Has anyone tried the 10,000 steps program?

[DoeWDW]

I am interested in starting the 10,000 steps program. Basically you wear a pedometer all day and try to incorporate more steps into your day to help you be more active.

Has anyone started this program? Have you stuck with it? Has it helped your weight loss and/or maintenance?

Thanks for any info you can share!

 

[MelanieC]

I have never heard of the program, but I have heard of people trying to get 10,000 steps each day. I think its great! My WW leader showed us a pedometer that looks good from radioshack. I can't wait to get it! 10,000 steps is something to shoot for!

Melanie

 

[LuvTigger]

I am not on the program you are referring to, but a part of the program I'm on includes striving to walk 10,000 steps per day. I do wear a pedometer every day, even if I'm just hanging around the house. I find that it is quite a motivator, and I'm always striving to attain the 10,000! I don't always make it, but I find myself walking extra steps to at least try to get closer. And sometimes I'm amazed at how easy it can be on the days I do get 10,000!

 

[DoeWDW]

Today will be my first day wearing the pedometer. It is already motivating me to take more steps! I guess the idea is to do a few days of regular activity and see how many steps you normally walk. If you normally walk 2000 steps a day, then the next week, you try to add 500 steps each day so you're doing 2500 steps each day for a week. The next week you go up another 500 steps to 3000 steps a day.

You probably don't want to go from 2000 steps a day to 10,000 steps a day without working up to it.

I'm going to give it a try. Anyone else?

 

[catherine]

I've never heard of this, it sounds really motivating though. I'll have to get a pedometer and see how many steps I do in a day. I already do a lot of walking so it would be interesting to see how I am already doing. Then I can set a goal of 10,000 steps.