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30,000 steps a day

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HowdoIgetbacktothe80s · 27/02/2023 19:35

My dh cousin has been on a weight loss journey for the last few years and has done so well and lost an extremely huge amount of weight and has kept it off. She documents everything on her SM pages to help encourage others on the diet she follows.
She has recently started to show how many steps she covers per day and on average it’s shows around 25000 - 30000 per day.
I was quite taken a back by this. I see myself as quite active. I have a dog a walk him 3 times a day with a very long walk in the afternoon and have a treadmill which I use every other day but I’ve never hit that kind of figure before (maybe I’m not walking as much as I think lol).
She doesn’t have a treadmill and wfh full time so god only knows when she is fitting these long walks in?
How many miles do you think you would cover with 30000 steps per day? How many do you do?

OP posts:
catfunk · 27/02/2023 23:11

HowdoIgetbacktothe80s · 27/02/2023 20:51

Tbh honest SharonKaren I am a little bit worried about her because if she is genuinely walking that many steps per day she is burning a lot of calories but she follows a very low calorie diet, I just hope she isn’t burning off more than she is taking in.

Op this is literally how people lose weight, she definitely is.....

londonmummy1966 · 27/02/2023 23:13

I'm doing that a few times a month atm but I'm marathon training so quite a lot of runs at 8 miles plus.... As a recovered anorexic my metabolism is fucked and even exercising 6x a week including 30 miles of running I'm not actually losing weight (and I'm eating healthily.)

UhhhhhhhOK · 27/02/2023 23:17

It doesn’t sound practically feasible on a wfh basis. Maybe the stride(?) measurement is super low so it measures more steps?

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LaurieFairyCake · 27/02/2023 23:27

I've done over 30000 steps ONCE in my entire life

Walking for 8 hours on holiday

Who can do that if they work?

I have to walk for 90-2hrs minutes to do 10,000 steps - I don't have time for that either, if I'm really lucky I will get 8000 steps in twice a week

I work more than full time from 8am-9pm

Rebel2 · 27/02/2023 23:28

HappyHealthy23 · 27/02/2023 21:05

There was a steps thread a few weeks ago in which a woman claimed she could "easily reach 10,000 steps before lunch by walking for 45 mins" or some such claptrap. You have to wonder about some of these step counters.

I worked all day on a yard so walking constantly, mucking out, carrying hay etc from 8-4 and that was only 16,000 steps!

I do fuck all now, maybe 3000 a day but can't bring myself to worry about it as I do vigorous exercise (which doesn't involve walking)
Just find it boring, and I don't want to go out after work in the dark to trudge around a damp housing estate holding keys between my fingers for safety. Rather get on a spin bike and lift weights

LadyVictoriaSponge · 27/02/2023 23:33

I do fuck all now, maybe 3000 a day but can't bring myself to worry about it as I do vigorous exercise (which doesn't involve walking)
Just find it boring, and I don't want to go out after work in the dark to trudge around a damp housing estate holding keys between my fingers for safety. Rather get on a spin bike and lift weights

I’m the same, there was someone upthread who does a 45 minute run before work another at lunchtime and then a walk after work, I would die of utter boredom traipsing the same street three times a day, every day.

PeekAtYou · 27/02/2023 23:36

I'd imagine people like posties being the only one that manages it on a working day.

mumda · 27/02/2023 23:45

Didn't Katie Hopkins do 25000 steps a day to show that's how you can lose weight?

I don't have time or enthusiasm for it to find out.

PToosher · 27/02/2023 23:56

I did 35,000 steps once when I ran 12k, walked to and from the station and walked an hour at lunchtime plus other general walking about during the day.

At the time I was doing generally 20,000 steps daily and without the running it was a lot to fit in, particularly at the weekend when I didn't need to go to the station.

BrigitteBond · 28/02/2023 00:07

I used to walk around 7 miles (around 15,000 steps) after work every day - 6pm to 8pm every evening for years. Further at weekends.

Then I had a bit more time on my hands and upped it to 15 to 20+ miles every day.

I ended up with plantar fasciitis so I've cut it down to 10 miles a day now - 20,000 steps and it takes just under 3 hours now the PF has calmed down a bit.

KnickerlessParsons · 28/02/2023 01:16

My Fitbit thinks I'm walking when I'm knitting. It's not something like that is it?

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HowdoIgetbacktothe80s · 28/02/2023 14:37

I’ve found out the secret………
She has gone a purchased a treadmill and is on it every moment she can. So there you go!

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MyDogStoodOnABee · 28/02/2023 14:42

HowdoIgetbacktothe80s · 28/02/2023 14:37

I’ve found out the secret………
She has gone a purchased a treadmill and is on it every moment she can. So there you go!

I was just going to suggest she’d purchased one of the tiktok craze folding walk mills to use when wfh!

amusedbush · 28/02/2023 15:26

Glad you've solved the mystery!

DH is a postie and does 20-25k steps a day (he is tall with a long stride - when we walk the same distance, I take 1/3 more steps than he does) so consistently hitting 30k would definitely be a challenge without a home treadmill.

The only times I've managed to reach that type of number is when we've been away on a city break and walking pretty much all day.

TrixiesPillboxHat · 28/02/2023 15:38

I’ve only ever done 30k and that was on a 13
hour shift in a hospital when the pod systems were down and the lab and pharmacy were at opposite ends of the hospital and helpfully miles from my ward

TheMarzipanDildo · 28/02/2023 15:40

Abnormal and not necessarily healthy.

I managed it quite often when working as a hotel room attendant and going out in the evenings, but that wrecked my knees so not advised.

usernotfound0000 · 28/02/2023 15:55

The only time I did that consistently was 5 days in Disneyland!

AnnoyedFromSlough · 28/02/2023 16:01

Maybe she uses a treadmill while working. There are treadmills specially designed for desk work.

risstpolloi · 28/02/2023 16:09

It's around 15km walking for me.

dottypencilcase · 28/02/2023 16:12

10K steps= 5 miles
30K steps= 15 miles. That's super impressive. The max I've achieved in one day is 20K steps and I collapsed into bed that night! She must be super fit!

mightymam · 28/02/2023 16:13

clarepetal · 27/02/2023 19:51

I upped my steps by giving my partner a hand job.

😂🙌🏻

risstpolloi · 28/02/2023 16:14

Mystery solved- treadmill!

Bagatella · 28/02/2023 16:16

My son is a chef and often does 30k a day

Popc0rn · 28/02/2023 16:22

I used to do 25-30k steps a day when I worked 12.5 hour shifts on a ward as a nurse.

Now I am mostly office based and work from home one day a week, average about 9 - 15k on a work day.

For me, a 5k walk takes just under an hour and works out as anout 6500 steps.

Trickedbyadoughnut · 28/02/2023 16:24

I'd love to do that amount, but I'm usually far too lazy and average around 7000. Good on her. I have a broken hand so have been walking a lot as it's my only exercise, but it takes me 2.5 hours to do 10k/6 miles, so only do that a couple of times a week. I'd love a treadmill I could use when working from home though.