10,000 steps and 8 glasses of water per day....

.....equals 2lbs weight loss!


Hi everyone,


Yes, every day for the past week I have walked a minimum of 10,000 steps and drunk at least 8 glasses of water a day in an effort to try to get fit and shed some weight. I have not been dieting. I like my food too much for that! I have had chocolate and toast and butter and some really nice meals not to mention the 'occasional' g&t and I have still lost 2lbs. Goodness only knows what I would have lost if I had been dieting too.
In all seriousness, as I know many, many people are dieting at the moment with the summer looming and us all wanting to look our best, I am purely trying to get fitter and I do like a challenge. I am taking the challenge seriously but I am not on a diet.
I am always envious of those who are able to decide to diet and stick to it. I have only ever managed that twice in my life...once with Rosemary Conley back in the day and once with Weight Watchers. Both were successful but the weight didn't stay off because I went back to my old ways and didn't exercise enough and, more importantly, went back to my old ways of eating. So, I don't think diets and I are very compatible.


What I have found in the first week of doing this is that I have got heaps more energy and I think it must be the water. I know that it is recommended that we all drink 8 glasses of water a day and I most definitely don't drink even half of that amount on a good day usually. I have also got used to my weird tasting tap water. I turn on the tap, fill up my glass and drink. Easy!
I've just thought of another benefit...the dreaded night sweats that have been plaguing me for months and months don't seem to be anywhere near as bad and, as a consequence, I am sleeping better. All because of the water? Quite possibly.
I intend to keep up the walking and the water challenge until the end of the month at least and see how I get on. By then it may have become 'the norm'. Who knows?


On another note, today we scattered the ashes of my father in law on what would have been the 61st wedding anniversary of he and his wife. The family gathered at the cricket club where Grandma's ashes are scattered and where there is a bench with a plaque on it in her memory. It was a beautiful sunny morning and there was a youth match being played. The ashes were scattered around the bench by various family members and that was it. Job done. Grandma and Grandad are now reunited and together at one of the places that they loved to go to and where they spent many happy hours. They were both vice presidents at the club and it seemed to be the perfect final resting place for them.


I have a very busy week coming up and lots of things to look forward to including a trip to Paris and a posh dinner in Oxford so I will probably be going on about all that next week.


Enjoy yourselves folks. We only get one shot at this life.


xxxxx