Does it get easier?

[BitsyB]

I've had my Fitbit for about 10 days.  I haven't had a 10,000 step day yet.  Most days I'm between 5000 and 6000 (sometimes less).  I'm trying to increase my steps.  I've started walking on the treadmill.  I'm watching my calorie count.  But at some point does this become easier?  Maybe I just need to give myself more time to get in shape.... but the thought of doing 10,000 steps seems impossible right now.  

Any advice would be appreciated!

[Kayaking]

I've found that if I take a walk at lunch even 15 minutes it boosts me an average of 3,000 steps which is usually the boost I need to get closer. I also try to be really realistic about the amt of steps each day. Yes, my goal is 10,000 but if I do 6,251 today (today's current stats) it's balanced by the 12,508 I did yesterday when I walked on the treadmill.

[Jrdubyakc]

I think it gets easier. I work from home and I am in front of the computer a lot. I got my Flex because I knew I needed something to get me away from the computer and encourage me to get moving. When I first got my Flex, I was getting 5-6k steps per day. I started adding a 15 min walk/run in the morning and a 15 min walk in the afternoon. That is a quick way to add a good amount of steps and it has become a habit - I don't even consider those walks as exercise anymore and try to do a "real workout" when I can. I now get to 10k pretty easily almost everyday. I also think you become aware of situations where you can pick up more steps - parking at the end of the parking lot, using the bathroom upstairs instead of the most convenient one, jogging in place during one of your evening tv shows, etc.

If you are the type that likes to meet smaller goals more frequently, maybe set your goal to 6,500 for a week or two. Once that becomes easy, bump it up. Ultimately, if you are moving more than you were before you got your Flex, then you are headed in the right direction! Best of luck to you.

[fool4greys]

I thought I would never get to the 10,000 steps but I did the other day. I walked in the morning, worked out at the gym and then walked again that night. When I was walking my flex band started vibrated and flashing it's lights, I thought it needed to be charged. I just kept walking and when I came inside I checked how far I had walked that day. 

It will come just give it time.

[Ponti33602]

It does get easier as Kayacking mentions.....take a 15 minute walk and you will add a few K steps.  Typically I am in the mid teens on every weekend but unless I work at it I am usually around 5K steps on a normal work day.  So I started doing the walk at lunch and now I get to ~7,500.

[BitsyB]

Thank you all for your answers and encouragement.  Today I went for a short walk in the morning (I was super busy at work) then a longer walk after work.  I think I just need to keep at it.  I guess I can't expect to double my steps in little over a week - I'll just keep working at it.  At least I'm more active than I was before!

[audacious]

The thing that got my steps going up more was becoming a bus person. I just moved into an apartment that's on hospital property and so there's no parking for my car...so I had to leave it at my parents' house. I take the bus everywhere now...and so I have to walk a lot too. I have even had days where I hit 14000 steps and barely felt it because it was just part of all the walking i had to do that day. 

Good luck! 

[Pampered]

Don't give up! It will get easier. One thing I've done that helps with increasing my steps is to sneak some steps in. If you are watching TV get up during the commercials and walk around the house. If you are talking on the phone walk around while you talk.