1 million steps until September 1st

 I joined this challenge on Facebook from an assistans company near us called ”God assistans” (god means great).

It started on June 1st and the goal was to walk 1 million steps until September 1st, approximately 13’000 steps per day.

Well it’s not deadline yet and I’ve already walked more than 1,5 million steps. It came easy actually.

When I’m at work I often walk 14’000 steps from leaving the house and until I get back. When I’m working from home I try to walk in the morning before work starts and on my lunch break, then I often go for a walk in the evening.

It’s been good for my diabetes and for my overall mental health. In these times you need to do what you can to keep your mood high.

I don’t have mental illness but I had a period of depression, anxiety and being burnt out due to everything that happened around our youngest daughters diagnosis. Whats happening now, due to Corona/Covid-19, effects everyone I believe. I can’t really hug my parents and not really visit anyone I want, I can’t go to the office everyday and taking the train comes with big risk.

Excercise has proven to have a good effect on mental health - it relieses endorphins. I’ve actually also joined a new gym and I’m trying to go three times per week. Mondays its biceps+triceps, tuesdays its legday and thursdays its shoulders+back. Seems to be a good division and I like going when I have this clear aim. I’ve made a book for keeping track of which machines and what redistance I had the last time.