Time: 4 hrs, 30 mins
Distance: 11.61kms
Did you know if you go 2.7km/h, that on the 4th hr you’ll have gone 10.8kms? That’s a self inflicted cruelty because I refuse to leave my count so close to 11kms. But when you’ve walked 4 hours in a day, even the smallest amount feels a strain. So I go and have dinner and proper break and all that and wonder if I can even be bothered, but in the back of my mind it won’t let it go. I have to get that last .2 up somehow. It’s actually only about 10 minutes walk. And I probably make it up in the day walking to and from the toilet but still, I just can’t let it go.
DAY 8 STATUS REPORT
So what is day 8 like for an awesome fat treadmill desk walker? Day 8 is incredible. I may be biased due to the fact it’s my birthday.
Lets analyse:
1. My confidence in walking on the treadmill has heightened considerably. The only reason I still feel funny on it is because it’s an old treadmill and I need to lubricate it (waiting for the lubrication pack to arrive in the mail), and it jumps a bit beneath me for the first five minutes or so until it warms up. After that? Totally fine. Should I get a better treadmill I expect this issue to disappear.
2. I now walk and work on the computer no problem. I even do work in Illustrator with paths- which if you don’t know is damn fiddly stuff. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of shaking and stuff and my next step is to learn to relax my upper body so I’m not so locked, and therefore relax my wrists and hands when I write and work. But I’m happy with what I can do at this stage and expect continuous improvement.
3. Walking + using a pen= FAIL.
4. Yesterday and today were days where I was able to keep going to the second hour comfortably.
5. No headache today. Downed first 1lt water quite quickly to keep myself hydrated, and started the day with cereal. Works well so far.
6. Used barrier cream to cut down the chafing and it helped immensely.
7. I’ve cut down on eating so much junk food because a) I don’t want it at all when I’m walking or in my breaks, because I don’t want to feel sick or sugar crash or tired and b) by the end of the day when I prop myself up in bed with the laptop after dinner I feel full and the sensation of feeling full sticks with me. So my need to stuff my face has cut down a bit too.
Okay, birthday entry over! Lets go 27! Hazzah!
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Hope you had a great birthday! Keep up the walking!