results with daily step goal

[curvygirly911]

Hi there,

I am new to Fitbit and had a question. My goal is to lose about 55 lbs in about a years time. I am using My Fitness Pal to track my calories and exercise already. I wanted to ask what kind of results one can expect from hitting the 10,000 steps a day goal with fitbit? I understand that it is more about how many calories I intake vs how many I burn. However, I am just curious if anyone has maintained their diet but the additional use of a fitbit had them see results? I workout about 5 times a week along with hitting the daily step goal but I am just curious about this.

Thank you in advance:)

[JohnRi]

While 10,000 steps a day sounds like a lot, in reality it isn't.  For most people that means the exercise will burn 600-1000 calories a day from just the 10,000 steps.  So that's not a signficant amount of calories.

Without knowing how many calories your body burns, I'll make a guess and say it's 1800 calories.  So if you were to burn 600 calories exercising you would burn 2400 calories a day.

Now here's the problem, without tracking what you eat, you have no idea how many colories you eat.  But most people eat 2000-4000 calories a day.  So if you eat say 2000 calories a day, in theory without diet change, you should lose weight.  But if you eating 3000 calories, you would probably have to step 20,000, or even 25,000 steps in a day to lose weight.

It's all about how many calories you eat versus what you burn.  And 80% of weight loss is about your diet.  Change your diet to where you are eating 1300 calories a day, and you will lose weight.

Without limiting the calories you eat, it is unlikely that you will lose weight.  Is it possible, yes, but it's not likely.

[tanyavolt]

I personally lost about 40lb in the year I got a Fitbit, simply from hitting my step goal everyday, introducing a weight routine a few times a week and instinctively eating healthier. Personally found counting calories too obsessive for me and never counted, only counted my steps. So I think that having a step goal certainly made a huge difference. Good luck!