. Went to gym. Ran on treadmill. Played raquetball swam. Felt great. Cleaned house. Steps really do add up
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
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    Daily goal 10,000
    Daily avg. 10,523
    Total 178,886

    4/1 - 10,504 Walk
    4/2 - 4,228 -
    4/3 - 12,781 Cleaning
    4/4 - 6,405 -
    4/5 - 9,283 Cleaning
    4/6 - 9,412 Treadmill
    4/7 - 11,488 Treadmill
    4/8 - 6,464 Treadmill
    4/9 - 19,803 Treadmill, shopping
    4/10 - 14,405 Treadmill, raking
    4/11 - 9,312 Treadmill
    4/12 - 11,786 Treadmill
    4/13 - 10,623 Shopping, raking
    4/14 - 5,021 -
    4/15 - 9,477 Shopping, walk
    4/16 - 11,359 Walk
    4/17 - 16,535 Treadmill walk
  • dancingj2
    dancingj2 Posts: 4,572 Member
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    freakymistkd wrote: »

    Anyway sorry for the long post but today my phone registered 6061 steps while the pedometer registered 13044. That's a huge discrepancy.

    I tried using my phone a few times with an app but it always under counted. I had done the same as you checking it for 100 steps and would usually do ok but it would always be low compares to any step counter I had on for the day.

    It sounds like you have one of what I call clunky step counters. They make a little clunk every time they count a step. When those are new I found them fairly accurate. If you move enough to make it clunk it will count another step. For me if I am moving I am ok if counts another step. I use my step counter to hep me keep moving through out the day.

    I like the electronic step counters. You can buy them for between $15 and $30. They are usually accurate and I do not need to carry my phone. My fav is the New Balance Via Slim. It will pick up smaller steps and running in place.

    For me my step counter is an important part of my daily activity so I have bought a couple and have worn them for a day or two and counted steps in my head for different activities and then checked them. Sometimes I would find one that was way low or way high. For me the worst one has been an app on my phone.

    Hope some of this heps :smile:
  • brendavirgo13
    brendavirgo13 Posts: 84 Member
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    Apr. 1st--12,868
    Apr. 2nd--(12,868)+20,062= 32930
    Apr. 3rd--(32,930)+18,621=51,551
    Apr. 4th--(51,551)+18,804=70,355
    Apr. 5th--(70,355)+20,325=90,680
    Apr. 6th--(90,680)+26,103=116,783
    Apr. 7th--(116,783)+18,610=135,393
    Apr. 8th--(135,393)+21,093=156,486
    Apr. 9th--(156,486)+21,127=177,613
    Apr. 10th--(177,613)+21,127=198,740
    Apr. 11th--(198,740)+20,325=219,065
    Apr. 12th--(219,065)+18,925=237,990
    Apr. 13th--(237,990)+22,882=260,872
    Apr. 14th--(260,872)+23,185=284,057
    Apr. 15th--(284,057)+12,116=296,173
    Apr. 16th--(296,173)+13,800=309,973
    Apr. 17th--(309,973)+11,295=321,268

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