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 I'm back. It's only been about 7 years. My last post said hopefully it'll be a few weeks until I post again. A lot's happened since then. Too much to just put into a single post realistically. A lot of bad things, a lot of good things. I suppose that's just life. I'm currently going through a really bad sedentary period in my life after coming out of the pandemic and consistently finding myself working from home. I spend weeks at a time not going out. One of the most productive and healthy periods of my life was when I was walking 10,000 steps a day. This helped in many aspects of my life. I'm gaining weight and don't even want to know how much I currently weight. I figure this is a great time to start the 10,000 steps a day again. Last time I did it I liked to write a weekly report on the progress. I'm going to do this again but hopefully I might be encouraged to write more about my life on the posts. I've had a few hundred views on all of my p
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10,000 Steps A Day: Week 26

This wasn't the ending I was hoping for and I knew something would go wrong and of course, it did. I forgot my phone on a day I was working and then going to my friends house after. The steps would of been completed on the walk over there and whilst at work but because I didn't have the phone it looks like I did nothing. I could of walked home first, got the phone then done a little extra but I decided not to just out of pure laziness.  I still do feel like I've accomplished something, even though it wasn't as "neat" or "perfect" as I would of preferred I feel like I still did it. Overall I've lost weight over the past 6 months, been a lot more active than I've ever been and although the last month or two it did just become a burden I still enjoyed it and very glad I tried it. Would I do it again? Certainly. But now I feel there's better ways of doing it which might be more effective, especially considering I don't have as much fr

10,000 Steps A Day: Week 25

If you keep yourself occupied, it's much easier to just naturally eat less. I've found that because I'm working I'm only eating 1-2 meals a day and not snacking on anything. I've had a few treats when I'm off work but for most part it seems to be pretty good. Something that's pretty new which I need to stop is that when I've finished work for a week I've been treating myself to Mcdonalds on the way home. This can add up especially if it's every week that it's happening. Still haven't made any progress with joining the gym or with my diet. I've been taking the easy options because I'm still in the settling period at my job (I consider this the first 3 months) and so when this is complete I can start to work in my ideal diet. This does just sound like an excuse but to me it makes sense. I'd like to be more active with my days off as well. Go for longer walks and just days out with Holly but so far we've both had stuff to

10,000 Steps A Day: Week 24

Two days late this time, I'd be lying if I said that my heart was in this as much as it used to be but it just isn't. The main thing that has just killed me in terms of state of mind and just pro activeness is working. It really did stop any extra effort I had to focus on this. I'm not sure why that is, I see plenty of people function normally whilst working but for me I don't seem to be able to do it. This week hasn't been interesting but at least I didn't miss the 10,000 steps on any day which is okay. The thing I've learnt the most from this is that a healthy diet is really key for weight management. I don't think I'm going to gain a ton more weight now that I'm working and will inevitably be walking less, especially after the next 2 week when I've finished the 6 months. The next step is just forcing myself into the gym, making the little time I have more effective and especially focus on my diet. I really need to sort it out as it'

10,000 Steps A Day: Week 23

I messed up... So on Wednesday I put my phone in a locker rather than carrying it with me whilst at work. There's some inspections for PCI and it's just better to keep it in a locker. I didn't take into account the steps I do whilst at work so I took my phone out of the locker and I actually went for a walk in the evening. This is more than I'd usually do in a day so I thought I'd crushed the 10k steps.  When I took a glance at my phone I saw the icon to say that the amount had been reach. Unfortunately I did not realise that this was not the goal reached icon but the activity icon. They are the same after all so I don't blame myself too much for this mistake. This is the most amount of steps I've missed whilst doing this for the past 23 weeks and it is a bit crushing. As with the last couple of times it's not that bad considering I did in fact do the steps, it's just it was not recorded.  There's 3 weeks left till the end of the 6 months and

10,000 Steps A Day: Week 22

Only four more weeks until I've reached the six month mark at which point I will be ending this. It's been very fun so far but with work and very soon college picking up, it will be too difficult to manage the 10,000 steps a day. Most recently I've found myself more and more walking around my flat to finish the last steps which I don't think is very genuine or natural. I don't really have a choice however because it's difficult to wind down and get to sleep if you have to go out and walk around town for a while before hand. This won't be the end of my blogging though, I'm thinking of starting to write about my weight, diet and exercise in more detail. I've been planning on joining a gym so I can exercise more vicariously in a shorter amount of time. I weighted myself for the first time in a few weeks and I'm actually pretty happy with the results. I haven't gained weight like I thought and I have actually lost a few pounds which is great.

10,000 Steps A Day: Week 21

I need to buy a new belt! I have no doubt that I haven't lost weight but because I've been eating much worse than usual. For some reason though my belt isn't holding my jeans up and I need to buy a smaller one. I'm currently in that phase where I don't want to weight myself because I'm kinda scared of what I'll see so I'd rather wait till I've been eating well and exercising properly for a few weeks. This is kinda an endless cycle though as you'd expect because you keep end up having set backs and go months without weighting yourself. I've been working the usual amount the past few weeks and sorta fallen into a routine which is okay. I either go for my walk before or after work which makes sense. I know that the key to losing weight and being healthier is always going to be portion control and changing my eating habits so I'm not kicking myself about a set back, it's not something that will change over night and with work over