Any amount of exercise is still exercise. I usually average between 3000 and 5000 during the summer. Right now, I am averaging about I dunno, maybe 300. I am not carrying my phone as I trudge around the house. Wind chill was a negative 36 below this morning and right now at 1:30 pm it is a negative 23 wind chill, and absolute temp of a negative 4. I am a wimp! I saw a couple of folks out there walkng but not many today. Hopefully, It will warm up but I still don't get the steps in because of the slippery roads and high snowbanks with nowhere to go if cars come along. I sold my exercise bike because of my knees. So, now I just get to walk around in circles in the house on these cold days.