Could it have been the water?

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:46:17 GMT, Chris Braun
wrote:

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:14:13 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:


"jmk" wrote in message
...

Speaking of pedometer challenge, let's plan on doing one next week.
Everyone who is interested, please plan to wear your pedometer next
Monday. :-)

--
jmk in NC

Count me in! I'll get to use my new one with all the fancy settings - if I
can figure it out G

Beverly - who is going for the standard 10,000 steps per day since I spend
most of my day seated at a computer.



I have a pedometer question. I got a freebie pedometer with some
Citrucel I bought, and wore it today for the first time. I had an
uncommonly sedentary day. We couldn't walk at lunchtime because it
was pouring rain, and it this is one of my gym days off. And I wasn't
very active at work -- just a bit of walking around the hallways, to
and from the cafeteria at lunchtime (it's a ways -- big building --
but still no big deal), walking to and from my car in the parking lot
(also a ways), etc.

Well, right now my pedometer reads 5296 steps, which seems like rather
a lot for an inactive day. But I can also switch it to display miles
walked -- though of course it doesn't know my stride length, so I'm
not sure how it's computing this -- and it shows .985 miles. This
seems entirely plausible given my inactivity. But I thought that in
general a mile was on the order of 2000 steps. So I don't understand
whether one of these numbers is wrong, or how the pedometer is
computing the mileage from the step count, or what's going on. Any
thoughts? I'm hesitant to make much use of this if what it does isn't
making sense to me.

Thanks!

Chris
262/139/ (145-150)

Doesn't sound right to me. For me, 10,000 steps is something over 4
miles, so by this reckoning you'd have to have walked at least 2 miles
to get your reading. Do you have a way of checking it along a stretch
of road or something whose distance is already known to you?

You could also mentally count the paces for a few hundred, and then
see if your pedometer has registered the same number as you've
counted.

If it's really out, I'd try a different one.

Janice

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:46:17 GMT, Chris Braun
wrote:

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:14:13 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:


"jmk" wrote in message
...

Speaking of pedometer challenge, let's plan on doing one next week.
Everyone who is interested, please plan to wear your pedometer next
Monday. :-)

--
jmk in NC

Count me in! I'll get to use my new one with all the fancy settings - if I
can figure it out G

Beverly - who is going for the standard 10,000 steps per day since I spend
most of my day seated at a computer.



I have a pedometer question. I got a freebie pedometer with some
Citrucel I bought, and wore it today for the first time. I had an
uncommonly sedentary day. We couldn't walk at lunchtime because it
was pouring rain, and it this is one of my gym days off. And I wasn't
very active at work -- just a bit of walking around the hallways, to
and from the cafeteria at lunchtime (it's a ways -- big building --
but still no big deal), walking to and from my car in the parking lot
(also a ways), etc.

Well, right now my pedometer reads 5296 steps, which seems like rather
a lot for an inactive day. But I can also switch it to display miles
walked -- though of course it doesn't know my stride length, so I'm
not sure how it's computing this -- and it shows .985 miles. This
seems entirely plausible given my inactivity. But I thought that in
general a mile was on the order of 2000 steps. So I don't understand
whether one of these numbers is wrong, or how the pedometer is
computing the mileage from the step count, or what's going on. Any
thoughts? I'm hesitant to make much use of this if what it does isn't
making sense to me.

Thanks!

Chris
262/139/ (145-150)

Doesn't sound right to me. For me, 10,000 steps is something over 4
miles, so by this reckoning you'd have to have walked at least 2 miles
to get your reading. Do you have a way of checking it along a stretch
of road or something whose distance is already known to you?

You could also mentally count the paces for a few hundred, and then
see if your pedometer has registered the same number as you've
counted.

If it's really out, I'd try a different one.

Janice

Chris Braun wrote:
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:14:13 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:


"jmk" wrote in message
...


Speaking of pedometer challenge, let's plan on doing one next week.
Everyone who is interested, please plan to wear your pedometer next
Monday. :-)

--
jmk in NC

Count me in! I'll get to use my new one with all the fancy settings - if I
can figure it out G

Beverly - who is going for the standard 10,000 steps per day since I spend
most of my day seated at a computer.




I have a pedometer question. I got a freebie pedometer with some
Citrucel I bought, and wore it today for the first time. I had an
uncommonly sedentary day. We couldn't walk at lunchtime because it
was pouring rain, and it this is one of my gym days off. And I wasn't
very active at work -- just a bit of walking around the hallways, to
and from the cafeteria at lunchtime (it's a ways -- big building --
but still no big deal), walking to and from my car in the parking lot
(also a ways), etc.

Well, right now my pedometer reads 5296 steps, which seems like rather
a lot for an inactive day. But I can also switch it to display miles
walked -- though of course it doesn't know my stride length, so I'm
not sure how it's computing this -- and it shows .985 miles. This
seems entirely plausible given my inactivity. But I thought that in
general a mile was on the order of 2000 steps. So I don't understand
whether one of these numbers is wrong, or how the pedometer is
computing the mileage from the step count, or what's going on. Any
thoughts? I'm hesitant to make much use of this if what it does isn't
making sense to me.

My free McDonald's pedometer seems to increase the count like crazy
whenever I sway back and forth. For example, I can get 1000 steps by
folding laundry (standing in one place.) Lowering my pants to go to the
bathroom is worth 200 steps. :-)

That said, a fairly sedentary day where you walk around the parking lot,
back and forth a ways to the cafeteria and then maybe stop at the
grocery store could be about 6000 steps. The lowest I've seen on a very
sedentary day for me was around 3500 steps and that's with NO commute
and lunch 20 feet down the hall.

Dally

Chris Braun wrote:
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:14:13 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:


"jmk" wrote in message
...


Speaking of pedometer challenge, let's plan on doing one next week.
Everyone who is interested, please plan to wear your pedometer next
Monday. :-)

--
jmk in NC

Count me in! I'll get to use my new one with all the fancy settings - if I
can figure it out G

Beverly - who is going for the standard 10,000 steps per day since I spend
most of my day seated at a computer.




I have a pedometer question. I got a freebie pedometer with some
Citrucel I bought, and wore it today for the first time. I had an
uncommonly sedentary day. We couldn't walk at lunchtime because it
was pouring rain, and it this is one of my gym days off. And I wasn't
very active at work -- just a bit of walking around the hallways, to
and from the cafeteria at lunchtime (it's a ways -- big building --
but still no big deal), walking to and from my car in the parking lot
(also a ways), etc.

Well, right now my pedometer reads 5296 steps, which seems like rather
a lot for an inactive day. But I can also switch it to display miles
walked -- though of course it doesn't know my stride length, so I'm
not sure how it's computing this -- and it shows .985 miles. This
seems entirely plausible given my inactivity. But I thought that in
general a mile was on the order of 2000 steps. So I don't understand
whether one of these numbers is wrong, or how the pedometer is
computing the mileage from the step count, or what's going on. Any
thoughts? I'm hesitant to make much use of this if what it does isn't
making sense to me.

My free McDonald's pedometer seems to increase the count like crazy
whenever I sway back and forth. For example, I can get 1000 steps by
folding laundry (standing in one place.) Lowering my pants to go to the
bathroom is worth 200 steps. :-)

That said, a fairly sedentary day where you walk around the parking lot,
back and forth a ways to the cafeteria and then maybe stop at the
grocery store could be about 6000 steps. The lowest I've seen on a very
sedentary day for me was around 3500 steps and that's with NO commute
and lunch 20 feet down the hall.

Dally

SnugBear wrote:

Dally wrote:


Weird. That's 5.5 pounds in 10 days. My normal rate over the summer
was about 1 pound a month. I guess "practicing maintenance" is over!


Super! Congratulations Dally.

Thanks. I'm also making slow by steady progress in the droopy overhang
of a stomach. I distinctly remember when it was like two balls of pizza
dough. Now it's more like one... and I can't toss it in the air
anymore. :-)

Dally
244/171/168 (I usually round these numbers up out of superstition.)

SnugBear wrote:

Dally wrote:


Weird. That's 5.5 pounds in 10 days. My normal rate over the summer
was about 1 pound a month. I guess "practicing maintenance" is over!


Super! Congratulations Dally.

Thanks. I'm also making slow by steady progress in the droopy overhang
of a stomach. I distinctly remember when it was like two balls of pizza
dough. Now it's more like one... and I can't toss it in the air
anymore. :-)

Dally
244/171/168 (I usually round these numbers up out of superstition.)

Ignoramus26161 wrote:

Dally, most outstanding progress on your part, you should be proud...

Strangely, "sheepish" is a word that comes to mind. I'm a bit
embarrassed that I ever got that fat. Admitting how much I've lost
means admitting how fat I got.

Dally

Ignoramus26161 wrote:
In article , Dally wrote:

Ignoramus26161 wrote:


Dally, most outstanding progress on your part, you should be proud...

Strangely, "sheepish" is a word that comes to mind. I'm a bit
embarrassed that I ever got that fat. Admitting how much I've lost
means admitting how fat I got.


Let's get real here, 244 lbs for yur size is extremely fat...

Why did you say that? I just said it embarrasses me, I don't like
thinking about it. Do you feel that I must face it at this point for
some reason?

Besides, you don't know. I had lean body mass of about 145 pounds back
then: dense bones, lots of muscle... I was physically active and didn't
shake like a bowl of jelly. No one who saw me straight on would have
called me obese. Only in profile with my belly sticking out - partly
damage from c-section and three pregnancies - did I look obese. And
that belly was empty - you could punch it down with a girdle. Not the
well-packed lard you see on fat men. I was ~42% and I know what that
means, but I suspect you don't.

Dally

Ignoramus26161 wrote:
In article , Dally wrote:

Ignoramus26161 wrote:


Dally, most outstanding progress on your part, you should be proud...

Strangely, "sheepish" is a word that comes to mind. I'm a bit
embarrassed that I ever got that fat. Admitting how much I've lost
means admitting how fat I got.


Let's get real here, 244 lbs for yur size is extremely fat...

Why did you say that? I just said it embarrasses me, I don't like
thinking about it. Do you feel that I must face it at this point for
some reason?

Besides, you don't know. I had lean body mass of about 145 pounds back
then: dense bones, lots of muscle... I was physically active and didn't
shake like a bowl of jelly. No one who saw me straight on would have
called me obese. Only in profile with my belly sticking out - partly
damage from c-section and three pregnancies - did I look obese. And
that belly was empty - you could punch it down with a girdle. Not the
well-packed lard you see on fat men. I was ~42% and I know what that
means, but I suspect you don't.

Dally

Our pal Dally wrote:

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Dally
244/171/168 (I usually round these numbers up out of superstition.)

Heh! I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm also trying to only weigh
myself once per week, as that became my habit over the summer...


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