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How do you get 10-12K steps in every day? Is 8 -10K of that your daily brisk walk?
I'm looking for ideas to increase daily steps without having to take a 5 mile walk every day. Any suggestions? I already take stairs instead of elevator and park farther away from store entrances.[/quote]

I get about half from my daily walk but that usually gets me only 5-7,000. The rest I get from looking for ways to walk around more. In addition to stairs and parking further away, I try to walk when I'm on phone calls with family, friends, work - especially good if you have long conference calls. At a kids' activity? Walk around instead of sitting. Consciously try not to save time or trips when you can walk. :) Going to the car, I take multiple trips instead of loading up everything up for one trip. Forgot something on aisle two of the grocery when I am on aisle 10 - go back mid-shop instead of waiting to walk back for check out. Trash cans out - go move them instead of waiting until I am going out of the house. When it's warm, I try to do an after dinner walk with kids and/or DH - even just 15-20 min. Some of these things take longer than others, but overall I feel like these little bits are what gets me over 10K.[/quote]

DP, I would suggest breaking your day into chunks with step targets. Like 2500 steps by 9 am, 5000 by noon, etc. I find steps much easier to hit this way if I am integrating them into my day, rather than relying on a long walk.[/quote]

Thanks to both PPs.[/quote]

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