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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 free time as I used to. My motivation for this went south pretty quickly when I found that I had to choose between getting an extra hours sleep or finishing my steps and getting sweaty in the process, needing to spend more time showering and just overall having to put more effort into things.

I plan on continuing to be more concious of my health, looking more at my diet rather than exercise but still trying to stay active. I think when I have another period where I rapidly gain weight it will kick start me into another try hard mode of diet/exercise. 

The biggest problem has always and most likely will always be motivation. Here's the results for the past week. My mistake is pretty glaringly obvious -


Hopefully the end of this series doesn't mean the end of me Blogging. I hope in the next few weeks I'll think of more things to talk about on here. Thanks for reading.

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