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Pedometer counting
"Dally" wrote in message
... JMA wrote: "Dally" wrote in message I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Does this make sense to you? Dally Depressing but true! I only get just over 2,000 steps per mile. Okay, this seems to be the consensus. It just wasn't intuitive. In fact, it still isn't intuitive: I put mine on first thing this morning AFTER I'd already been downstairs to let the dog out and start coffee and gone upstairs and showered and it shows I've gone over 900 steps just folding laundry, making breakfast and reading the paper. It's not even 9:20 and my hair isn't even dry yet and I'm already at the half mile mark when I feel like I've done nothing. Hmmmm. The pedometer has a pendulum or shifting weight mechanism inside that moves (and counts) when you transfer weight from one foot to the other. It can be overly sensitive and count steps when you are standing in one place doing things like folding laundry, if you shift your weight around. It also doesn't differentiate between large and small steps. - Dewolla |
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Pedometer counting
"Dally" wrote in message
... JMA wrote: "Dally" wrote in message I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Does this make sense to you? Dally Depressing but true! I only get just over 2,000 steps per mile. Okay, this seems to be the consensus. It just wasn't intuitive. In fact, it still isn't intuitive: I put mine on first thing this morning AFTER I'd already been downstairs to let the dog out and start coffee and gone upstairs and showered and it shows I've gone over 900 steps just folding laundry, making breakfast and reading the paper. It's not even 9:20 and my hair isn't even dry yet and I'm already at the half mile mark when I feel like I've done nothing. Hmmmm. The pedometer has a pendulum or shifting weight mechanism inside that moves (and counts) when you transfer weight from one foot to the other. It can be overly sensitive and count steps when you are standing in one place doing things like folding laundry, if you shift your weight around. It also doesn't differentiate between large and small steps. - Dewolla |
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"Dally" wrote in message
... Dewolla Stepon wrote: Dally, the 1.05 mile loop around my neighborhood takes 1,918 steps for me, and I have a fairly long stride (I'm 6'3"). Two miles for me would be about 3,800 steps. Using ratios, 4,400 steps for two miles should put your height at 5'3". If that's true, then your pedometer is working right. Thanks, Dewolla. I'm about 5'6". I hadn't heard you were 6'3". That gives me a whole 'nother image of what your weight must look like on you. Have you ever posted pictures? I don't think I've ever seen you. Even at my approximately 200 pounds now people say I look thin and don't have to lose any more weight. Height is an advantage in that respect, but it does have its drawbacks. When I was growing up it was my job to clean all the high places, even the top of the refrigerator where no one else could see. I've never liked to have my picture taken, I am not what you would call photogenic. I did run across one photo of me taken a couple of years back at a Christmas party, when I was at my heaviest, thankfully its too blurry to share! My transformation pictures are at http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com...file.cfm?id=34 I haven't updated them in a while, but frankly I have only lost 2 net pounds in the three months since my last picture was taken. I gain, I lose, I regain, I relose... I feel pretty stalled these days. If the overall trend weren't slightly (every so slightly) in the negative I'd say I was done. You are doing great, Dally! Quite a change. - Dewolla |
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"Dally" wrote in message
... Dewolla Stepon wrote: Dally, the 1.05 mile loop around my neighborhood takes 1,918 steps for me, and I have a fairly long stride (I'm 6'3"). Two miles for me would be about 3,800 steps. Using ratios, 4,400 steps for two miles should put your height at 5'3". If that's true, then your pedometer is working right. Thanks, Dewolla. I'm about 5'6". I hadn't heard you were 6'3". That gives me a whole 'nother image of what your weight must look like on you. Have you ever posted pictures? I don't think I've ever seen you. Even at my approximately 200 pounds now people say I look thin and don't have to lose any more weight. Height is an advantage in that respect, but it does have its drawbacks. When I was growing up it was my job to clean all the high places, even the top of the refrigerator where no one else could see. I've never liked to have my picture taken, I am not what you would call photogenic. I did run across one photo of me taken a couple of years back at a Christmas party, when I was at my heaviest, thankfully its too blurry to share! My transformation pictures are at http://www.body-for-life-tracker.com...file.cfm?id=34 I haven't updated them in a while, but frankly I have only lost 2 net pounds in the three months since my last picture was taken. I gain, I lose, I regain, I relose... I feel pretty stalled these days. If the overall trend weren't slightly (every so slightly) in the negative I'd say I was done. You are doing great, Dally! Quite a change. - Dewolla |
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"Dally" wrote in message ... I went on a hike with my family this evening. It took about an hour and a half and was fairly rigorous - it went up a ridge and then back down again - too difficult for the mountainbikes so we hiked on foot. Anyway, I wore my McDonald's pedometer just for grins and chuckles. I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Earlier in the day we went shopping at both a warehouse store and a supermarket, then parked on Main Street and walked to a couple of nearby stores. Other than that I was sedentary. I have no idea what kind of pedometer mileage that activity would have given me, but I'm really quite shaken that going hiking for a couple of miles doesn't even get me half way to 10K steps. Does this make sense to you? Dally The McDonald's pedometer isn't entirely accurate if you're not walking on an even surface or if you're wearing some types of footwear (sandals, for example). There's a little sheet that was included with the pedometer that explains when the mechanism may not be "true". Cheers, Morgs |
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"Dally" wrote in message ... I went on a hike with my family this evening. It took about an hour and a half and was fairly rigorous - it went up a ridge and then back down again - too difficult for the mountainbikes so we hiked on foot. Anyway, I wore my McDonald's pedometer just for grins and chuckles. I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Earlier in the day we went shopping at both a warehouse store and a supermarket, then parked on Main Street and walked to a couple of nearby stores. Other than that I was sedentary. I have no idea what kind of pedometer mileage that activity would have given me, but I'm really quite shaken that going hiking for a couple of miles doesn't even get me half way to 10K steps. Does this make sense to you? Dally The McDonald's pedometer isn't entirely accurate if you're not walking on an even surface or if you're wearing some types of footwear (sandals, for example). There's a little sheet that was included with the pedometer that explains when the mechanism may not be "true". Cheers, Morgs |
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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:31:39 -0400, Dally wrote:
I went on a hike with my family this evening. It took about an hour and a half and was fairly rigorous - it went up a ridge and then back down again - too difficult for the mountainbikes so we hiked on foot. Anyway, I wore my McDonald's pedometer just for grins and chuckles. I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Earlier in the day we went shopping at both a warehouse store and a supermarket, then parked on Main Street and walked to a couple of nearby stores. Other than that I was sedentary. I have no idea what kind of pedometer mileage that activity would have given me, but I'm really quite shaken that going hiking for a couple of miles doesn't even get me half way to 10K steps. Does this make sense to you? Dally My McD pedometer gives me roughly between 2600-2900 steps for about a mile and maybe a tenth or so. Cynthia |
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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 22:31:39 -0400, Dally wrote:
I went on a hike with my family this evening. It took about an hour and a half and was fairly rigorous - it went up a ridge and then back down again - too difficult for the mountainbikes so we hiked on foot. Anyway, I wore my McDonald's pedometer just for grins and chuckles. I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Earlier in the day we went shopping at both a warehouse store and a supermarket, then parked on Main Street and walked to a couple of nearby stores. Other than that I was sedentary. I have no idea what kind of pedometer mileage that activity would have given me, but I'm really quite shaken that going hiking for a couple of miles doesn't even get me half way to 10K steps. Does this make sense to you? Dally My McD pedometer gives me roughly between 2600-2900 steps for about a mile and maybe a tenth or so. Cynthia |
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:45:55 GMT, "Dewolla Stepon"
wrote: "Dally" wrote in message ... JMA wrote: "Dally" wrote in message I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Does this make sense to you? Dally Depressing but true! I only get just over 2,000 steps per mile. Okay, this seems to be the consensus. It just wasn't intuitive. In fact, it still isn't intuitive: I put mine on first thing this morning AFTER I'd already been downstairs to let the dog out and start coffee and gone upstairs and showered and it shows I've gone over 900 steps just folding laundry, making breakfast and reading the paper. It's not even 9:20 and my hair isn't even dry yet and I'm already at the half mile mark when I feel like I've done nothing. Hmmmm. The pedometer has a pendulum or shifting weight mechanism inside that moves (and counts) when you transfer weight from one foot to the other. It can be overly sensitive and count steps when you are standing in one place doing things like folding laundry, if you shift your weight around. It also doesn't differentiate between large and small steps. - Dewolla Yep, my McD does this... also my more expensive (but old) Sportline 355. It will happily register just a shift of weight. I don't tend to think they are that useful for accurately counting steps (of a normal stride length) when doing chores around the house. Cynthia |
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:45:55 GMT, "Dewolla Stepon"
wrote: "Dally" wrote in message ... JMA wrote: "Dally" wrote in message I'm out walking for 1.5 hours and it only said I did 4400 steps. Does this seem reasonable to you? I'd say it was only about two miles - the pace wasn't always brisk because so much of it was vertical and I was sometimes carrying my five year old, but I didn't stop and sit down or anything. Does this make sense to you? Dally Depressing but true! I only get just over 2,000 steps per mile. Okay, this seems to be the consensus. It just wasn't intuitive. In fact, it still isn't intuitive: I put mine on first thing this morning AFTER I'd already been downstairs to let the dog out and start coffee and gone upstairs and showered and it shows I've gone over 900 steps just folding laundry, making breakfast and reading the paper. It's not even 9:20 and my hair isn't even dry yet and I'm already at the half mile mark when I feel like I've done nothing. Hmmmm. The pedometer has a pendulum or shifting weight mechanism inside that moves (and counts) when you transfer weight from one foot to the other. It can be overly sensitive and count steps when you are standing in one place doing things like folding laundry, if you shift your weight around. It also doesn't differentiate between large and small steps. - Dewolla Yep, my McD does this... also my more expensive (but old) Sportline 355. It will happily register just a shift of weight. I don't tend to think they are that useful for accurately counting steps (of a normal stride length) when doing chores around the house. Cynthia |
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