Apple muncher's number crunching

apple_muncher

So, after a good night all round, we were all up early. It was very odd to have other people around at an hour when it is usually only me!!

Work went well and I started The great Train robbery -St Trinian's of course - in my lunchtime film club.

Dd is out to ballet tonight so I'll walk/waddle round the small park opposite. Currently just over 6000 steps, so we'll see what I can reach...

apple_muncher

I have watched a few utube videos recently, where people have done a treadmill challenge by Lauren Giraldo - walk for 30 mins at 3mph at a 12% incline. Every day for a month (or a week or two) Some have had amaaaazing results. So recently, I have tried my own version, adding it on to a gym session. And the most I have managed is 20 mins! Some of the vids show the people holding on to the hand rails and I can vouch that that makes it so much easier (I only hold on when I take my pulse, and the difference is very notable). Also, how on earth do they finish the workout and not look like a tomato???

I have also watched some vids where people have done 15000 or 20000 or even 25000 steps per day for a week. Again, usually great results. And this has spurred me on to increase my steps.

So, after all that waffle, I have set myself a challenge for the next week, starting today as it's a non-work day, so I can get off to a good start

I used the boditrax machine at the gym to get all the stats done, and will use it again next Tuesday.

I'll still do my usual workouts.(Tues, Thurs, Fri + maybe one other)

I'll aim for 20000 steps each day. (Yikes... I am sorely tempted to say 15000 instead, but want it to be challenging; however, those who did 25k said that it took about 4 hours of their day and I don't have that much spare time, esp when working!)

I'll track all I eat (I usually do this anyway, but it's easy to get a bit lax) and keep it to 2000kcal.

So far today, I have done a longish walk back home after dropping dd at school and popping to sainz, and a gym session with 20 mins walking, and I'm on 10.800. yay! over halfway!!!

Karmacat

You work so hard at your fitness, apple!  I'm sure you're not waddling!  

apple_muncher

Today's tada list so far:

.school run

.big walk up to liddle (tho disappointing to discover it was only 3.2 miles!)

.liddle shop .

.hair wash

.pay for counselling

.buy a bday present following an etsee chat

.buy step dd1's present

.buy gs's present

.write and record and edit a short video for church

.email step dd2

Mostly left now are

.go to sch for dep head's farewell (trying to avoid pub afterwards, even though there may be a couple of old staff there who I'd love to see...)

.write a piece and email to a friend (will prob postpone until the weekend...)

.take/collect dd to/from youth stuff (need to be back from farewell in time. So, about 5pm. Dh can't take but he'll collect)

I need to leave soonish but there's no point arriving before the end of the school day, really... Who'd have thought the snooker would be the best thing on the telly to fill the time...??!?

Karmacat

Wow!  Well done you - as for tv, nothing I wanted to watch until Have I Got News For You.  Have a lovely weekend.

apple_muncher

Well, I avoided the pub all together, as dd wanted to go to the early evening youth event too, so I had to get back for as near 5pm as poss, to then take her out. And it was a Friday of a BHol, so plenty of other people were using my roads...

Today has been a good day. It started with a good strong coffee, which took me to the gym for a great session. Breakfast, washing, hwk, lunches, and out to dance with dd.  1 bag to the Sally army and nowt bought from the 5 ch shops I went in to. Home and found a hat pattern that dd likes, to make her a hat with wool from the £ shop in her fave colour - reckon it'll take me quite a while to complete (as in prob done by winter...) as I intend protecting my hands and not overdoing it... An evening walk with dd where she took a load of photos.

Karmacat

What a lovely idea to have an evening walk  

apple_muncher

Sigh.

Just lost a really good post 😎. In summary:

A week ago I annouñced my intention to walk 20,000 steps each day for a week, to use the boditrax machine to track my body, to log all food and to still do my usual workouts.

The wins: I did the workouts plus an extra one on the bank holiday; I used the body tracking machine; I logged most of my food.

The not-quite-such-a-win: I didn't make it to 20,000 steps on any day. Oops. But my week's total was 99,406. (If I'd kept a closer eye on it, I would no doubt have done those extra 600 to reach 100,000...) It averages out at 14,200 per day. I'm satisfied with that.

apple_muncher

Who put the week on double speed, eh? It has flown by!

Today I scored a good lidl box with lots of apples and satsumas, grapes (a small bunch of green, with 2 black ones rolling around in the box!), flat peaches, 2 shallots, lots of tiny different coloured tomatoes, red + orange long peppers, two bunches of spring onions, a small cauli.

I also had my 2nd jab.

I also did over 20,000 steps 😎

And most of my marking.

And a load of laundry.

And a sainz shop.

f0xh0les

Swot of the week award goes to .............  

Sounds like a fab productive day.

I scored 2 boxes today as well. My fruitbowl looks fab right now, and I have so many tomatoes and so much basil, I had to use my second fruitbowl just for those,  my aubergine total is currently at 3!! Happy Days!