I haven’t gotten myself a pedometer, but I’ve been wondering how I would do on this. I used to have a much more active job, in the sense that I was on the go between clients all day long, not in the sense that I was lifting things or the like. To compensate for being relatively office-bound now, I park further away from the building and walk, I always send my printing to the far printer in the office, and I generally take a few strolls around the cube farm to go to the restroom or to get some water. It soundslike those efforts may be making more of a difference than one would expect.
Time’s up! Day 7 is done meaning my little experiment is over.
Final stats:
Total steps, most recent day: 6,432
Steps, total: 65,983
Distance covered, most recent day: 3.9 miles (est.)
Distance covered, total: 40.1 miles
Percent of 7 day goal achieved: 94.3%
Ahead/(behind) pace by: (5.7%)
What did I learn? I walk a lot more than I thought which is a good thing. I would have guessed that I ended up around 50,000 steps. Basically with no extra effort, my normal routine keeps me pretty in-line with 10,000 steps in a day. And, that is definitely hampered by rougher work days. In general, I feel good about the results.
Thanks Mullinator! Your experiment has piqued my interest to track my steps as well.
Now that you’re done, any advice on pedometers? Which did you use? I think they’re usually pretty inexpensive to begin with but were there any features you would recommend getting or that were a complete waste of money?
This is why I love this place.
Good stuff Mullinator.
[sub]you too “mully”[/sub] 
Which did I use? A really cheap and easy one, namely pen, paper, and head. I kept track of my steps while walking and jotted down a note of how many steps for each portion I just walked. Added them up later and had a daily total. I have a pretty good ability to count along with something even during a conversation so it was fairly easy for me to keep track of. I wouldn’t recommend that for just anyone though. I can see how that might drive someone else batty.
I’m walkin
Oh yes indeed
I’m counting
Just to see and
I’m posting
to the SDMB for all to see.
Maybe you should get a big dog to chase you.
Head? As in addition in your head? No abacus? That’s unheard of! No ten-key adding machine?!? Truly bizarre! No Excel spreadsheets? INCONCEIVABLE!
Won’t someone think of the graphing calculators?!?
I think I’ll go the easy route and buy a pedometer. They’re only $15-$20.