First I did a little research on how many steps the average person should take each day. According to my new friends at The Walking Site, you should take about 10,000 steps a day. Totally easy, right? Like, I'm probably already doing that. For sure. I mean, I'm an active person, aren't I?
Well, let's entrust this to my dear friend, Ms. iPod. She has a built in pedometer so she offered to help me on my fitness endeavors.
I'll get right down to business now - I am NO WHERE CLOSE TO 10,000 STEPS!!!!!
My best day was yesterday, when I had a meeting in a different building at work (read: more walking than normal), went out for lunch, went to Home Depot after work (looking at kitchen and bathroom stuff!), then did small chores at home. Total Steps: 3,490
Wednesday was described in detail here, and was probably the most normal activity level for me (super depressing, by the way - not the day, but the fact that this is my normal activity level). Total Steps: 2,237
Tuesday, my first day of this little test, was in fact the worst. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, but I also really didn't do much at all. I worked from 8-5ish, getting up to get a drink or get papers off the printer or talk with a coworker, ate lunch at my desk (while reading HP5), cooked dinner, did some laundry, and vegged out on the couch. Total Steps: a whopping 1,722
So my average number of steps per day is ~2,500 steps. Can you believe that? I seriously was expecting more. Which means that it's really good that I did this! My next step is to take that 2,500 and turn it into a consistent 3,000 every day. Then the goal will be to increase this by 500 steps/day each week so that at the end of March I will be averaging 4,000 steps a day.
Week 2: 3,000
Week 3: 3,500
Week 4: 4,000
And don't you worry one little bit - you know I will be giving you updates. :) {good or bad...}
i need to get one of these. i am horrible about not walking enough.
ReplyDeletedid it come with the ped or did you add it in?
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The new ones come with it on there, it's under the fitness section. :) {I'm a sucker for iPods...}
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cool idea. Everyday I choose to either take the 6 flights of stairs to my office at school or take the elevator. Lately I have really been taking the elevator but THIS is inspiring me to take the stairs :-) Thanks Sarah!
ReplyDeleteI should probably try this. I'm meeting with a trainer next week at the gym and when I signed up, it asked what type of lifestyle you lead. I had to grudgingly circle "sedentary." I asked Ryan if it counts that I walk from my desk to the car and my desk to the lunch room. ;)
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