May 10,000 steps a day challenge

Update from me for last 8 days.

Sun - rest day
Mon - 15,997 steps
Tues - 11,067 steps
Wed - 19,575 steps
Thurs - rest day
Fri - 10,447 steps
Sat - 40,332 steps
Sun - 22,920 steps

May need to rest tomorrow as after this weekend I now have 4 blisters on my toes..... ouch.

Healthy4me4ever wrote: »

Update from me for last 8 days.

Sun - rest day
Mon - 15,997 steps
Tues - 11,067 steps
Wed - 19,575 steps
Thurs - rest day
Fri - 10,447 steps
Sat - 40,332 steps
Sun - 22,920 steps

May need to rest tomorrow as after this weekend I now have 4 blisters on my toes..... ouch.

@Healthy4me4ever Blisters are not fun! I use something by PRoFoot called Vita-Gel Corn Wraps. As the name suggests, they are for corns on your toes but work for blisters as well if your blisters are on or between your toes. I get them at my local drugstore...RiteAid. Another product I have used in the past for blisters elsewhere on my feet is called New-Skin Liquid Bandage. You just paint it on the blister like nail polish, let it dry and then wear a heavier pair of socks. You can re-"paint" your blisters as often as you need until healed. Warning, however, the stuff stings like crazy if you have an open blister until it dries but it does work.

Good luck to you!

Kimmertmsn wrote: »

Just made over 10,000 steps yesterday. I'm wondering how accurate my step counter is though. I push mowed my lawn (1/2 acre) and it didn't seem to count a lot of steps.

Something I noticed, also, when I first started mowing my lawn this Spring. Go out and mow the lawn, I said, don't use the riding lawn mower, I said, I will get a gazillion steps in today, I said...and then I didn't. When I first got my Garmin, my daughter, who had a FitBit, told me that when I walk to make sure I move my arms at the same time. It made a big difference. No, I can't sit on the couch and just move my arm and make my tracker count steps but there is something about the motion of walking and moving one's arms at the same time that adds up the steps on the counter. I noticed, too, that when I would check my steps before going into a grocery store and look at them after I got back to my car, I didn't have as many steps as I figured I should after walking all over the entire store. Anytime you are using your arms to push something like a lawn mower or a grocery cart, you are not going to get a 100% accurate count. So...all of that being said, sometimes, the trackers aren't as precise as we would like but you are getting exercise and burning calories at the same even if the steps aren't on there...always a good thing!

Btw, mowing a 1/2 acre with a push mower is a great accomplishment...Great job!

It's not quite 2 o'clock and I've already surpassed my 10,000 steps for the day

5/17. 1598 steps

May 17th

14,822 steps

May 18th

16,389 steps

I have a treadmill desk at work, so I try to do my 10,000 steps for health while I work.

May 20th

20,879 steps

Weekend Steps

May 21st: 4,021 steps (Absolute rest day. Wasn't feeling well so I slept A LOT all day!)

May 22nd: 10,322 steps (Still feeling pretty tired so took another nap!)

Really hoping today is much better!

May 23rd

18,153 steps

Kimmertmsn wrote: »

May 23 - 11441
May 24 - 10033
I think my counter is off. I did more yesterday than the day before, but steps were less?

I walk every morning and set a timer while I do it. Some days, even tho' I am walking the same amount of time as the day before, my steps are less than the day before. I figured out that even tho' the time is the same, my pace is slower so I don't get as many steps. I especially notice this as the week goes by and I get tireder and tireder the closer I get to my rest day.

But, hey! Be proud of your accomplishments! You got two days in a row of over 10,000 steps! Congratulations on a job well done!

May 25th

19,891 steps

May 27th

22,317 steps