Week Four Walking Challenge

Month 1, Week 4
June 16, 2018 - June 23, 2018

Step Goal: 5000 per day

Sunday: 10,674

Monday: 13,406

Tuesday: 10,623

Wednesday: 11,025

Thursday: 10,553

Friday: 10,348

Saturday: 12,316

Weekly Total: 78,918

Notes: What?! And actual on time ish post?! I know I was surprised too. I actually gained some weight this week, I’m attributing that to some downright delicious food the fiancée prepared, slightly getting off our volumetric-ish diet. Sunday(today) marked the first day of Month 2 Week 1, and 7500 steps neeeded per day. Since I’m already doing 10k per day, it won’t be too much of an issue to hit it.

But if you only needed 5k, why did you aim for 10k every day? Mainly to pad the lead. At 10k per day starting the first month, I am quite literally MILES ahead of anyone in where steps and distance travelled. If there is going to be a prize for most steps, either team or individuals, I’ve set a pace that anyone who isn’t already piling on the extra steps, will have difficulty closing the gap. Especially if I continue my 10k per day. I honestly don’t know where I am in the leaderboards of the challenge, and I won’t have an idea until tomorrow or the next day at work, after all of the log sheets have been turned in and processed, I might not even know until next week!

I feel healthier, like I have more energy. The challenge got me moving, the Garmin VivoFit ( not a sponsor ) got my steps up and up and up, and I’m 1/3 of the way through completing the challenge.

I’ll keep you informed!

Week Three Walking Challenge

Month 1, Week 3
June 10, 2018 - June 16, 2018

Step Goal: 5000 per day

Sunday: 11,327

Monday: 12,050

Tuesday: 10,025

Wednesday: 12,139

Thursday: 11,508

Friday: 11,023

Saturday: 12,940

Weekly Total: 81,012

Notes: Let’s talk blisters, cuz up to this point I hadn’t had very many. Mostly I was walking in My Tom’s. Which have been looking fairly ragged, got new Tom’s which had thicker soles, but I was walking in them a lot without really breaking them in first. Which lead to some unpleasant walking most of this week.

Week Two Walking Challenge

Month 1, Week 2
June 3, 2018 - June 9, 218

Step Goal: 5000 per day

Sunday: 12,830

Monday: 12,100

Tuesday: 12,123

Wednesday: 12,225

Thursday: 12,547

Friday: 12,690

Saturday: 12,125

Weekly Total: 86,640

Notes: My “week of 12’s” I tried harder this week to push 12 every day, the fiancée was supportive enough, but the week did wear us out a little more than normal and we had to take walks every night before midnight. Thus far my highest total step count in a week.

Week One Walking Challenge

Month 1, Week 1

May 27, 2018 - June 2, 2018

Step Goal: 5000 per day

Sunday: 12,964

Monday: 10,941

Tuesday: 10,275

Wednesday: 9,974

Thursday: 10,732

Friday: 10,522

Saturday: 15,474

Weekly Total: 80,882

Notes: So ‘spoilers’ thus far Wednesday is the only day i’ve Not hit 10k. And it bugs me to not end ... I noticed I didn’t hit 10k at 12:03 AM. My fiancée was also only like 30 steps from over 10k. ETERNAL SHAME!!!

So yea ... here’s to failing at my initial plan of consistency! Ha ha. But when you fail, brush yourself off and try again.

The next couple of posts will be “Catchup posts” about the walking challenge this month. While I may have failed my goal of consistency, I have at least been succeeding with the walking challenge!

Day One, ... sorta

So let’s make it an easy on. This past Sunday, May 27, 2018 was the first day of a walking challenge at my workplace. They do it every year, and about I dunno, a month ago I really wanted to do more walking. I need to lose some weight and I need to take better care of myself. It’s all about good maintenance.

In an effort to prepare myself / get the ball rolling me and the fiancé got new pedometers
Garmin VivoFit 2 for me, and a VivoFit 3 for her. Nifty little app that comes with it gives you a goal and increases it little by little every day you hit that goal. We’ve had these for almost 2 full weeks before Sunday, and we’ve hit the ground running ... well not yet, but we’re definately walking.

This blog is going to act like a chronicle of sorts for the 3 months that the walking challenge is going to take place.

Rules are simple.
First Month is 5000 steps per day.
Second Month is 7500 steps per day.
The Third and Final month is 10,000 6 days of the week.
You only get “off days” in the third month.

In addition to the walking challenge, I’ve also changed how I eat. It’s called volumetrics and I plan on doing several more posts related to it in the future. Basically you eat more veggies and less fat. So simple even I won’t get confused, I hope.

When this all started, about 2 weeks ago ( I mean the walking and dieting) I was 375 lbs. it’s a lot, it’s a number you’ll hopefully get to watch go down as the posts and days tick by.

My health is only one aspect of what I want this blog to become. Video game development, carpentry, survival, bread recipes and cooking, there’s a lot on the way.