8th April – a good day!

Hey all, hope you are safe.

I’ve decided on a substitute workout programme, walking every day, no less than five walks a week, strength programme three times a week.

And then I had a daft, simple idea! I would use my stairs to climb the height of Snowdon! Now spontaneously, I decided six x 5 minute sessions would be a walk in the park… I was wrong!

The first session I did was fine, 14 times up and down those stairs, yes I was well and truly out of breath after 2.5 minutes, but I kept on! I used this session as my template for my new challenge.

The following sessions became harder and harder to maintain… I still managed… but it was sooo hard!

I am stuck on this idea now, so I intend to carry out this challenge but tomorrow I’m going to try a different way.

Today I managed 61 stair climbs, that equates to 457.5 feet elevation. Snowdon is 3560 feet, that leaves me 3102.5 feet.

I’m hoping to complete 50 stair climbs tomorrow, with no less than 7 climbs each session. That will be 375 feet elevation every day. I shall give myself the target of completing this in ten days. This I feel will be more achievable, though obviously I’ll push myself to finish earlier.

It’s worth mentioning that I am not counting any normal stair use in this.

I’m still on! I think unless things calm down, I’m not going to renew my contraception. We’ll see.

Something lovely today, one of our nieces turned 7 today, so Paul and I went to my sister’s to give pressie and card. We stayed long enough to watch her open pressie, and we stayed outside with a glass window between us. We bought Amelia a telescope, and she loved it! Her parents were going to try and set it up so she could look at the moon tonight 😊

Ok, let me regale you with my daily details!

Sleep – it was ok, certainly don’t feel worn down today.

Fluid – 200ml of milk, 3 cups of tea, 2 glasses of water, 1 glass of pineapple juice, 1 can of Pepsi max.

Food – 40g natural nuts, 90g dried fruit, 1 cheese portion.

For lunch we shared a jacket spud with the remaining chilli and cheese.

Then Paul made duck stir fry for dinner. Very tasty! I cut the fat of most of the duck.

We shared a bag of healthier crisps.

Exercise – 4 x 5m stair climbs, a slow (body doesn’t like me) walk.

So that’s my day. Let’s see how tomorrow goes.

Keep safe, keep well.

Night