How to Add 2,000 Steps to Your Day

Adding 2000 steps to your day seems a high effort but you can also spread your extra steps out during the day. This is often easier than you imagine and only a matter of changing your lifestyle. Do you know the real distance of 2000 steps? Most people have no idea about this but on average the distance is only one mile or 1.600m.

Maybe you are thinking now it takes a lot of time to calculate your extra steps and you don't know how to figure out if you really add 2000 steps to your day. Nobody is going to count every step he walks during the day. Wearing a pedometer all day can help you with the calculation you need. A pedometer counts your steps and also the calories you burn. You know immediately some health benefits. Burning calories is an important reason for adding 2000 steps to your day. A pedometer will motivate you to add extra steps to your day because you don't have to count your extra steps and gives you immediate result of the increase of your extra steps. it gives you a nice feeling when you notice the increase of your steps during the next days.

Have you ever thought how many steps you have taken during the day? If you never used a pedometer you probably won't have any idea and will be amazed by seeing the result. Adding 2000 steps to your day can be easy if you pay attention to certain issues. Here are some tips which might help you:

* Don't choose always for the easiest way! For example, instead of taking the elevator you can better take the stairs. Do you realize how many times you can avoid taking the elevator? Especially people who are living in an apartment take easier the elevator instead of going up and down stairs. It is faster and doesn't require much energy. Not only people living in apartments take elevators. Do you realize how many times you use the elevator if you go shopping, in a hospital for visiting a patient, in a hotel for going to the second or third flour, in a theatre or many other places where they have an elevator? We have to admit that we often choose for the easiest solution. Try to avoid this and you will notice that you add easy a lot of extra steps to your day.

*If you drive by car to your work or you drive somewhere else for shopping; try to find a parking which is located but search one some distance further and take a walk to your destination. Are you going to your work by car; take the second last stop and so you walk a little bit longer to your home.

*When you watch television don't use the remote control if you switch from the one channel to the other but stay up and walk around to your television and do it manually.
Have you ever noticed how many times you used the remote control for different gadgets? I am always sure you will answer me "many times". If you avoid this you can easy add extra steps to your day.

* Walk for a longer time than usual or take an extra one before you go to work and one in the evening. Maybe if you have time you can insert one in the afternoon.

*Make more variation in your day! Don't watch the entire day television and search for activities where you need to move from one place to another. For example you start with watching a movie or another television program. Walk around if there is a commercial break and go to another room for drinking a glass of water or something else. When the movie is finished, maybe you can work for some time in the garden and later you can go to another room for computer work. This are just a few examples but there are more possibilities and search the ones you like.

There are so many possibilities for adding extra steps to your day and if you use a pedometer you will notice the progress you make. You will be surprised how soon you reach the extra 2000 steps. Adding 2000 steps to your day is the key for a healthier life.

Are you convinced? Try it out but don't forget your regular exercise.