As promised in my previous post, I have indeed been walking 10,000 steps every day so far in March! Here's how I've been getting on... Day 3, Tuesday, looked a lot like this 11,454 steps, virtually all done in the rain.
Day 4, Wednesday - inexplicably woke an hour before my alarm so righteously got half my steps in before breakfast. Madness. 10,553 steps. Day 5, Thursday - deeply annoying because phone didn’t record anything above 6,144 steps. Borrowed a Fitbit and did frantic laps of the garden to get up to a roughly estimated 10,000. Day 6, Friday - I realise now I was expecting to find myself sleeping like a log, dropping ten dress sizes, blinding people with my glowing skin, sprouting angel wings, and experiencing all the other frequently-touted benefits of walking 10K steps a day. Huh. 10,420 steps. Day 7, Saturday - you’d think having a dog would be a sure-fire way to boost your steps, and it might well be if your dog isn’t a hundred and five years old. My Border Collie is starting to get thoroughly tired of being woken up for walks. 10,066 steps. Day 8, Sunday - I didn’t have much reason to leave the house today but I found that as if I kept my shoes on all the time and deprived myself of the “oh, but I’m wearing comfy slippers” excuse, I was onto a winner. 10,634 steps. Day 9, Monday - starting to see recurring faces of people on the same mission, all glaring at their Fitbits while marching up and down the same stretch of footpath. 10,636 steps. Day 10, Tuesday - I don’t usually think of myself as a bare minimum person, but...
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