10,000 Steps Challenge

13th October 2010

255th Day in Melbourne

Rainy

My class took part in this 10,000 steps challenge where all of us have to clock in 10,000 steps every day for 5 weeks...Gosh! I didn't know that it's that difficult to walk that many steps a day cause i thought i've been walking all the time...With the pedometer, i realised that i've actually been sitting all the time (surfing, writing assignments, reading etc) and the only time i walk is to the toilet, to kitchen etc..and those are signs that i've not been keeping an active lifestyle..

I've walked 30 mins (15mins back and forth) to take the shuttle bus + all that walking for the whole day in the school department for the whole day's class and i only managed to clock 7000+ steps..it's horrible! However, 1 thing i've learnt is that i'm more conscious of wearing the pedometer and in order to clock more steps, i even forgo the lift and have been taking the stairs all day long...guess i'm getting more health conscious, which is what this event is hoping to achieve...everywhere at the psych department, everyone's putting on their walking/running shoes and i'm just amazed at how many people are taking part in this event..hehe

It doesn't matter if my class wins (nobody cares!) but i suppose the feeling of unity, where all of us get together and complete a team event is really heart-warming to me..

Need to walk more tomorrow!