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Can A Pedometer Help You Lose Weight?

by Stephanie Romero

A pedometer does more than just keep track of your steps. I really believe it can help you lose weight. First of all, if you are new to the idea of walking for exercise you might not realize how many steps a day you are taking.

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10,000 Steps and Counting: I Failed. . .

by Valorie Delp

I had written a few guest blogs on how I was beginning a 10,000 steps a day program. I am not desperately trying to lose weight although that has been a side effect of what I had been doing. And then we were struck with one "crisis" after another. I got sick. . .then my husband. . .

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10,000 Steps and Counting: My Fitness Book Is Not Interactive Enough. . .

by Valorie Delp

I want to note here that the idea to average your steps, increase your daily average by 2,000 and then increase by 500 thereafter was not my original idea. Have you read the book The Step Diet? It is a great book explaining the power of walking to help lose weight.

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10,000 Steps and Counting: Those 2,000 Extra Steps

by Valorie Delp

Checklist Before You Can Read This Blog: Did you buy your pedometer? Did you keep track of everything that you ate and all the steps that you took? Did you average the number of steps you take per day in a typical week?

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10,000 Steps and Counting: Setting Some Goals

by Valorie Delp

Are you a perfectionist? I am. If Heather, or the book says that I have to walk 10,000 steps then 5,000 simply won't do. The problem is that sometimes our desire to be perfect, sets us back or even worse, prevents us from getting started. If you think about it--it's silly.

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10,000 Steps and Counting: My New Best Friend the Pedometer

by Valorie Delp

Recently Heather Long has bombarded me with a slew of articles telling me to get back into shape after the birth of my twins. Well, okay, she probably wasn't writing just for me. But oh, how I needed to be inspired. So I bought a pedometer to start tracking my steps.

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