Is something wrong with my pedometer?!
Question: During the fall I walked 30 minutes and it said I walked 4 or 5 miles. I cant remember. But it said that I burned 500 calories or 545, somewhere around there. Im 16 years old and weight 250+ pounds. I dont know if I was walking a normal pace or what, because when I walk I usually start day dreaming and thinking about stuff. I lost like 10 pounds. But since winter has came the weather has been crappy and I havent been able to get out because of the snow. I use dumbbells to excersise my arms. Ive noticied that when I flex my biceps, they look bigger kinda. The dumbbells are 5 pounds, I have 2 of them. I told my dad about getting a manual treadmill. I wish he would buy me one lol. I dont want nothing expensive though, just somethign to walk on, instead of sitting around in the house all day. I dont go to school because of other reasons I will not talk about. I usually stay isolated inside my house nitpicking and eating junkfood all day.
BTW, I walked in my back yard.
Answers: During the fall I walked 30 minutes and it said I walked 4 or 5 miles. I cant remember. But it said that I burned 500 calories or 545, somewhere around there. Im 16 years old and weight 250+ pounds. I dont know if I was walking a normal pace or what, because when I walk I usually start day dreaming and thinking about stuff. I lost like 10 pounds. But since winter has came the weather has been crappy and I havent been able to get out because of the snow. I use dumbbells to excersise my arms. Ive noticied that when I flex my biceps, they look bigger kinda. The dumbbells are 5 pounds, I have 2 of them. I told my dad about getting a manual treadmill. I wish he would buy me one lol. I dont want nothing expensive though, just somethign to walk on, instead of sitting around in the house all day. I dont go to school because of other reasons I will not talk about. I usually stay isolated inside my house nitpicking and eating junkfood all day.
BTW, I walked in my back yard.
Yes, your pedometer is off. I don't think you should really rely on one, because most of the ones i've seen/tried are never correct.
Diets do work, but people usually just bounce around between 20lbs. You just need to change your eating habits and lifestyle. And it seems that you are very motivated to do so. If you eat 5-6 small meals a day, and continue walking twice a day your weight will steadily decrease. There are other alternatives for cardio other than walking. So if the weather is horrible, maybe you can jumprope, or pop in an aerobics video. It's great that your motivated nows the time to loose weight, the younger you are the easier it is. Good luck!
to walk 4 or 5 miles in 30 minutes is quite fast! i'd be shocked if you burned that many calories in that short amount of time. so to answer your question, yes, i think it's off.