How to add steps???

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ltluce
ltluce Posts: 2 Member
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This may have been answered elsewhere so pardon the redundancy. I cannot always have phone in pocket and have a step tracker but it is not one that can be connected to electronics. Is there any place on the app to just add steps? Thanks for any help.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    No, because your activity level already assumes a certain number of steps per day. Log any purposeful walking/running you do for exercise and set your activity level appropriately to account for the rest.
  • ltluce
    ltluce Posts: 2 Member
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    Thank you.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,483 Member
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    MFP has an entry in the exercise 'cardio section that you could use for purposeful walks using approximate speed and time.

    You could also use this equation.
    (Weight in lbs x 0.3) x distance in miles = calories burnt. This again is for a continuous walk, not daily steps.

    If it is daily steps you are counting, outside of a purposeful walk, see if you need to increase your activity level so the steps are accounted for.

    Sedentary/little activity is around 3500 steps.
    Light activity 6-7000.
    9-10,000 active.

    This is very general and opinions differ as MFP, I don't think, has never aligned a step count to an activity level.

    Cheers, h.

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