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10,000 Steps A Day: Week 16

I have a job, a part time job, but still a job. That shouldn't hinder my walking as much as it is actually. The problem is I'm working 5-10 in the evening for a bunch of shifts. On the weekend I'm doing 9-5 which isn't great either but I can still get my steps done after. 

I'm pretty much killing two birds with one stone by working. It's an office job so I'm not doing the steps like I would a manual labour job but I am getting them done with the walk home. Where I work is a solid 4+ miles away so right now I'm getting a lift there and then walking back. It takes me about an hour to get home so I have 1 hour left that day which is why there was no blog post for yesterday and why I'm doing it today before I have work at 5. 

I'm proud of myself this week though because I managed to break my step record pretty significantly. If you look at the 13th on the picture below you will see just how many I did. I ended up doing my usual walk and then my friends invited me on a walk to the local woods which ended up being further than expected. I'm not sure I'd recommend doing this many unless you're used to it, I was pretty incapacitated the next day and really struggled to get my usual steps done, almost gave up even. 

Here's the results for this week -


Still really happy with breaking my record, it will be tough to beat that one but maybe one day I will. I've also been looking at food boxes recently, like getting fresh fruit and veg delivered to your door. It sounds pretty awesome and not overly expensive so I might give it a try, hopefully it will be more incentive to eat a more balanced diet and use up the greens I have each week.

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