My phone is sitting on my desk now connected to a charger - meaning any pacing I'm doing at the moment it not tracked. When I cook I often set my phone on the counter with the recipe - again while I'm moving all over. I often go to the bathroom in the middle of the night without bringing my phone.

I hate watches, but one would be better for step tracking - it is more likely to be on me to track information.

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kakacik 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Step tracking is for health reasons. Unless you do activities you describe 12h a day, every day, whether they are counted or not doesnt move the proverbial health needle a bit

	▲	bluGill 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		From what I can tell health is about both quantity and quality. 30 minutes of exercise and sitting is not good for health. That is why 10,000 steps per day is so often a goal - I can do a few thousand steps in the 30 minutes of exercise, but other activities should also give steps and I want to know in general how active I am.
	▲	SoftTalker 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Step tracking is for people who like to pretend they are doing something healthy without actually exerting any dedicated effort above and beyond their normal routine. "Walking briskly for 30 minutes" is a better measure of something healthy than how many steps you took.

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smm11 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Just go run or go on a walk every day.

	▲	bluGill 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But that doesn't give me data... I do try to get my daily exercise. However it is still interesting to know how many steps I've taken. (sometimes my daily exercise is bike or swimming which are obviously not steps)