10,000 steps a day seems impossible??

[Walkwalkinthelight]

Just started a 'healthy living ' programme (weight loss, well being, fitness etc).
One of the goals is 1000 steps a day??

I work from home, mad busy and sit at desk all day then gym at night. I've only done 1300 steps by teatime.

How the hell does anyone with a desk job do 10000 steps a day!!

My teenager walks to school and back and round a massive school all day and he only does 7500!!

Of course.
10K steps wandering around is better than not doing that.
5K steps from going for a 3 mile run is better than a 3 mile jog.

I tend to do fewer wandering or dog walking steps (what with not having a dog!) but do quite a bit of hard exercise on most days. I had only done 4k steps by 9pm but went for a 3 mile fast walk (both to clear my head, get out of the house and do some exercise).

I am doing an 11 or 12 mile run over the w/e and hopefully a hard bike ride for about 11 miles. It all works out for me in the end so I tend not to get hung up on the steps (apart from when I enter a 10K step challenge cos I'm a twit!).

If I wasn't able to get out for those late night walks (which was the case when DS2 was younger) then there would be many days I wouldn't hit 10K steps so maybe I'd look into ways to increase my wandering around ones, like during phone calls.