whitleybay
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Reged: 09/08/2008
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I have just crawled to bed, 10048 steps today.
I have arranged to meet a friend tomorrow at 10am for a walk, this is a real turnaround for me as I am usually suggesting coffee and cake!
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LadyGodiva
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Reged: 19/09/2006
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Wbay you have made me laugh. I have done the same in the past and barely scraped 1000 steps which felt like 100000. Since those days I have got a grip and worked out that about 1100 steps = 1km, now I am waiting for my half price treadmill to be delivered
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camomile
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Reged: 02/04/2008
Posts: 61
Loc: cheshire
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I have walked every day for years, normally walk 7 miles. The pedometer is a really good idea and once you get the hang of it it really does encourage you to walk.
The problem at the moment is the ice, be careful if there is snow where you live, I slipped yesterday fortunately landed on my bottom so no damage done! lol
Another good thing if you can't get out is one of those stepping machines, mine counts how many steps you have done and is very accurate. Mine also has a tension wheel on it so you can make it harder if you want! They are a little boring but if you put music on its not too bad! They are small and quite cheap mine cost about £30.
The only other downside is that if more the one family member uses it and has a different tension you have a job to tell where you had left the tension wheel. Well on mine you do, it doesn't have any numbers it's just a dial that turns around and around.
Personally I prefer to walk but steppers are great if you can't get out.
You have encourage me, I might get my stepper out today as it is very icy here and i don't fancy another full:-)
Good luck with your steps Camomile
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Thimble
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Reged: 04/12/2008
Posts: 4293
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morning ladies.....LadyGodiva where did you get your hlf price treadmill please?
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whitleybay
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Reged: 09/08/2008
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I am meeting my friend at 10 to go for a walk, I aim to get in half of my 10000 steps for today, if I dont I think I will take some of the other ladies advice and "dance around" the house. Hope there are no hidden cameras is all I can say!
Have a good day ladies and to borrow Brucie,s phrase "Keeeeep waaalking!"
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chilla
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Reged: 05/09/2008
Posts: 5916
Loc: runcorn
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Hi Patsy well I have suggested the Omron, which I have had for 18 months and has been generally thrown about and still works really well. Just type Omron pedometer in to the search and there are quite a few options that come up. There are different Omron ones with differing features around, starting from around £15.00. Some come with a clip for your waistband and some don't, so make sure you get one with if you don't want to put in your pocket. Mine either lives in my pocket or bra and it does actually work pretty well in a handbag unbelievably. Besides counting the steps, it measure the mileage/kms you have done (will have to measure your stride length) calculates how many calories you have burned and has an aerobic count, which means you have to move for a minimum of 10 minutes constantly. If you ever see a mad woman marching up and down at traffic lights or hopping as she picks up doggy doo, don't try and pretend you don't know it's me, I'm just trying to keep the aerobic total going. I like to try and get an aerobic count of 7000 steps in which is about an hours walk.
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PatsyW
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Reged: 28/12/2007
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Thanks Cilla. Camomile has sent me an article from Good Housekeeping and the Omron came 2nd in their tests - probably because the model they tested was £5 more than the winner. I think I'll go for the Omron - I shall get one ordered this weekend 
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Bellini
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Reged: 12/03/2008
Posts: 141
Loc: New Forest
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please advise which one is best as I've had lots of the little sods and most of them told me that even while lying on the sofa eating wine gums I had walked 100 steps!!!
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shellseeker
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Reged: 07/01/2008
Posts: 1867
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I bought a pedometer yesterday after reading your posts, have walked the dog today and have hoovered etc. have clocked up 4,000 so far. Mine is from John Lewis, £18, made by Gaiam and called Walking Fit Kit with Debbie Rocker. Comes with Audio CD (not played yet!!) also has tiny light on it and a panic alarm! Seems easy to use so far to record steps, it will also tell me how far I have walked and how many calories burned, not really bothered about that part but would like to get fitter and thought this might encourage me to walk more. Will be good to keep this post going to see if we are all managing to walk more. Good luck girls.
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