For the first year of my weight loss I really didn’t get more than 10,000 steps ever, I was probably between 4,000-7,000 most of the time. But I had so much extra weight, I was able to eat a decent amount of food and still be in a calorie deficit, and lost probably 1% of my BW per week (SW 362lbs), so I just rode that out for a long time. Once I hit about 100lbs down (about 265lbs), it seemed like diet alone and lifting weights wasn’t really enough to keep the scale moving with the amount of calories I was eating. For a while I tried to drop my calories lower, which sort of got it moving but my energy dropped like crazy and I felt like crap. So back in January I got a full sized brand new treadmill, and set a goal to get 10,000 steps a day. And wow the weight loss has completely picked back up, I’m actually eating more now than I did at any point in my weight loss and I’m losing consistently 2lbs a week, based on my intake and weight loss, I’m consistently in the moderate activity level for tdee. I also weight lift 3-4 days a week, but I really don’t consider weightlifting as apart of my energy expenditure as I take so many rest breaks between sets, the amount burned is pretty small, but between my treadmill, taking my dog for walks, I’m getting usually 10-15k steps a day. I know it may seem like a lot to get in, but once you do it you won’t want to stop and it’ll streamline your weight loss so much. If you’re running into a plateau or not losing as much as you want, just start walking.
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