92 Days of Summer Day 92

So here I am at the end of the road!

Lots of you already know I passed the 1 Million mark earlier in the month hence why there have been no updates, but what have I been up to since?

1) I reached my goal amount for the money raise to Diabetes UK and surpassed it, I've raised £150! Thank you everyone who contributed small and large amounts I can't tell you how important it is to raise all the money we can for such important causes!
2) I've also walked another 260,969 steps! So thats a total of 1,260,969 Steps in three months!
3) I actually did start to run! And I've stuck to it, three days a week I've been either running outside or on my treadmill I got for my birthday and I'm about to start week 5 of the 0-5K challenge, and I'm half way to achieving it according to my app! Fridays training included 5 minute walk warm up 3 minute run 2 minute walk, 5 minute run 2 minute walk 2 times, 3 minute run then 2 minute walk then a 5 minute walk cool down. Honestly I thought it was impossible but I did it, now next week, week 5 day 5 minute warm up walk, one  5 minute run 3 minute walk then a six minute run an a 3 minute walk then a five minute cool down... it might be my breaking point, but who knows what I'm capable of now!
4) I've also got a couple of friends together and we're going to do a 5k run/obstacle course called a colour run in June, So its something fun and cooky for me to look forward to but something to train towards too, I don't think it matters if you run or walk it but I want to be prepared 
5) my body (especially my legs and bottom have toned massively!) I'm not loosing lots of weight but I'm not gaining either and with my muscles building up again this is a real plus! So I'm not too concerned my weight has come to a standstill at the moment.
6) I got Phil running too! He's just finished week one of the zero-5k I think when we decided to get the treadmill it really gave him motivation to do something. 

I was going out on a night, I'd get Joseph off to sleep then head out, thing was there was a couple of nights it was approaching dark and I realised it really wasn't safe for me to be out running on a night, Phil agreed and we looking into treadmills, I actually got the one we have second hand off Facebook marketplace it was local so we went and picked it up at a really awesome price!It was an early birthday present to me too! Yasmine has had little goes on the treadmill but we haven't used it in front of Joseph and he seems to be ignoring it for now!

Also I've been going to weightwatchers for over a year now! 

When I went back initially, I didn't think I would achieve much, especially since, this for me is the run up to Christmas, but I didn't do it half heartily I did actually try. So much has changed in that year, what I eat and how I eat, as well when I've noticed things about my diet.
1) Gluten is not my friend. So the beginning of September I also stopped eating gluten, well what happened was I made the recipe for the 2 ingredient dough and although it is delicious and completely fine to eat, I was getting massive headaches and stomach cramps after having it, I would be ill, and I noticed it was a repeat pattern with Gluten and dairy. I'm not 100% Gluten free yet, a couple of sweet treats do cut in but I am getting better at it and I would say I'm 90% Gluten free. My bread, my wraps, my pasta my stock cubes are all gluten free.
2) Dairy is a little different. I did swap my milk over to unsweetened almond 'milk' immediately and I didn't eat much yogurt anyway so that been cut out that alone has been a huge improvement! however I would say that I'm probably about 60/40 on diary products. When I'm in the shop and I'm buying stuff for me the chocolate is the dairy (higher in smartpoints too so I don't eat as much) my milk is dairy free, but my cheese is still the eatleen cheese and the reason being is that if thats all I'm eating it doesn't have a bad effect on me, there is no noticeable difference, so it stays in for now. Also if I'm out I will have a dairy ice cream, but some of you might have seen I said I felt sick after eating some on Thursday night and I didn't eat the whole tub I was given, I gave about 1/4 of the tub to my brother in law to finish off. So I'm slowly converting my dairy, but then again I think that is an intolerance rather then the gluten which just makes me feel ill! My back aches my stomach aches my head hurts it awful! So I really have avoided gluten.

So over all its been an interesting year. 

An even more interesting three months,

I'm not finished yet, but I am at a milestone. 

Keep you Posted

Lorna x

92 Days of Summer Day 70, TODAY IS THE DAY I COMPLETED MY 1 MILLION STEPS!!!!

I DID IT! I'm exhausted, a little bit: crazy injured my feet hurt but I did it!!! 
So these are the final figures from each day I know they are a little different from the ones published but these are the final figures each day from my fitbit!

1 Jul: 12,583   
2 Jul:16,108       
3 Jul: 13,282
4 Jul: 12,989
5 Jul: 15,461
6 Jul: 12,301
7 Jul: 12, 642
8 Jul: 12,055
9 Jul: 13,299
10 Jul: 13, 940

11 Jul:  17, 469
12 Jul: 12, 486
13 Jul: 13, 875
14 Jul: 14,951
15 Jul: 12,507
16 Jul: 12,720
17 Jul:16,246
18 Jul: 13,634
19 Jul: 12,611
20 Jul: 19,019

21 Jul: 13,690
22 Jul: 16,087
23 Jul: 12,044
24 Jul:12,711
25 Jul: 12,035
26 Jul: 12,607
27 Jul: 12,589
28 Jul: 12,011
29 Jul: 17,564
30 Jul: 17,268
31 Jul: 14, 509

1 Aug: 13,100
2 Aug: 16,875
3 Aug: 10,350
4 Aug:15,275
5 Aug: 17,585
6 Aug:12,046
7 Aug:22,137
8 Aug: 15,248
9 Aug: 20,846
10 Aug: 16,159

11 Aug:  12,813
12 Aug: 2,706
13 Aug: 15,201
14 Aug:17,578
15 Aug: 16,537
16 Aug:15,771
17 Aug:14,197
18 Aug: 25,205
19 Aug:10,054
20 Aug: 12,684

I DID IT!!!!!

21 Aug: 14, 228
22 Aug: 12, 972
23 Aug: 17,620
24 Aug: 17,207
25 Aug: 9,383
26 Aug: 3,056
27 Aug: 15, 675
28 Aug: 11, 268
29 Aug:15,063

30 Aug: 16,511
31 Aug:12,463
1 Sept: 14,326
2 Sept: 7,974
3 Sept: 17,625
4 Sept: 14, 753
5 Sept:13, 360
6 Sept: 22,489
7 Sept: 13,345
8 Sept: 18,177

TOTAL: 1,004,057

92 Days of Summer Day 69

Steps today: 13,188
Steps so far: 985,723
Steps to go: 14,277

what I should be doing!

This is mentally INSANE! I can not believe how close I am to finishing this! I can't believe it!
And you know something honest?

I have been shattered!
There are days I've more or less decided I've had enough for that week and I won't do many more, but then I do!

I've learnt that my body can do it, but also to rest my body that's important too.

I'm no longer afraid of the school run despite it being a 2 round trip (4 miles a day) although I did do this sometimes in deep snow at the beginning of the year so... hey even the rain is better then snow!

Since the beginning of the year when I really decided to step up on my exercise, its made a huge difference, I'm not saying I don't have my off days were I feel like its all for nothing... I feel big and bloated and I wonder why I do it at all,
If you told me that by September I would be attempting running, I would have told you you're crazy!

One of our friends said to Phil it was amazing what I was doing and Phil said he'd always admire my ability to choose a goal and just go with it , when I made up my mind to do it I just do.
I love my Phil for admiring it so much, the truth is I rarely make up my mind to do something, and I make it sound like a bad thing. Let me explain...

I think about something, I think about doing things, I pro and con doing it, I'll ask people, I'll research and still sometimes I don't start either because the pro/con has tipped it for me or something that has needed my attention has happened in the meantime and I loose the original motivation to do it.

But I've had this walking bug for almost 2 years now, Joseph probably can't remember a time I didn't walk with him (and probably why he insists on going "out" even if its raining.

I did a 10,000 step challenge last year for a week 10,000 steps for 7 days, it was pretty amazing but then I stopped for a while afterwards and didn't get back on until the new year. I have been slowly moving towards this kind of goal for a while, now I would love to say I will continue to walk and run, but truth is come winter and its freezing outside I can't guarantee anything! 

I know I want to keep my fitness up, even in the winter, it may involve jumping around my living room but I do want to do it!

However 1 million steps in 3 months, well I will have done it in 70 days, does that make it easy?

No.

Its hard, its hard to keep yourself motivated, its hard to complete even at this stage I'm thinking "I could have the weekend off...." and it wouldn't matter I'd still complete in time.

Is it worth it?

For the charity absolutely! One of my friends donated today making my goal but I don't want that to be the end of my fundraising I would love to raise more! (So by all means click and donate!!) 

Is it worth it for me?

As a challenge, it has been a challenge! It would be a challenge over three months, I think there are people who have done it quicker, I think there will be people still doing it, but its a huge commitment, everyone who has done it its a huge commitment and whether it took a week a month or the entire time WOW! Aren't we amazing!

I don't think I would be this kind of intense for my own training though, I think I would give myself more time off (and evidently I could have) definitely taking things a little easier from now on, but also changing the pace with my running (yes I'm continuing that at least until the end of September!) 

Its taken a long time to get here, so although even to my husband it seemed like I said "I'm going to do this..." and it came out of no where, really its something I have been building up to, I've been researching and working on and a challenge like this which has been so long term and needed so much of my time would have been impossible even when I did the walking for a week last year.

I joked with a distant relative that I would be running the GNR with her next year...

Although I have seen a colour run I'd love to do next year... But I think I would need someone to do it with, it would be a little depressing on my own... any takers??

https://www.colorobstaclerush.co.uk/about-the-event.html

92 Days of Summer- Day 2 Up the Hill!

Today, I did something I'm really proud of! Well, I know its not a lot to many but to me its an achievement. Today I climbed up Roseberry Topping! Its a short walk of 1.5 miles but it is all up! Elevation of 565ft! 

Let me tell you! Wow! I'm not afraid of heights, I can be in a plane looking down and be fine, but you know when you're really far back in the theatre and you're climbing all the way up to the top where your seat it, I can't look back I feel so scared that I'll fall! Its an irrational fear in a theatre but climbing up this in parts, it was so real! I kept telling myself not to look down one side of the hill because I knew I would freak out! I walked all the way to the top really climbed in places and when I was at the top I walked out pretty close to the ledge at one point, again not afraid of the height and I was far enough back that I knew I wouldn't fall! It was so worth it!

Out on the ledge!

 So yes today is a good day! I feel so blessed to have my man beside me, especially today 12 years and 1 day married to this guy! I'm one lucky today!!!

Steps Today: 15,865
Steps count to date: 28,448

92 Days of Summer- Day 1

Day one

So Today I started my 3 month challenge for my million steps for diabetes UK. Below is a link for my just giving page so feel free to donate!

So I'm going to try and update on a daily bases for 90 days so the posts might not be long and it will be about health fitness, walks, good food- wellbeing! Yes, A wellbeing log for 90 days!

So, today with it being a Sunday I got to go on my main walk alone, Joseph is at home with daddy and I got to walk, just without the pram. Its something which I don't do too often, normally Thursdays and Sundays, possibly Saturday... I know that is three out of seven that's pretty good!

I do love to walk and hopefully this will help raise awareness of Diabetes too!

These will be shorter blogs (I think) but more frequent, so you might get to see my daily grind a bit, plus some time coming up with my family (with the summer holidays coming up!) I hope the nice weather continues not too hot or even sunny but just no days where I'm sitting around saying its tipping down with rain for the whole day we couldn't get out! I can only do so many steps in the house!!

Steps Today: 12,583
Steps count to date: 12,583