pedometer calories help pls

suenewberry81

I work in a special needs school, I'm on my feet most of the day, I also do a 15 min walk to and home from work, I used my runtastic pedometer today and I walked 17000 steps and it said I cloked up 993 calories!! Not sure that is right??? Should I eat some of these calories back???

I have made sure the steps are right and they are.

AnnieRN6

Here's one method to calculate it: http://www.livestrong.com/article/238020-how-to-convert-pedometer-steps-to-calories/

This one is easier: http://walking.about.com/library/cal/uccalc3.htm

sunnshhiine

I work in a special needs school, I'm on my feet most of the day, I also do a 15 min walk to and home from work, I used my runtastic pedometer today and I walked 17000 steps and it said I cloked up 993 calories!! Not sure that is right??? Should I eat some of these calories back???

I have made sure the steps are right and they are.

there's no way that's right. I do a 30 minute walk on my lunchbreak every day and clock about 4000-5000 steps and burn anywhere from 100-145 calories depending on how fast I'm walking. I have a fitbit flex that calculates it. I also use Runtastic to log the maps/pace. but the fitbit is way more accurate.