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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That other post ridiculing walkers made me so mad. I’m overweight and have been trying hard to lose it. Doing 2 walks a day, about a mile each, which includes some hills and I also do bursts of speedier walking to get my heart rate up. It’s nothing impressive but people have to start somewhere. And then I see a post dedicated to making walkers feel stupid?  What is the point? Why kick people when they’re down? This approach has never made anyone get healthier quicker.

As for OP, I can’t seem to get past 8k steps a day. I don’t get how you have time for 20k![/quote]

I started walking last year and what pushed me past the 5-7K steps a day barrier was getting a fitbit and turning on the sedentary alarm. It vibrates every hour if I haven't walked at least 250 steps that hour. I have it turned on to alert me from 6am-6pm. Initially, I managed to get my 250 steps in during the 6am hour because it's my workout time, and the 5pm hour, because it's after work and I'm rushing around pulling dinner together. But during the work day, I was almost completely motionless. I gradually started identifying times during the day when I could walk, meetings I could walk during, little breaks where I could do a quick couple minute walk outside or around my house to clear my head. That boosted my steps significantly. I regularly break 15K steps a day now, and I haven't significantly changed my workout routine (I have added a hike on my weekends, but that's just one day). 
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