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mkeatonmom4
mkeatonmom4 Posts: 36 Member
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I don’t always have my iPhone on me. I also don’t have a Fitbit or any other device that connects to my iPhone. I do have a small pedometer but it doesn’t connect to anything. My question is can I manually log my steps and if so how do I accomplish this. Thank you.

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  • GummiMundi
    GummiMundi Posts: 396 Member
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    You can't log the number of steps, but you can log "walking" as an exercise.
    Go to the Exercise tab, under "Cardiovascular" click on "Add exercise", then search the database for an entry that corresponds to your average speed. Put in the number of minutes you walked (your pedometer probably has that information), and it'll be added as exercise.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited June 2020
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    Keep in mind you do get a step allowance included in your activity, so you don't want to log all your steps as exercise.

    Here's a link to activity levels based on steps: http://www.fitnessforweightloss.com/rate-your-activity-level-based-on-steps-per-day/

    Another option is to change your activity level to match.
  • fairy_daisy
    fairy_daisy Posts: 247 Member
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    @TeaBea Thanks for the link. Those aren’t quite the same activity level options as we get in MFP, do you know if there’s any guidance on what sort of step counts they expect here for each level?

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