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  • weighmeless
    weighmeless Posts: 42 Member
    edited September 2017
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    Wow 10k is alot how long does it take you?

    If I increase my speed I should be able to do it in an hour. Right now I am doing closer to 7000 steps in an hour - about 3 miles

    Another 1.5 hrs for another 10K - hitting 20K most of the days. But most of the 4K- 5k steps out of 20K include running house hold chores/grocery
  • Polo265
    Polo265 Posts: 287 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    Wow 10k is alot how long does it take you?

    I try to get between 12,000-16,000 steps a day. It takes me a good portion of the day because I do it in little bits. I have a Fitbit Alta (not a HRM), which buzzes every hour for me to get 250 steps. However, every hour I try to get at least 1000 steps. When I want to get those steps over with, I jog frantically in place, or jog while I'm watching TV. Now, I'm retired, so for the most part, I have the time to do this. I'm 68, so I pretty much march around the house, jog in place, etc. to get my steps. My steps give me between 450-650 exercise calories. I have everything set at sedentary.
  • weighmeless
    weighmeless Posts: 42 Member
    Polo265 wrote: »
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    Wow 10k is alot how long does it take you?

    I try to get between 12,000-16,000 steps a day. It takes me a good portion of the day because I do it in little bits. I have a Fitbit Alta (not a HRM), which buzzes every hour for me to get 250 steps. However, every hour I try to get at least 1000 steps. When I want to get those steps over with, I jog frantically in place, or jog while I'm watching TV. Now, I'm retired, so for the most part, I have the time to do this. I'm 68, so I pretty much march around the house, jog in place, etc. to get my steps. My steps give me between 450-650 exercise calories. I have everything set at sedentary.

    lol at jog part. We are on same page with that and the no of exercise calories .. sometimes it upto 800+ exercise calories. Good job keep it going. I hope I have half energy as you at 68 :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    Polo265 wrote: »
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    Wow 10k is alot how long does it take you?

    I try to get between 12,000-16,000 steps a day. It takes me a good portion of the day because I do it in little bits. I have a Fitbit Alta (not a HRM), which buzzes every hour for me to get 250 steps. However, every hour I try to get at least 1000 steps. When I want to get those steps over with, I jog frantically in place, or jog while I'm watching TV. Now, I'm retired, so for the most part, I have the time to do this. I'm 68, so I pretty much march around the house, jog in place, etc. to get my steps. My steps give me between 450-650 exercise calories. I have everything set at sedentary.

    Yes ... I don't usually track steps, but last October my work had a 1-month step challenge so I did it for that month.

    Turns out that, as a sedentary person, I was getting nearly 10,000 steps a day without trying. And then I was exercising on top of that.

    Walking as part of my commute, walking back and forth to the photocopier, kitchen, and toilet, and getting up and just doing a bit of walking about once an hour really adds up. :)

    Now, I only count whatever I've deemed as "exercise" (not back and forth to the photocopier) and that seemed to work well for me to lose my weight. If I did happen to burn a bit extra one day, it made up for any mistakes I might have made logging my food.
  • babysaffy
    babysaffy Posts: 232 Member
    Congratulations on the baby! Thanks for updating this.
    You can do it! I'm loving walking right now so I enjoyed this thread.

    Btw I had my third baby last year, I'm 41 and this year I've built my longest streak ever on here- lost weight I've been trying to lose for 8 years since my second baby and I've discovered working out at home consistently which is so great with little ones to look after. My baby inspired and continues to inspire me. You really can do this 😊

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