10,000 steps!
I had no idea trying to get in 10,000 steps a day would be so difficult. I got my FitBit about a week ago and the most steps I have been able to take is 5,637...I see people talking about hitting their 20,000 steps a day mark and I want to cry...
I hope this gets easier....
Melody
HW: 394 SW: 359 GW: 187
It sure will. When I first started walking, my goal was 5000 steps. Sometimes I'd just drive to Publix or Walmart and just walk up and down the aisles. It will get easier, I promise! :)
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
10000 steps for me is about 4 miles. That is a lot of steps in one day for someone just getting started.
Chart your progress as you will be amazed how far you will get in a year. My first goal was 1 mile per day. Then 2. 18 months later, my goal is to average 5 miles a day. It took 30 years for me to get into as bad of shape as I was in. I knew it was going to take awhile to overcome those 30 years.
When I first started walking, I had to find a park with benches so I could walk a few hundred yards and then sit down and rest. Now, doing a 5K is a light day.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
