Counting steps ?

10BlueDoves
10BlueDoves Posts: 33 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have read a bunch of posts, but don't seem to really see the answer to this. I am using Accupedo to count my steps, my daily steps are almost always over 10,000 steps just doing my normal daily activities. I have my setting set to sedentary. I feel like there are days I am having a difficult time getting up to my 1250 calories and days I need more. I am not counting those steps as exercise since they are just doing every day things, should I increase my activity setting a bit? Or is it set already to account for that many steps?

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  • recentcoin
    recentcoin Posts: 18
    10,000 steps is about 5 miles of walking. According to my reading, that's considered to be moderately active.
  • debaloo
    debaloo Posts: 129 Member
    10,000 steps is about 5 miles of walking. According to my reading, that's considered to be moderately active.

    Agreed!
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    You do not count your normal daily activity as exercise. Exercise has to raise your heart rate for a sustained period and be something more than your normal routine. So your steps per day are not exercise. You should have activity level set to moderate.
  • jkilgannon76
    jkilgannon76 Posts: 6
    I count my steps but i count them when I walk as exercise this helps me track calories I am burning so far i hace lost 3 lbs in 3 weeks with this method. I do not count my daily activities but i do count my steps when i am walking as exerciser since i am burning calories. I would change your activity level and begin walking more and counting those steps as excersise

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