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f4f3 ([personal profile] f4f3) wrote2014-06-18 10:29 am
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Stats Are My Friends

Apparently in the last four weeks I've walked 172km, burned 45,277 kJ, and have an average daily step count of 12,838. So it's not surprising that I've lost some weight, and that I look a bit more toned.

There's a weekday logistics challenge here. Walking 5 miles a day takes up almost 2 hours. Typically I leave for work around seven, and get back 12 hours later. I like to sleep for at least 7 hours a night. Of the five hours remaining, I need at least half an hour to get ready in the morning, and there's time in there to eat dinner.

My trick at the moment is to park a mile from the office I'm working in, and try to get out for a 40 minute walk at lunchtime. It's not a perfect plan (typically that amounts to about 6-7k steps, leaving me a couple of miles to do at night) but it is working - just. Yesterday was actually a personal best. I went over 20,000 steps for the first time since this started. That was a combination of walking between offices and to pick up a parcel at lunchtime, which gave me my 10k, and then walking down to Byres Road to meet a friend for coffee. On the way home I realised I was on to break 18k, and then that if I took a long way round I'd get above 20, so I did. It meant I got home after 11, and I have a feeling that the warm weather, sunset being around 10, and my not having had any alcohol all contributed.

There's no walking time scheduled today, though, so I need to break that logistics problem all over again. And I'm not going to do it at this desk...

[identity profile] khalinche.livejournal.com 2014-06-18 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure where your walking patterns are, but I'm planning to walk at least part of the way between Hampden and Hyndland this evening, and I'll be at large tomorrow if you would like company for a walk after work? (Or a drink, that works too).

[identity profile] f4f3.livejournal.com 2014-06-18 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
A wonderful idea and terrible timing :) I'm though in Edinburgh tonight and tomorrow night, but will be around Glasgow for the weekend, if you're still around.

[identity profile] khalinche.livejournal.com 2014-06-18 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Terrible timing indeed :-) I'm lighting out for the Highlands first thing Saturday. I'm planning to come up fairly often this summer, though.

[identity profile] jen-c-w.livejournal.com 2014-06-18 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Will def be that doing the weight, it's a heck of a way each day. Not sure what to suggest on allowing enough time to do it though.

[identity profile] nicnac.livejournal.com 2014-06-19 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Massive kudos to you for fitting it all in, don't know how you do it. What app do you use to track?