May - 10k a day Club

[10kstepsaday]

Hello Again Everyone 🤩

Welcome to the May thread for recording your daily steps!
Everyone welcome, whatever your goal is and however you track it 😃

I feel May is going to be a trickier month for me, as I am on holiday for 2 weeks (and plan on spending most of it horizontal in the sun 🤣) however I will still be aiming for 10k where I can and joining in with the accountability.

This thread previously has been so motivational and encouraging so I just know May is going to be another awesome month for everyone, with lots of lovely sunny walks incoming!! ☀️

hope you’re feeling better @Clearingaspace

Glad your DC is safely home and hopefully recovering well @10kstepsaday

Sorry not posted for a few days, been away and happy to report I got lots of steps in - even marching away at the airport while waiting for flight home - got some funny looks walking up and down the departures lounge but it worked and bought my average weekly up 🤣

Good evening, I seem to have missed a couple of days. 12k, 9k and 11,232 for today.
@minnymoobear you have some great totals there.
Have a great weekend everyone.

managed to get in a couple of outdoor walks in today- really happy with that as it took my kk this average to 10k after a couple of very low days at the start of the month

I am expecting my totals to really slump now, it’s pretty hot here for a few days.

I did 13k on Friday. Yesterday I made an annoying error as I left my phone at home when I did an early morning walk with dh and missed out on 6k steps being logged, which will ruin my bar graph! Technically I did approx 13-14k

hope all having a lovely weekend

Hope you are all doing well!
My holiday is completely messing up my routine and motivation to get the steps in. I heard it is very hot in the UK too 😎 enjoy the weather all!
Well done for all the steps people are still getting in 🤩

Very poor day exercise wise. Started great with an hours pilates, then the heat kicked in. I am not a lover of heat, it makes me so lethargic. I've also hurt my leg, so my total for the day is only 3,183 steps. Hopefully I will improve on it tomorrow.

Morning

@Clearingaspace it so annoying isn’t it?! My Apple Watch died after 6pm and I didn’t realise - got to almost 9.5k steps but deffo did at least another 500 in the evening! Grrrr

@10kstepsaday it was hottest day of the year so far! Same again today I think 🌞

@Joolly2 hope your leg is better, the heat is so amazing but too much of it gives me headaches and get sooo tired too!

Will be a slower day today I think, had planned to do a gym class at 9.30 but let’s see if that happens!

So annoying @minnymoobear! I have an old applewatch that someone in my family stopped using and I am lucky to get a full day out of it. Apparently the newer ones are a lot better but I don’t really want to spend the money just yet.

@Joolly2 i feel like an actual proper exercise session on a hot day gets a big tick and more than balances the steps out.

I convinced dh to go for a late evening walk in the park yesterday - was very nice as sun was beginning to go down. Essentially, I walked in the morning and evening, lounged around by a fan for the majority of the day, but somehow got to 11000.

@Clearingaspace -mine is an old one too but works fine and don’t need a new one. I’m in the zone right now but who knows how long that will
last!

I think anh exercise in current UK sun is a massive win! We went out yesterday despite the heat so strong start to the week - I honestly did not think I’d stick to it and it needs do much effort every day but so far so good!
An exhausted today and lots of driving so not sure how I’ll do today! Hope you’re all ok x

Just scraped 10k yesterday. Was a struggle in the heat. Leg is still hurting, I'm hoping I just over did it with the exercise class on Sunday. I think I woke up some muscles that don't usually do anything and they are complaining.
@10kstepsaday hope you are having a great holiday.
@minnymoobear you are doing great with the steps especially in this heat.
@Clearingaspace you're another one who's knocking the steps out we'll done. Wish I had your energy.

Oh dear, my steps are 4500 today! Hopefully I get to 5000. Ironically, given the heatwave, I have caught a cold/flu from dd - it’s a pretty crap combination as feel double sweaty!

Well done on 10k @Joolly2 and fingers crossed it’s just DOMS and feels better quickly

Amazing getting out in the heat @minnymoobear love the in the zone feeling!

3,967 steps today. 😪 I'm really not coping with the heat. I've spent most of the day in a darkened room with the dog. He's not enjoying it either.
@Clearingaspace sorry to hear about your cold/flu, that's miserable. Fingers crossed it will be short lived.

I am beginning to feel a bit better today so fingers crossed @Joolly2. I think it’s cooling down a little so hopefully you are feeling more comfortable soon too! It’s definitely not worth risking heatstroke trying to do 10k steps at the moment.

Evening all, feeling much brighter this evening. The temperature is dropping and there is a lovely breeze. I've managed 7,332 steps today, not great but much better than yesterday.
@Clearingaspace so pleased you are feeling a little better.

I'm still hovering around the 6k mark but that's more than I did before usually, and you guys keep spurring me on with your posts.

Well done @MoneyJo and @Joolly2 !

I am feeling much better, although probably now at the dragged out cough stage, I couldn’t do a proper workout but walking as a goal is great as I can get back on track quickly! I am just back from a nice walk through the park with dh and have somehow got to over 13000 today.

Oh dear, heat really got to me! 10k in 2 days 😩😩

@MoneyJo 6k in this heat is brilliant, don't knock it.
@minnymoobear join the club, so many of us are struggling to get the steps.
@Clearingaspace you are bucking the trend 😀 congratulations, 13k is is an amazing total in this heat.

Forgot to say I managed 7,000, only just and boy was it a struggle.

Ooh that’s unusual for me, but tbh my house is very messy and walking in the park of an evening lets me procrastinate from cleaning in the hot house!

11,257 steps today, I'm really pleased with that.
@Clearingaspace I like your style, I could win prizes for procrastinating. I can always find something to do before I start my jobs. Delay, delay, delay, oh dear ill do it tomorrow. 😀

Hi, all.
I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks. Had/have a few things going on plus some 'mood dip' butt in it's head. I am trying to get out of that dip.

I have tried and did keep up with a minimum of 10K steps a day except on 3 days (about 3.5k steps on one day and 7.5k & 7.9k steps on the other two). I found i could focus on the steps as the only thing I could control.

Steps for last 3 days:-
Thursday 16,314
Friday 13,978
Yesterday 12,378.

@Joolly2 , hope your leg is better. Welldone on your steps and consistency in posting. It has been encouraging.

@Illbefinejustbloodyfine , how are you? Are things calming down now? You must be exhausted. It takes a while to mentally recover/get out of that stressed state. Thinking of you.

@MoneyJo , great to see you are still staying the course.

@minnymoobear , i love that you are in the zone and it is a great place to be.

@Clearingaspace , hope your cough is better and welldone on your steps.

@10kstepsaday , enjoy your holiday.

@OrientalPrinceInTheLandOfSoup , how are things with you?

Today is the last day of the month. It would be great to continue this group for June. I like having somewhere to be accountable and keep me on track with my fitness.

Hello All! How are you all doing? Apologies for the radio silence - a much needed break was had. I didn't wear my watch on holiday, I would guess I would be lucky to have hit 10k for the whole week !!! Catching up on the thread and it seems the heat definitely makes us all feel a bit more sluggish!

So hopefully a cooler but still sunshiney June is ahead, and I am very much ready and raring to go and hit those steps everyday. I will sort the new thread out soon.

My side quest of no social media for the whole of May was successful and really helped me get some headspace back. I also decided to delete Mumsnet off my phone 😱but will be continuing with posts on my laptop! Might make the screenshots harder to share, so I may have to submit a la @Joolly2 with a photo of my watch 😁

June Thread Here:

Thank you so much all for sharing on this thread for me. Had a cracking start and most of the month was great for steps, but it went to pot with the heat! Planning to get back on it from tomorrow!

good luck all!