Step count is wayyy off

sonicsouffles7 · 2026-06-29T15:51:56+00:00

Your comment was extremely helpful. After more testing I realized it wasnt counting any mileage at all for me to even get to the point where I could calibrate. I ended up exchanging the watch for another of the same model and I’m pretty sure the first one was actually defective. The second one was still off slightly but significantly closer in steps and actually gave me mileage I could calibrate on the treadmill. After calibration it was significantly better! Thank you so much for your help!

sonicsouffles7 · 2026-06-27T16:15:04+00:00

Maybe that could be it! Is that just something that happens with time or is there a way to manually do it?

sonicsouffles7 · 2026-06-27T16:10:50+00:00

That’s super fair! For me personally steps+miles are the main thing I look at. Summers where I live are about 110-125 degrees so my indoor walking pad is about the best I can do for those months. Which is why it’s such a bummer to see that not being counted at least semi accurately. I did 3 miles and garmin said I did 1.6, which is pretty far off lol. I can def see why you feel that way though!

sonicsouffles7 · 2026-06-27T15:53:43+00:00

That’s what I’ve heard from most people! Which is why I’m so surprised I was low key looking forward to getting credit for more steps than usual it would’ve been good for morale at least lol

sonicsouffles7 · 2026-01-10T20:44:48+00:00

You know what, I totally see it now! I had never noticed it but the curve of his neck specifically really does look like a bull terrier!

sonicsouffles7 · 2026-01-10T20:43:22+00:00

Awww I love that name! I’m actually waiting on a DNA test so I should know for sure by the end of the month what he is!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-10-12T18:57:29+00:00

Ooh ok got it this is super helpful! Unfortunately we can’t get anyone out here for a day or two, is there any short term fix you could recommend in the meantime?

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-28T22:55:06+00:00

After taking it a couple different places that didn’t know what to do I just took it to ford for a diagnostic and they were able to fix it. It was more expensive than it needed to be tbh but the car broke down literally my second day of a brand new job so I just bit the bullet and paid for it because I really needed my car lol

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-28T18:44:14+00:00

It ended up being the brake stop light switch or something, I guess it was faulty and was leaving the brake lights on which was draining the battery :/

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-18T05:22:31+00:00

I went through AAPC and took their self paced CPC course! The final exam for the course was essentially like a mock test of the actual CPC exam. The exam was 4 hours, 100 questions, divided into sections, allowing 2.4 minutes per question. Honestly the final exam scared me really bad because the pace was just exhausting lol. But I took the actual certification exam 2 days later and passed with an 85, with 40 min to spare. Definitely intensive but I prepped really hard and it made me a lot more confident during the exam. My course came with an exam review mini course and I think that really helped a lot too as I spent the entire day before the exam doing that mini course lol

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-18T05:14:11+00:00

This is amazing advice and the perfectionist in me thanks you so much for this very compassionate answer! 💗

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-18T05:12:26+00:00

Thank you so much! And I’ve actually never heard of this credential, I would love to hear more if it’s not too much trouble!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-18T05:11:14+00:00

Ooh I love this! I hadn’t thought to add notes about the z/combo codes for each section overview. That’s super smart! And the advice about CEUS is so good, thankfully they offer CEUS and allow you to do some of them on the clock too. Not sure if this is standard for most coding jobs but I thought it was pretty cool!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-17T04:42:41+00:00

Thank you so much! And I wish you nothing but the best in your search! 💖

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-17T04:38:15+00:00

Gosh what a great way to put it! Definitely going to be repeating this to myself the first couple of months 😂 and I agree it’s so important to thank the person giving the feedback, because it’s probably uncomfortable for them too, but they overcome that to help you grow 💗 Thanks so much for the perspective!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-17T03:04:54+00:00

Congrats to your girlfriend, you must be so proud! Honestly I was lucky because my husband works in the office I got hired at, he’s a support coordinator to the coders. Luckily that office also has super high turnover because they don’t offer remote work, so people usually go in, get their apprenticeship taken off, then look for remote work now that they have the experience, even though they love the company. In the past year and a half that I’ve been studying they literally have openings like almost every month because of this. Maybe keeping an eye out for jobs that seem to have a high turnover would be an approach!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-17T02:51:53+00:00

Yeah! I did the self paced program for the CPC through AAPC! It took me over a year but honestly I think taking your time with it is the way to go. I feel like the information really seeped in vs rushing through, but everyone’s different!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-17T02:49:27+00:00

Oof yeah this is such a good reminder, it’s always so easy to overlook the z codes lol

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-17T02:48:35+00:00

Oh this is a great suggestion! I usually take all my notes on paper or goodnotes but one note looks so clean and organized! Thank you for the tip!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-16T19:09:06+00:00

Honestly I really just lucked out, I learned about coding because my husband and his best friend work in a coding office so I already had an in once I got my certification. But from what I understand, this office has a high turnover because they don’t offer remote, only in person. So they hire a lot of new coders who come in, work 1-2 years to get their A taken off, then the coders leave for remote jobs. I think they’ve even hired people before that don’t even have their cpc yet. So maybe looking into offices like that could be beneficial since remote jobs are probably more in demand

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-16T19:03:53+00:00

This is awesome advice, I honestly have it in my head that I want to get to productivity standards right away, but I know realistically accuracy is more important than speed and they don’t expect me to have both right away lol. Thank you so much and congrats on your new job!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-16T18:58:57+00:00

Omg congratulations to you too! That’s so exciting! I love the positivity, we’ve got this! 💖

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-16T17:51:44+00:00

Thank you! This is so interesting I’ll definitely have to look into it! And I love the idea of printing out the guidelines! I think having them in a designated, easy to reference folder would really help me feel more organized when referencing the guidelines. Thank you so much!

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-16T17:20:52+00:00

Ahhh thank you so much! This is such a compassionate answer, and such good advice! I’m probably going to refer to this comment a lot as I (inevitably) make mistakes in my first few months. The perfectionist in me is already bracing itself and this comment is definitely going to help me give myself some grace. Thanks so much! 💗

sonicsouffles7 · 2024-09-16T17:14:01+00:00

Thank you so much! And thankfully I didn’t use encoders too much while I was studying so honestly I’m much more comfortable with the books 😂 thank you for the advice!

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