Well, sort of failed is more accurate.

One of my lent goals is to hit my 10,000 steps every single day.  I have still achieved that.

My damn watch has messed me up though.

On Friday, we decided to give the dogs a rest day as they were starting to show their age when getting up in the mornings for their walk.  

I planned to go for a little run to up my own steps but it was horrible outside.  Howling winds and rain most of the day, so I just didn't get the mojo to run, choosing a cup of tea and a biscuit instead.

​Which meant I was pushing it on reaching the 12,997 steps my watch needed me to do to get a different coloured bar.  After dinner we walked the long way home and I was tempted to do an extra lap but the wind and rain put a stop to that again.  

I checked my watch and I only had a few hundred to do and thought that I'd easily make that by wondering around the flat and getting ready for bed.  

It slipped from my mind.

Unfortunately the flat wasn't actually that big.  I went to bed without checking my watch 100 steps short.

When I woke up, it was the first thing that entered my head.  I was really disappointed with myself for not checking and doing a couple of laps of the living room.

I was disappointed that I didn't go for that run.

We've seen this happen a lot with people who are dieting and trying to lose weight.  They make a couple of poor choices, our don't lose as much weight as they thought they should have that week, then all hell breaks loose and they think f*ck it.

I'll start again next week or what's the point of even trying.

I felt the same initially.  I thought - I've done my 10,000 why should I bother trying to do extra to keep a damn watch happy?

Then something Sam says entered my head - If you dropped your smart phone and picked it up to find you hadn't smashed the screen, you wouldn't throw it back at the floor to make sure you did.

You shouldn't give in on a diet or a goal because of one bad meal or missed workout.

One meal or workout makes absolutely no difference to the bg picture at all.

The differences are made with consistent effort moving forwards. 

I had completed 19 days in a row over my step goal, I set the goal to beat the rut of not making past 6, I should have been celebrating not disappointed.

On Saturday, the dogs were refreshed so we did a massive walk over to lusty glaze for one of the best burgers I've ever had and a little run in the morning.  

Over 20,000 steps that day :)

Be consistent and you will get to your goal, it doesn't matter if you miss the odd workout or choice something off plan every now and again.

Darren 'Steppity Steps' Checkley