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Pedometer question

Keri_girl
Keri_girl Posts: 44
edited January 10 in Health and Weight Loss
Good morning all!

I have an Omron GoSmart Pedometer and I have no idea how to translate the number of steps walked into my activity for the day. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    If it's just daily walking around that's already figured into your budget. If you've gone out for a brisk walk for an extended period of time log it by time and distance as exercise.
  • pineygirl
    pineygirl Posts: 322 Member
    I use mine to figure out my activity level for the day. I don't usually count it as exercise. If I walk 6000-8000 steps in a day (workday with lots of paperwork and meetings). I consider my activity level sedentary. If I walk 9000-11000 steps in a day I consider myself lightly active. If I walk 12000-18000 steps in a day I consider myself moderately active. On the work days when I'm on the running around the lab manically for 12 hours straight and log 18000-22000 steps or more, I still consider myself moderately active but log it as a few hours of food preparation (which it is very similar to), then I don't exercise for the day.
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