Hello, my name is cynthia. Walking...Nothing to buy...Park farther away when you go places, go to a mall and just walk. when you drive into the parking lot of your apartment building, look at the odometer to see what the distance of you parking spot is to the from door. walk up and down the halls of the building, and if you do laundry in the basement or a lower floor try doing some thing down stairs. If you can find a spare $ at Walmart they have those pedimeters that count your steps. the goal of 10,000 steps a day isn't impossible. If you can get one they become addictive. I started taking my 3 year old to the mall just to put on extra steps on my pedimeter. I average 9,000 steps a day because I clean houses for myself and I work 40 hours a week....I was suprised that I could rack up so many steps...Oh! Yea if you watch a lot of television then fill up 2 empty milk jugs with water and start lifting them, would you beleive they weigh 8 lbs. each!!! Funny huh!!! Start carrying them when you walk up and down the stairs. Just try to not worry about the neighbors, be polite still but if your bugging someone they will let you know...best of luck!!! Cynthia