Pedometer question!

kalilioness

Hey, does anyone else use a pedometer? How do you log it? 3000 equal a mile but what to do about time? Suggestions?

Flyntiggr

I used to. We had a contest at work and everyone had to get in 10,000 steps a day. I got an Omron one from WalMart. Worked very well while I was using it. The company had given out really cheap ones to everyone, and they didn't work well at all. People figured out that you could put it on your sock and bounce your foot, and it would work - not the Omron. Minutes/mile is all a matter of how fast you walk. Good luck!

aprilyankee

I also have a pedometer, mine logs both steps and miles. I walk a mile in about 15 minutes so you can calculate how many steps in a mile, then do a test and calculate it out. I usually do about 4 miles per day (12,000 steps for me) which I put in as 60 minutes of walking. Hope this helps!

April

mike737

I'd log it if you were going out on a dedicated walk, but I wouldn't log you normal walking around all day. That's included within you MFP calculation.

robin52077

Your normal steps walked around your house or job are part of your daily lifestyle and are already included in your calorie goal. Don't add those as exercise.
Only if you "go for a walk" above and beyond your normal life,as exercise, do they count.

Otherwise you would be eating those calories twice and sabotage yourself unknowingly.

plantgrrl

I have an Omron WalkingStyle, it counts my steps, "active minutes" and calories. It syncs with my computer. I wear it every day. Since it tracks calories, I made an exercise called "walking throughout the day with my Pedometer" and entered the approx minutes I spent walking throughout the day and the calories I burned. Now I just type in minutes until the calories are right (I don't worry to much about wither or not the minutes are right, since it tracks the cals for me). Hope this helps/makes sense.

BTW Got my WalkingStyle from Amazon 2 years ago for about $35. Best wishes!

stevenleagle

I use an iPhone app, it's conservative but that's ok

slim_photographer

I used to have one. I lost it but your post makes me want to get me one.
I wouldn't log it. I'm not saying you shouldn't. For me it was like a reward to get back home and see a 5000+ steps recorded.
For me it's just feedback and it motivated me to move a lil more everyday.
If you intend to log the mileage I think they recommend marking a spot on the floor, walk 10 steps, mark the spot at the end then measure it. Divide by 10 and that would be you step length. e.g. step = 22" then 22" * 5000 = 1.74 miles.
Use this calculator and change the variables to your own http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=22"+x+5000+to+miles