How do you get your 10,000 steps?

Following this! I've been wanting to ask this too. Thanks for posting.

I do a small walk in the morning (1 mile) then another small walk in the afternoon (1 mile) and then ideally a longer walk in the evening (2-3 miles). On the weekends, instead I do one longer walk/hike/jog -- anywhere from 5-8 miles.

Doing this easily gives me 10-15,000 steps. Sometimes I skip the evening walk, and then if I only do the morning and afternoon walk I get about 6,000 steps in.

To get 10,000 steps in, you need to add in another walk, either in the morning or at lunch.

It’s pretty hard for me to find the time. We went to the state fair one day last week and walked around from about 10:30-4:00 and really didn’t stop much or for very long, and even that day I only made it to 7600 steps. And that was walking all day long. 

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Okay, that made me laugh.

And to the OP, I can't respond because I have dogs I walk each day.

No one will like my answer probably, but it works for me. I started the 10K plan 18 months ago and I have never missed a single day of making 10K in all that time--not one day! But I am absolutely committed. Actually, I generally (about 95 percent of the time) get 16,000 steps or more. 16K is my goal, but there are the occasional days when I only get a bit more than the 10K.

What I do is when midnight hits, I put on my headphones and click on to the book I am listening to. Then I head out to our driveway. DH has set up a system of motion lights at the top where I simply circle over and over again. I get about 120 steps per circle. I walk slightly over an hour until I get 8K steps. It is boring--deadly boring. And some nights I think I can't do it. But I remember how fantastic my blood work is now and how thrilled my doctor is with me and I just keep going. On nights that it is raining too hard to go out, I have a circle path set up in the house. That nets me only about 60 steps per circle and that one really does seem forever. But really, either way I'm done in a little more than an hour. The next day I walk through my neighborhood getting another 3K. At night I get 1K walking the dog. The rest I just get naturally (although sometimes I do have to go out and circle the driveway for the last 1K or so). I used to be a couch potato and sometimes I think longingly of those days . But I like the new, much healthier me so much better. And I have so much more energy!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

I walk about 3 miles on the treadmill while watching TV first thing in the morning. This gives me over 8000 steps right away. Then I walk 1000 steps per hour til I reach 15000. This takes a lot of time, but I am retired!

I am lucky since I work several blocks from where I park and our office is large. I have my Fitbit set to buzz every hour to remind me to get up and walk 250 steps. Usually I can do more than that just taking a quick spin around the office. Sometimes I do the elliptical which gets me more steps. And I've been known to walk in circles around my house to get to 10k! Best of luck to you!

Can you walk on your lunch hour? At a park or mall maybe?

On a good day I make an effort all day long to take the stairs, get up and walk hourly at work, walk around the building when I arrive and before I leave and then take a 1-2 mile walk with DH after dinner to hit goal.

On a bad day I’ll get home with 3,000 steps logged and then walk an hour to hit goal before bed.

I try to walk 3 miles every day. (I've been under the weather a lot this summer so that goal hasn't happened that often.) I also walk when I'm on the phone (around the house or up and down the porch) which probably nets 1500-2000 steps a day.

I walk to and from work every day. On the days it isn’t possible because I drive for whatever reason I take the stairs at work and make sure to get up at least once an hour to do a lap. I’m also not above taking laps inside my house if I have to. I also make sure I wear my Apple Watch when I run errands, walking around Target gets you more steps than you’d think.

I have to go to the gym or walk with purpose

Oh, I've definitely lost weight. And that feels good too. And I lost it without changing my diet at all. However, I seem to have gone as far as I can with just the walking. I've plateaued at my current weight since January (a pound down, a pound up) and I'm a bit annoyed .  But I probably need to adjust the eating a bit too. I would really like to be down about 10 pounds so I'll either have to up the walking or down the food.