The Gransnet 10,000 steps a day club

Well, if it really does that for you, then that is very good.

I prefer to sit on my backside all day eating cake and getting very fat.

I've avoided this thread, because the physio and GP told me I'd to stop walking for pleasure for 6 weeks. I am "allowed" to shop, iron and clean (the physio said, he is of course male) but not to do my usual 3 miles every morning with the dogs. We compromised, I can do 2 miles, 3 times a week, but other than that, it's supposed to be 15 mins a day maximum. I rested yesterday, and I'm off for a 3 mile walk now. No doubt I'll have painful feet and achilles etc later, but my heart will sing, and the dogs love the reservoir / forrest walk we're about to do.

8,000ish yesterday hampered by the weather but managed to get a walk in during the hiatus from the rain in the afternoon.

I agree jinglebell, sitting on one's backside eating cake is a wonderful way to spend the day, trouble is it's inertia inducing and I find it just makes me feel really sluggish.

So I'm out to face the gusty winds in a hope that they might wake me up a bit.

Well, I have taken the first step , by buying a super pedometer to slip in my pocket and measure just how little exercise i get every day. I am hoping that like others on here, I will get inspired to beat the target!

I had a pedometer once. It clipped on your waistband. Or on your drawers if you did n't have a waistband. It rubbed.

I don't think sitting down is inertia inducing. I quite like it.

Not intending to do much more walking today so 10763 for me. Have ordered another pedometer as fed up with keep trying to carry my phone with me everywhere.

10,447 plus a few more round the house and up to bed later.

Do you pace up and down while monitoring Gransnet then, Cari?

I made the effort today and went all out for the 10,000. I got 10,192 but feel like I've been walking the streets all day. 10,000 steps is roughly around 4 miles and takes at least an hour. Is it just me or is that really boring to do every day?

I need to join too. Can anyone tell me approx how many steps in a mile? Does driving count?

Kate13 haha, no driving doesn't count, though some pedometers might add a few steps in a car. It's around 2,300 to 2,500 steps in a mile. I keep going through phases of walking when the weather isn't very suitable for cycling (ie, it's too hot, too cold, too windy or raining ) and I can never quite believe just how far a mile is. I do find walking really quite boring.

Unless you've got a pedal car. Like Noddy.

9194 yesterday, which was 6.89 Km (4.28 miles) and 449 calories. Hope it cancelled out the chips I ate for dinner!

8542 for me yesterday will be using my new pedometer today be interested to see if it makes a difference.

11,308 yesterday. Anyone else find they are sleeping better?

A disappointing 8,000 mark yesterday, will try and improve on that today.

Shysal not really, I'm always too hot at night in spite of having a fan right next to my bed.

Sorry shysal not sleeping well is my thing have found as I get older I sleep less and less?I tend to listen to my iPod for most of the night. Monitoring the steps I take have highlighted for me the fact that I am not as active as I thought I was or as I should be. So from my point of view all good and I will continue to monitor and try and up my game a bit.

Broke the 10,000 threshold today, just, 10,076 plus a few more before bed.

Not posted for a few days as I was disappointed in number of steps (varying from 6500 -8400).

I think after the initial enthusiasm wears off I'm finding it harder. Unless I walk the dogs twice plus walk to the shops and back I can't reach that 10,000. Today I have managed it but it was a battle of willpower.

Yesterday was a disaster for me just walked 3284 steps couldn't push myself to do any more than that even with my new pedometer, some days are just like that I guess. Have to do a hospital visits later so will walk there
and back see if that helps to increase my steps and my mood. However weighed in at slimming club and managed to lose the holiday gain so all good.