10,000 steps a day? You gotta be kidding.

[Bbbananas]

I bought a pedometer. They recommend you walk at least 10,000 steps a day. Do you realise how many that is & how difficult it is to reach that number? Especially in a sedentary job.

At the weekend, I spent saturday & sunday very active. On the Sunday I gardened, then did 80 minutes at the gym and still only managed 6750.

Has anyone else tried a pedometer and realised just how much you have to do in a day to reach that almost unattainable (unless you're a long distance runner) figure?

[McMouse]

I'm going for a walk later.........I'll do 5,000 for you.

[sandyRoe]

You'd need to walk about 5 miles a day to reach a 10,000 step target.

[rowanwitch]

it's just a target just aim to increase you average week on week.....

[mccfluff]

i walk about 4 miles a day to and from work, maybe more if i meander through the shops on my way home, how many steps is that?

[Bbbananas]

lol trim...

[BuzzNitemare]

I bought myself a Nintendo ' Health Coach ' game that comes with a pedometer about a month ago. I don't do a lot of of official exercise but I thought I was fairly active - walking the children to and from school, gardening, doing housework all day - but now I realise I am in fact a great big lazy sloth that apparently moves very little!

[ummmm]

I used to do way more than that on the school run. 8 miles a day I walked...5 days a week. And I wonder why I'm now getting porky...lol

[arwyn]

Just shake it You'll feel well fit when You watch them numbers going up lol