June - 10k a Day Club

[10kstepsaday]

Hello Everyone, Happy June 🤩

Here is our monthly thread for recording your daily steps, and having a chat along the way. Everyone is welcome, whatever your goal is and however you track it 😃

May was a bit of a flop for me, as I was away and out of routine.
I know for others, with the UK heatwave it was a tricky one some days!
Now I am ready and raring to go for June, and I am hoping to hit the 10k every single day!

As always this thread has been very motivational and encouraging so please join in, and lets get those steps in 😁

Sounds perfect @WorthySloth

@Joolly2 hopefully next week will be a lot better for you/most of us, and you can soak up some vitamin d in more enjoyable temperatures. Maybe look on it as a rest period like they do with weight lifting.

@JulietteHasAGun I think lots of us are finding it much harder in the heat tbh 🥵

Ooh let us know how you get on with your new hat @10kstepsaday 💃

Annoyingly, I was very sleep deprived this morning and forgot my phone on my super early walk, also didn’t bother with my watch all day so officially I have done 7421 but I am certain it was more than 10000 - so annoying for my stats 😭

@Joolly2 , it has been blistering. Keep safe. Your cool dark room sounds sublime. I am imagining chilled drinks to hand, cool strawberries 🍓& blueberries 🫐 in a side plate and a novel in your hands. I am positively envious.

Schools fully open here and work has no WFH options unfortunately. So we are pushing through.

I have not posted for a couple of days.

Wednesday- 14,376 steps
Thursday- 15,459 steps

@WorthySloth & @JulietteHasAGun , well done on your steps. Clearingaspace & 10Kstepsaday welldone too.

@Clearingaspace , haven't seen hats too. But I have seen people running!! Running, i tell you!!! I am wow! how are you doing that?! I have not been able to do any strength training in the last 5 days - it's just too hot. Oh..the runners have been wearing beaked hats/face caps (just remembered).

@10kstepsaday , loving the trips😁. Who knows maybe a 10k steps a day movement has been created and we don't know it yet. If you do get the Eleanor Bowmer hat, don't let the weather spoil your launch. Rine or Shine the lovely hat shall be worn. But what you said is true. I remember the air conditioner debate i had with myself a few times in previous years... about getting one and just as I get one, the heatwave is gone. And i am left with this bulky machine for the remaining 363 days! The weather is fickle, and just as you decide 'looks like it's staying, let me do something about it' it's gone.

Wishing everyone a lovely day.

@Onegramatatime This is so very true. I always put off buying the kids new wellies and raincoats, every March/April time I convince myself no if i buy them now it will be spring/summer soon and they will grow out of it and we continue in the wet weather for ages - guarantee when I give in the sun shows up! I think maybe I just need to be more organised... 😆

9919 steps yesterday. Today is the worst day so far i think.
I am planning on doing as you are @Joolly2
not moving from my spot (i am working but meh) which is dark and cool with 2 fans pointing at me.

I've been on a roll, totalled over 20,000 steps Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 16,511 so far today but I won't do many more as I'm knackered and HOT!

6416 today. Away tomorrow so steps should increase 😊

well done all

8702 today - at the moment I am happy with anything above 7000, so not too bad.

hat status around here this morning - I estimate approx 10.%, of people had one on, mostly baseball caps. @Onegramatatime I did see a young couple sprinting past me sans hats not even looking remotely hot whilst I was completely red in the face and sweaty just waking! I have seen a few people with personal fans but also 2 or 4 with rain umbrellas up to protect them, someone needs to bring back proper parasols!

16,284 steps today.

No strength training today.

And I had a treat today, so calories were above my limit but what is life without treats.

@Clearingaspace , I saw a very young lady with a real parasol yesterday. It was lovely to see, also intriuiging.

It's the weekend. It's a busy one here and I am dreading it. Have a lovely weekend all.

Wowee @taratill that is super super effort, especially in this heat! Well Done!

@Clearingaspace Wow, a parasol! How elegant! I wonder if I can pull that off...! My hat arrived today, will take it out for a spin tomorrow 😆

Well done everyone, hope you are all doing well.
I realised around 5.30pm when I walked into my bedroom that my watch was still sat on my bedside table since this morning. Which is very annoying as I actually did do a lot of steps today!! Anyway I still put it on and so we are currently at 2687 😆but I think I would have hit the 10k today as did do lots of housework and backwards and forwards in the garden trying to sort the paddling pool out for the kids!

Some fantastic steps in this heat @Onegramatatime @taratill and others. I don't know how you are doing it.
The mercury is dropping now thank goodness and I have been able to venture out of the twilight den that has been my home for the last 5 days. Looking forward to restarting my life tomorrow. 😁
@10kstepsaday forgetting to put watch on is so annoying, I've done it twice recently.

11,746 steps yesterday.

Forgetting the watch thing is so annoying. I realised about 11:30am, i wasn't wearing my watch. I had left it charging. For a second, i wondered how i could repeat all i had done since i had got up at 5am to capture all those beautiful steps! I was that annoyed.

It's a crazy busy weekend and today is day 2 of it.

I drop DD off at the Theatre at 8:30am this morning in West End. She's performing in a show today. The 1st show starts at 2:15pm.
What do i do from 8:30am till 2pm?

It's hot, i am on a diet, i am tired, i have new braces in (aching teeth) - so do not want to wonder aimlessly, I am avoiding cafes/restaurants etc, i do not want to shop. It's also waste of money and poor use of time to go home and then come back. It's a 1hr 40 mins trip one way.

I love walking in London, from there you could walk through Bloomsbury, up through Regents Park and then up Primrose Hill and Camden Town and then get the tube back.

Alternatively get down to the River and have a walk along the South Bank to Tower Bridge then circle back through the City of London.

Thank-you so much for this. I am so tired and have a lot on. I couldn't think.
London in the summer is extremely beautiful and has great vibes. Your suggestion is great. I will gently stroll. Don't want to sweat, as would not be changing clothes before the show.

Train to South Kensington and v&a if it has air con? Get some steps in without getting too hot? Or Tate modern if you want somewhere more central. Otherwise Hyde park and stay under trees. Break a leg to dd very exciting

16762 steps yesterday bringing my weekly total so far to 55k. So if I can get 15k in today I’ll hit target and actually I might today. Need to get out of bed tho 🤣🤣

@Onegramatatime hope you have a lovely walk and that your daughters show is amazing 💕

@10kstepsaday it’s annoying when steps don’t record isn’t it?

hope everyone has a good day and gets some walks in 😊

Welcome out of your den @Joolly2 😁

It's sooo annoying @Onegramatatime I don't know how I didnt realise!
Well done on your 11k! Hope you enjoyed a London walk today and your DD had a great performance!!

Well Done @WorthySloth did you get your target?

I had a great day today for steps - 11, 289.
I have lots of energy today especially now it has cooled again.
I took the children to our village fete and got some nice steps wandering around with them looking at all the stalls and vintage cars - it was so lovely!

Ended the day on 20317 which makes 76314 for the week 😊 sitting on the coach now so will be starting next weeks steps at about 230am 😭😭

well done @WorthySloth impressive step count!

@10kstepsaday i also had lots of energy today , it was great to have cooler weather. I got lots of jobs ticked off including gardening. Feeling very pleased with myself 😂 But Saturday we were driving quite a bit as moved dd out of uni halls; we had to do a fair bit of cleaning and it was a tiring day but only 3348 as I only had the steps logged on phone. Should be 14000 today by the time I climb up the stairs / although actually it’s tomorrow now (1 am stayed up watching the bear with dd) so will be just under! To be fair I had no watch on for the gardening today so likely a good few steps there too. Average for the week is over 10k so I am v happy with that.

I checked before I went to bed and have started today on 3529 steps. Only just woken up tho 😭😭 needed that sleep.

bet you are exhausted @WorthySloth
20k is awesome though!!

@Clearingaspace sounds like a lovely productive day!
I keep seeing The Bear advertise! is it any good?

Finishing today @ 12, 380 which I am very happy with - I do find it easier on my day off though. Think I am going to get a walking pad for my birthday coming up, then plan to learn how to walk and type at the same time so I can blitz the steps whilst working - she says!!

The Bear is a must try @10kstepsaday, however it is a bit marmite, i know an equal number of people who love it/hate it. It can be a bit pretentious at times but I really liked it overall.

We have a walking pad and my one attempt at using it for work did not go well! It is good for watching YouTube videos or similar and getting steps in though.

I have slightly lost my step mojo! my steps are under 9000 at the moment snd my watch isn’t charged but my phone probably wouldn’t log marching on the spot/treadmill so I think I am going to just do some tidying up and go to bed. Hopefully all my ‘house’ steps mean in reality I am at 10k

On just over 15k right now still need to find food and head back to the hotel. Should be a decent start the week

Saturday - 11,746
Sunday - 27,381
Today - 15,339

@Joolly2 , how has it been since you ventured out? Still pretty warm out there isn't it but a whole lot cooler.

Thanks so much @taratill . Your suggestion was really great and reminded of how i would go up to London with DC/without DC to do just that. I just couldn't think. Thank-you @Clearingaspace for your suggestion too. And thank-you to yourself, @WorthySloth and @10kstepsaday - the show went really well. And my DD surprised me with her performance. It was almost like I was watching someone else. Hopefully, it's accepted and becomes one of the regular shows in theatre. They got good exit reviews, so we will see.

I ended up walking to the London Eye, along the river bank to Tate modern then came back to the London Eye found a lovely spot and did some reading 'Where the Crawdads Sing' then later walked to Chinatown to get some bubblewrap ice-cream and did some window shopping around there up to Convent Garden, walked back to the national art gallery then came out and sat in Trafalgar square and read some more/people watched. It was really great and i felt young, free and alive!🤣

But today, i am so tired and definitely feel my age and really would have given anything not to be cooking dinner, talking about homework and getting uniforms ready for tomorrow!😁

Did anyone see the thread about the poor heatstroke lady in ICU? Pretty sad.