Do You Manage the 10,000 Steps a Day?

It's because you need to make a calorie deficit... even if you are very active but eat too much calorific foods the weight won't drop. For example it depends on the walk how fast you walk etc and how long it takes also how much you weigh to how many calories you burn. Roughly 10,000 steps for average person would burn about 300 kcal. If your breakfast, lunch and dinner has roughly about 500kcal each plus snacks it would add up to average 2,000 kcal intake. So really you would need to look into your diet. What you eat and when. If you were good all day active but then had some snacks in the evening because you did well that would cancel all the good work... also sometimes it's a case for swapping things. For example handful of raisins to few handfuls of grapes. Both has same calories but grapes would make you feel fuller in comparison to raisins. And there are hidden sugars pretty much in any food these days so to try and reduce that would be a good idea.

I used to when I had a much more active job, right now my job involves me sitting at a desk for much of the day unfortunately

I did when kids were in school I would clock up 23000 a day can't wait for the school run to start back up

Yes but you won’t get weight loss from doing the recommended amount, as that‘ll only help you maintain your current weight. I don’t find that just walking help you lose weight. You need intense exercises. When I did an everest challenge years ago I lost loads of weight within a month without really thinking about it

I try and do as many as I can step wise. I usually do anywhere between 6,000 and 10,000

When I started doing at least 10000 steeps I lost a few pounds in the first few weeks but they soon went back on think you have to keep doing more and more to get long term weight loss

I have had a few different fitness trackers: a Fitbit, an honor band and now a Samsung smart watch. I have found a discrepancy in the step counting. Both the Fitbit and Samsung count more movement, the Fitbit more so. I could get 100’s of steps stood ironing with the Fitbit. Where the Honor only picked up actual steps. So on a typical day, my Fitbit would register 15000 steps and the same activity would only track at 10000 steps with my Honor. So partially you might not be getting ‘true’ steps, but as BlueOrchid said, you need to do more AND eat less, or better, to lose weight.

On days where I go out for a long walk I typically do over 20,000.

The rest of the time It tends to be around 5,000.

I don't do anywhere near 10,000 steps, since I've had a operation on my back my mobility has been severely limited.

I would love to walk 10,000 steps but know it would be a miracle to do a tenth of that.

lmao never made anywhere close to that many steps a day

I don’t do 10,000. Get so tired running around after my toddler and cleaning up all day but still don’t manage to make it. I do try to when the weather is good and go for long walks but most day it doesn’t happen

10,000 steps was just a marketing slogan for an Japanese advert

https://www.insider.com/walking-10000-steps-for-health-not-science-based-in-marketing-2021-7

I think fitness trackers are actually detrimental to most people. My sister in law uses one and is obsessed with her number of steps and I think sees it as a good reason to justify eating rubbish just because she’s hit her target of steps. Then wonders why she’s not losing weight. But she won’t listen.

I do 10000 steps a day, but it takes me 2 hours and about 5.5 miles

There’s an app called Treekly that plants trees if you walk 5000+ steps a day (1 tree every week that you manage 5000+ steps for at least 5/7 days) - it’s a free app and worth downloading to plant some trees just by walking