Raftermans Blog.

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

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

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'

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