Get more out of your walking program with a pedometer

Stanford University says
People who start a walking program for their health get more out of it by using a pedometer, a device that counts their steps, a new study shows.

"People who use pedometers increase their physical activity by about 2,000 steps a day, about a mile," said study author Dr. Dena M. Bravata, a senior
research scientist at Stanford University. "They also seem to lower their blood pressure more and lose more weight." Read more...

I wish the weather would cooperate so I could test this theory. I know if I didn't have this internal competition along with posting my daily results I would not be doing as well as I am. So I definitely agree that the pedometer is a primary motivator.

It was drizzling cold rain here yet I walked last evening to try to rack up more steps. The pedometer make sures I walk far enough. Without a pedometer I may have thought that walking up and around the ridge and back was good enough. But with the pedometer I now know that I have to walk it twice in order to come close enough to goal to realize some kind of accomplishment. The pedo don't lie! I am so close to ten thousand I can taste it.
How are your steps coming along? Are you walking with me?