Melanie Toye’s walking for health

So I don’t know but it seems like every day I have been walking less even though I am walking for at least an hour.  It appears it’s actually getting harder each day to meet 10,000 steps.  I know I am being hard on myself and life does get in the way sometimes but I really thought if I made the effort, especially to prove to myself in the first week that I could achieve big walking numbers that I would succeed.  So my first day was brilliant, I did 12,000 steps. Second day it dropped to 6,000. Lesson learnt, I kept going. Day three 9,900. So close to 10,000 steps which is my daily goal and definitely a ‘step-up’ (mind the pun) from the day before. Then the next day 8,000. Ok not too bad. And today 7000. 😢 I know it’s all just making time to walk and obviously I need to walk purposely for more than an hour a day but it’s hard when the day is already full.  Please comment below if you have any tips to help me boost my steps. Thank you! 🤩 

Hi there,  I decided to maximise my walks by listening to podcasts. I have never really listened to many podcasts so this will be a new experience.  I literally typed podcast into YouTube’s search engine and found a heap to add to my walking playlist. The good news is they are about an hour long which is what I am aiming to walk.   Normally I would listen to music but I am keen to give it a go. It may be tricky when I am close to a lot of traffic due to the noise but we shall see.  Let’s go! 

When you first set out to exercise day one is fully pumped, yet it’s what comes next which is most important.  Day two. I thought I would go for a walk for an hour and I assumed in that time I would walk 10,000 steps. Because yesterday I went for a longer walk and reached 10,000 steps…. Oooh, I just worked it out. This makes sense now. After my walk today, I got home, all proud of myself. I checked my step counter and I had done 6,000 steps. I was disappointed and I didn’t want to go back out for a second walk.  But as I said above, I just realised why an hour didn’t give me the result I was seeking. Because yesterday I went for an hour and twenty minute walk which gave me the 10,000 steps not an hour. Oh silly me. Oh well.  Anyway, what I wanted to say was, did I achieve my goal when I said I wanted to walk 10,000 steps a day and I only walked 6,000 steps?  The answer is yes. Here is why. Because today of all days, I tend to not walk at all. Just a little bit around...

^The above image is me, during my walk.  Hi there, So I am so excited because I decided to go for a walk for an hour and a half. I had the spare time. I nearly didn’t do it because it was 30 degrees outside. But I bought myself no sugar Gatorade for every day this week. So if it is hot, I can rehydrate.  And in this walk, I took a scenic route and did over 10,000 steps and over the whole course of the day, I did over 12,000 steps. I was very tired by the end but I also felt so proud of myself.  I could have stayed home but instead I went out and achieved my daily goal. I am aiming for minimum 10,000 steps a day.  I tend to walk this many steps every second week but every first week I barely do 5,000. So I know walking extra every day, I see a great benefit. Also I mentioned I lost 14 kilos as well and my blood pressure, which was high for a year is now looking good after a year of walking. Proving there are many benefits to walking and losing weight.  Have a gre...