walk 10,000 steps a day

At this point at least I know what I have to do to reach 10,000 steps. I don’t do it every day though.

Today I expanded the daily long dogwalk to a mini-hike around the pond. We were out somewhere between 2 and 3 hours, including short pauses for taking photos and watching birds: 8,936 steps. And the day ain’t over yet! I’m confident I’ll reach 10,000 today.

Update: 10,369 steps in total

My best so far.

There are pedometers for dogs! LOL! How odd.

Today the long dogwalk = 4,150 steps? That’s 150 steps less than yesterday? Never mind.

I probably won’t reach 10,000 today either. I find it hard to do on days when I’m at home trying to get some writing done. Yesterday I went out for 2 long walks and 1 shorter one and ended up with about 9,000 steps in total.

Still, if I take the hour-long walk on a daily basis it’s a good start I think. Come rain or come shine.

I can’t seem to remember to actually wear the pedometer. Maybe that should be my first goal:

Remember pedometer.

Anyway. Today I found out that my regular long dogwalk equals roughly 4,300 steps. It takes about an hour, but then involves quite a lot of interruptions due to my walking buddy wanting to sniff and pee everywhere.

I did this yesterday and the day before, but I probably won’t do it today.

So. For how many consecutive weeks should I do this before I mark it as done? I think maybe four. On the other hand, if I ever average 10,000 steps five days out of every seven, I think I’m happy with that result.

Still I want this to be a habit before I cross it off. Something I do more often than not. And I’m definitely not there yet.

New battery – CHECK

My dog thinks so too!

I have an old pedometer somewhere. Just have to get a new battery.