Category: walking

Today I picked up a copy of the free magazine published by Penguin Books, underline, which had a feature on a book called Silence: In the Age of Noise by the Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge. I had never heard of Mr Kagge before today, but according to the magazine,...

Here are last week’s results. 8 glasses of water 4/7 12,000 steps 7/7 10 min morning walk 7/7 Meditate 7/7 Breathing (3x a day) 2/7 No sugar 6/7 No alcohol (M-T) 3/4 Screens off 9.30 (M-T) 3/4 Bed by 10.00 (M-T) 3/4 Bed by 11.00 (F-S) 1/3 Daily gratitude...

After saying I was going to post my habit tracker once a week, I promptly forgot the next week. Tsk. So here are the next two weeks of my faltering progress: 21-Aug 28-Aug 8 glasses of water 7/7 7/7 12,000 steps 7/7 7/7 10 min morning walk 6/7 7/7...

Since my last post seven weeks ago – I can’t believe it’s been that long – I’ve been quietly plugging away at maintaining some habits that are slightly healthy. The no sugar plan is going well. Apart from a dash of maple syrup on my Sunday morning pancakes, which...

Friday was Day 30 of 30 days of yoga. I did it! I gave up my morning walks most days to make the time to do yoga in the mornings, and reduced my daily step target to 12,000. I missed reaching it on nine of the 30 days but...

If you’ve been following my Travelpod blog, you’ll know that we’ve just got back from a family holiday in Victoria and South Australia. As you might have suspected, my attempt to holiday-proof my routines and continue the Stepping on the Cracks project was a spectacular failure. I ate more,...

So another Walk In Her Shoes week is over; my third time participating in this event for CARE Australia. I love the idea behind the challenge: to walk 100km (or the distance of your choice) to raise funds for CARE’s work in countries where women and girls miss out...

Yesterday I thought I was feeling better so, while I had my chance, I went for a long morning walk along the walking track. This time I decided to do the whole track. I knew I wouldn’t have much time to walk later in the day so I had...

Part 1 of this post, in which I try to get into the habit of an earlier bedtime, is here. The story continues . . . I decided that, even though I wasn’t feeling so good, I’d get up and go for a walk this morning. Slabs suggested I...

Today is Day 4 of my 20,000 steps challenge for Care Australia’s Walk In Her Shoes. To date my step counts are: Tuesday: 21,146 Wednesday: 22,438 Thursday: 21,199 Getting struck down with a cold on Wednesday was unexpected and unwanted. If it’s my body’s way of telling me to...