March Daily Step Challenge

clover5

Does everyone take off their counter when they exercise? If I took my counter off while exercising I would not make it anywhere close to the 10,000 mark? The desk job really kills my walking. I try to get up and move around every hour but sometimes it just isn't possible.

Depends on what I'm doing. For calesthenics or strength training, no because the strength exercises don't add calories to my daily allowance. For aerobics, yes I take it off. (the trick for me is to remember to put it back on )

My goal with steps is to maintain the activity level I selected in the MFP set-up. I claimed "slightly active" which is in the range of 7500 to 9999 steps. 10,000 is active. http://walking.about.com/cs/measure/a/locke122004.htm When I record additional aerobic exercise, like tennis for instance, MFP increases my calorie budget. So... If I include my tennis in my steps and also record it as aerobic exercise, I will be claiming the exercise twice. MFP would increase my calorie allowance, and I wouldn't lose weight.

A long explanation but I hope that makes sense to you.

sinluas

Fri 03/09/12 12:50 PM

03/01= 5798
03/02= 10808
03/03=7795
03/04=5281 not a good day
03/05=10822
03/06=8141
03/07= 13102
03/08=11933
03/09=12438
03/10= 4611
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psychomomxs4

3/01= 11,282
3/02=12,266
3/03= 4,890 (exhausted resting)
03/04= 4,435 (exhausted resting)
03/05= 10,630
03/06= 12,133
03/07= 7,064
03/08= 8,935
03/09= 12,747
03/10= 6,088
03/11= 9,241 (did a 5k)
03/12= 8,333 (shin splints bad)
03/13= 12,896
03/14= 10,652
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Mel15sa35

03/07= 10,718
03/08= 8,169
03/09= 5,337 (you can tell my days off by the fact that I do mall walking before WORK-but not otherwise)
03/10= 3,177 (man, gotta find ways (motivation) to get moving on my days off!)
03/11= 4,028
03/12= 6,134
03/13= 5,893
03/14= 10,053 (woo whoo! -so what if I paced in my living room at 11:45pm to get that last 100!)
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dancingj2

Did not get any exercise in yesterday. Running to the vet and specialist with our older dog.

Goal is 10,000/day

3/14 - 6,855
3/13 - 5,570
3/12 - 7,055
3/11 - 10,003
3/10 - 11,224
3/9 - 9,374
3/8 - 12,722
3/7 - 10,033
3/6 - 18,095
3/5 - 11,419
3/4 - 13,558
3/3 - 16,075
3/2 - 11,944
3/1 - 11,064
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justdoit_steph

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03/13= 10,050
03/14= 13,605
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clover5

3/1 - 6967 - Off to a slow start!
3/2 - 11007
3/3 - 7439
3/4 - 5321 - Need to pick it up.
3/5 - 10835
3/6 - 10321
3/7 - 8723
3/8 - 10773
3/9 - 10669
3/10 - 10835
3/11 - 7151 - hmmm
3/12 - 6846 - Looks like I need to get on my feet earlier in the day to front load the count.
3/13 - 11463
3/14 - 10397

dancingj2

Does everyone take off their counter when they exercise? If I took my counter off while exercising I would not make it anywhere close to the 10,000 mark? The desk job really kills my walking. I try to get up and move around every hour but sometimes it just isn't possible.

When I started doing this, I put it on in the morning and took it off at night - everything counted! And I struggled to make 10,000 steps. As I have been riding more on my bike, I have been taking it off before I ride and then put it back on when I get back.

justdoit_steph

I'm still slightly confused. I put in my profile that I'm sedentary because I have a desk job. However, I do workout about 5 times a week. I do a combination of lifting, walking and jogging. Do I have my settings wrong? I don't know - just know that my steps are including my exercises I put it on from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed. I have been known to make a couple circles around the house if I'm short of the 10,000 mark.

Also, thanks for the replies

Cicicat0620

03/01=7259 not 10k. but I was moving it doing chair massage.. woo hoo.
03/02=6252
03/03= 3134 forgot my fitbit at home for the moring. it would have been about 3k more steps
03/04= 3584 did climb 8 flights though... I was cleaning all day. So was moving just not taking that many steps. oh well. .
03/05= 8255 forgot the fitbit at home but downloaded it on my phone. Might be off a few steps.
03/06= 6855 close but no cigar..
03/07= 7233 a little better.
03/08= 6900 I should have walked a few more steps I could have reached that 7k.. Next time.
03/09= 5060
03/10= 4156
03/11= 3304 must have been lazy over the weekend. didn't really do much. I will get back on track this week.
03/12= 7029 woo hoo. broke the 7k mark. just barely...
03/13=6518.
03/14= 6212 Dang shy again... I too work at a sedentary job during the day. Walk at lunch. Hopefully with the Baseball season coming up I can up my steps. I will be working there and that involves a lot of walking.
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dancingj2

I too have mine set at sedentary and I record all of exercise so I thinkg that's fine.

Nharley

I have joined the 100 miles in March challenge which fits nicely with this one!

3/1 = 11,644 :flowerforyou:
3/2 = 13,178
3/3 = 12,259
3/4 = 15,712
3/5 = 12,638 * Made myself take a walk at 5:30pm tonight. Had I not, I would have been reporting a very low step count today!
3/6 = 2,262 * I had to stay home this morning to make phone calls before work. I worked an extra hour and after making dinner and eating I just didn't get out and walk. *sigh.*
3/7 = 5,190 * Egads! I worked an 8 hour shift, went to my son's school to withdraw him before 10am.... and totally fell flat after skipping lunch (didn't get a 'lunch' break until 5:30 pm - worked 10am- 6pm) so didn't walk for exercise at all.
3/8 = 5,130 * Another morning shift and no time to walk after work again. Tomorrow I don't go in until 1pm and the same for Sunday, so I hope to make up my steps lost the last three days then!
3/9 = 15,124
3/10 = 9,268
3/11 = 2,487 * Looks like I have 5 days of excuses now. Egads!:sad:
3/12 = 4,482
3/13 = 14,787
3/14 = 6,422
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lamlam2468

3/7 -- 2983 (not a good start but things will get better)
3/8 -- 3707 (ever so slowly the steps creep up. Maybe tomorrow I'll actually get a chance to do some good walking).
3/9 -- 1979 (tomorrow is another day)
3/10 -- 16,899 (whew!!)
3/11 -- 2103 (thinking I need to be more consistent!)
3/12 -- 3309
3/13 -- 6128 (hopefully I will have a little more free time the next couple days)
3/14 -- 3409 (started working extremely early and ended up napping late afternoon/early eve)
3/15 -- 3074 (did 1 hr biking so didn't get the steps in today)
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jesusislove1526

03/01=0
03/02= 0
03/03= 3250
03/04= 3319
03/05= 2613
03/06= 1124
03/07= 4125
03/08= 6987
03/09= 5809
03/10= 3477
03/11= 3278
03/12= 4248
03/13= 4489
03/14= 3688
03/15= 5280

psychomomxs4

3/01= 11,282
3/02=12,266
3/03= 4,890 (exhausted resting)
03/04= 4,435 (exhausted resting)
03/05= 10,630
03/06= 12,133
03/07= 7,064
03/08= 8,935
03/09= 12,747
03/10= 6,088
03/11= 9,241 (did a 5k)
03/12= 8,333 (shin splints bad)
03/13= 12,896
03/14= 10,652
03/15= 5,792 (on the raod)
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dancingj2

Did over 1,500 while watching TV in the evening.

Goal is 10,000/day

3/15 - 7,414
3/14 - 6,855
3/13 - 5,570
3/12 - 7,055
3/11 - 10,003
3/10 - 11,224
3/9 - 9,374
3/8 - 12,722
3/7 - 10,033
3/6 - 18,095
3/5 - 11,419
3/4 - 13,558
3/3 - 16,075
3/2 - 11,944
3/1 - 11,064
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Nharley

I have joined the 100 miles in March challenge which fits nicely with this one!

3/1 = 11,644 :flowerforyou:
3/2 = 13,178
3/3 = 12,259
3/4 = 15,712
3/5 = 12,638 * Made myself take a walk at 5:30pm tonight. Had I not, I would have been reporting a very low step count today!
3/6 = 2,262 * I had to stay home this morning to make phone calls before work. I worked an extra hour and after making dinner and eating I just didn't get out and walk. *sigh.*
3/7 = 5,190 * Egads! I worked an 8 hour shift, went to my son's school to withdraw him before 10am.... and totally fell flat after skipping lunch (didn't get a 'lunch' break until 5:30 pm - worked 10am- 6pm) so didn't walk for exercise at all.
3/8 = 5,130 * Another morning shift and no time to walk after work again. Tomorrow I don't go in until 1pm and the same for Sunday, so I hope to make up my steps lost the last three days then!
3/9 = 15,124
3/10 = 9,268
3/11 = 2,487 * Looks like I have 5 days of excuses now. Egads!:sad:
3/12 = 4,482
3/13 = 14,787
3/14 = 6,422
3/15 = 8,228

scottishlass78

OK, I'm in...

03/13= 9,955
03/14= 11,737
03/15= 9,866
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Thank you, BTW, for the easy copy and paste dates :flowerforyou:

clover5

3/1 - 6967 - Off to a slow start!
3/2 - 11007
3/3 - 7439
3/4 - 5321 - Need to pick it up.
3/5 - 10835
3/6 - 10321
3/7 - 8723
3/8 - 10773
3/9 - 10669
3/10 - 10835
3/11 - 7151 - hmmm
3/12 - 6846 - Looks like I need to get on my feet earlier in the day to front load the count.
3/13 - 11463
3/14 - 10397
3/15 - 6167 Airport travel day.

justdoit_steph

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03/13= 10,050
03/14= 13,605
3/15 = 10,697
My counts are with my exercise included.