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hickgurltx

hickgurltx

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~Pedometer Buddies Wanted!~

Walkin' It Off!

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The Goal: Let's get moving together!

I know for me, having to be accountable to others will keep me on track.

Start Date: ASAP - If you don't have a Pedometer, you can get one anywhere. Mine is a "Walking Advantage SportLine" {got it at Academy for $19.99}

It lists step count - miles - calories burned - time

*Make sure to double check your stride so you get an accurate step count. It comes with instructions.*

>>Check in Daily/Weekly and post your stats/results.<<

We can motivate each other, support each other, and uplift one another.

> Feel free to list what else you may be doing as well. {I'll also be doin' pilates.}

If you want to join but can't get a pedometer, no worries! Just list how long you walked.

If you already have stats to share please post them! ;)
 
Hello i love this idea and have been doing a goal of trying to get in 10,000 steps/per day a week with my pedometer although mine doesn't count how many calories i burn just how many steps miles i have done.

anyways i also work out 20-60 minutes on the elliptical 6 days a week and do 15-30 minutes of strength training-3-4 days a week.
 
Exercise So Far today...

Scrub cleaning w/pedometer on..

2,291 steps - 1.8 ml - 60 cals burned {according to step count}
I know a lot more were burned while standing in one place dusting/mopping for example.. Plus, just bc of how much I had to keep gettin' the sweat off me..lol

I'll go walkin' with ZuZu in just a little while as well..

Gotta get dinner going as well..

BBL
 
ZuZu's potty walk..{lol}

1,764 steps - 1.3 ml - 46 cals burned -

Not bad for today at all! :)

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Shanika:

Mine is a "Walking Advantage SportLine" {got it at Academy for $19.99}

It lists step count - miles - calories burned - time *waves!*

Great job w/ 30 min. walk! *high five*
 
Hi

I want to join in.

My pedometer is a Weight Watcher's one.

I am not a member of WW as I had a failed attempt with them 11 years ago. I lost two and a half stones (i.e. 35 pounds) which was nowhere near as much as I needed to lose, and then stopped and within a few months had put it all on again plus some extra.

A friend of mine is a member of WW. She recommended the pedometer as the previous one that I tried kept undercounting big-time. I got her to get it for me. I am really pleased with it and wear it all the time. It goes on when I get dressed and only comes off when I go to bed.

My pedometer lists WW points (whatever they may be), steps and miles.

My husband got an OMRON model HJ-113-E - but was less than happy when he realised that it does not count the first four seconds of any burst of activity. It means that a lot of minor activity gets missed off.

I see that you started the challenge on 28th Sept.

My data for the days completed so far are

28/09/2007 33779 steps, 12.52 miles
29/09/2007 35516 steps, 13.17 miles

I will post in the final total for today as it finishes.

I know it sounds quite a lot but I am throwing myself full time into this project. Walking is the central theme of it - even more than food. I realise that I am fortunate in being able to currently devote as many hours to walking as I do. The biggest threat is that I will not go out and then my step count will be back down to near zero. I am particularly aware of this as we move into autumn and then winter and the weather gets worse. I didnt get to be 21 stones (i.e. 294 pounds) by loving exercise.

Best wishes
Margaret
 
Hi

I have been trying to post my steps for Sunday all day!!!

30/09/2007 31185 steps, 11.56 miles


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Margaret
 
Welcome y'all!!

Yep, the server here was down..No one could post..lol

So far for me today:

2,442 steps - 1.8 ml - 64 cals burned

Maybe if us Texans could get some dern fall weather I'd walk longer!!

hot/humid/sticky today..Just terrible weather!
 
Hi

Monday had some horrible weather in south England. After a dull start the rain started about 10 a.m. I was like a drowned rat when I got home from my morning long walk about 1 p.m. Thankfully I was in a keep fit class for an hour and a quarter of that time.

Shame some of your heat couldnt have dried up our rain.

Outdoor walking is brilliant in good weather - not too hot, not too wet etc. but is less brilliant in poor weather.

Thankfully it had stopped raining for my afternoon walk.

Reading for Monday 1st October:

32064 steps, 11.89 miles.

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Margaret
 
Yer doin' so good! :hug2:

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:mad:

Nothin' went as planned for me.. I think I have a pulled muscle in right leg!?

As I was leaving and going down the stairs, I felt this sharp pain.

Once in the car I checked to see what was going on and I'm swollen with a huge/hard knot..It's located to the right of sock line..{I wear my socks scrunched down..only way I know to describe where the prob is..}

I was scared to park far away like I was planning, so I parked far enough where I could still get some steps in..

As I was shopping it was bothering me..

Once home I took ZuZu for a short potty walk and that's all I could handle..

This stinks!!!

Exercise for today:

1,959 steps - 1.4 ml - 51 cals burned
 
Hey all,

I love anything with numbers (maybe it's due to my OCD haha), so I looooove pedometers. I would love to join this group, but I currently do not have a pedometer. I wore mine when I went to the lake with my friends, and you guested it...I forgot to take it off when I went into the water. lol

Friday I get paid, so I'll go down to a sports shop and pick one up. :D I'll start posting my steps ASAP.
 
Hi

hickgurltx - you need to look after that leg. Maybe you should check with the doctor because you may need to rest it or do some special exercises.

A one and a half hour yoga class (where you lie on a mat and dont walk anywhere all the time) slows my steps down on a Tuesday.

At least the rain held off until the afternoon short walks and then it was just drizzle.

Reading for Tuesday 2nd October

30,570 steps, 11.33 miles

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Margaret
 
What a mess right? I'm so blasted mad!

My cycle started and now this..It's like the universe is against me right now..:rotflmao:

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Yer such a great role model! :hug2: Awesome job!

*claps*
 
Okay, i finally got it....since i bought it at noon, i'm up to 3012 steps. How do you convert that to distance? Mine says 0.761 ....don't know what distance that is. I suck at this...lol
 
Hi

Stacy - while you rest that leg you can have half my steps.

We all have times when the universe gangs up on us - the big thing is to try not to comfort-eat.

Shanikachante - check if there is somewhere on your pedometer to enter your step-length. Mine has an automatic option (where it guesses based on gender and height) and manual (where you key it in). Mine also has a place where you can say if you want things in imperial units or metric. Yours may be using a default. Watch out for this as mine had a default based on my height of 26 inches stride - and I had to change it to 23.5 inches as it exaggerated what I had done.

If your pedometer is dealing in inches (as mine is) it basically takes the number of steps and multiplies by your step length. It then knows how many inches you have walked. It converts to miles by dividing by 63,360.

I check mine every so often by walking a distance that we have measured using the car tripometer and seeing how the mileage compares if you note the start and end readings.

A word of warning to new female pedometer users. As a larger lady - I found that if I was wearing one of my bigger less-supportive bras - basically my bust hung low and acted as a shock absorber - thus reducing my reading. It wasnt detecting all my steps. A more supportive bra fixed the problem straight away.

Wednesday was a good walking day. The things that I do to save talking to my mother-in-law on the phone......

Reading for Wednesday 3rd October

37,634 steps 13.95 miles

I walked so far I had to put a bandage under my right heel for this morning's long walk (which I am not long back from) - as I wouldnt be surprised if I get a blister. I can just feel it starting there. This happens to me all the time.

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Margaret
 
*waves to all*

shanikachante, yep Margaret is right.. ;)
Hubby measured my stride and we keyed it in..

Margaret: Yer so sweet! :hug2:

Once my leg gets better I'll walk my bootie off! :D

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Exercise So Far:

Brisk Walk @ Park: 3,481 steps - 2.6 ml - 91 cals burned

I hope to manage pilates later and also use my 3 lbs. weights.
 
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