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Day 2 and 3 updates: I did manage to lift weights on day 2, so met all of my goals! Day 3 I also lifted (again, scheduling made it impossible to have those days spread apart a bit more) and successfully walked 10,000 steps! I also managed to switch out a soft drink for a smoothie, which I'm counting towards goal #1. So that's my 3 weight-lifting sessions for this week done! I'm still feeling rather unwell, but should make 10,000 steps today due to giving a tour.

@Lateral Planet - the walking is a combination of both. I tend to take longer routes from A to B in order to go through the park and look for birds along the river. I have started going for a short walk around lunchtime, though, so that will help as well.

@TGP I do have days well above that, but not usually in winter! During the field season, though, there are quite a few days over 25,000. Since I'm in the final year of my PhD, though, it's a lot of time sitting at a desk and writing rather than out in the field...

Day 1 - Felt a bit ill. Only got 9000 steps (ugh, so close!) but was feeling too ill to go out and walk a bit longer to get to 10,000. I DID manage to work out (including weights!) and meditate in the morning, which was good. I also had a large amount of raspberries for breakfast, but I don't know that they count as replacing the processed snack with fruit. They were an intentional part of breakfast. I also wanted a snack later in the day, but didn't have the morale to go and just buy myself an apple, so ended up eating nothing instead. I suppose that's not a failure, but it's not really a success. Day 2 (so far): I've walked 8000 steps and still have to get home, so that should take me over 10,000. I have also purchased an apple, which I am currently eating in lieu of crisps or chocolate. The downside is that I am feeling far worse today than I did yesterday, which not only negates my reason for not doing 10,000 steps yesterday, it also is going to make it really difficult to life weights today. While I could wait until some other day, I won't be at my house for the rest of the week, so was planning to lift today and tomorrow to hit my 3x/week. We'll see how I'm feeling once I can get home, but it may not go so well... :/

@Lateral Planet Yes! And there's always that point at the beginning of the dig when emptying a wheelbarrow is more difficult than you wanted it to be...

Hi Everyone! I'm an archaeologist with a need to stay in shape between digs (and just in general). Currently working on my PhD, so am spending a LOT of time at a desk and feeling the need to move a bit more. My main long-term goals are to adopt and healthy lifestyle, increase my general fitness, and become more attuned to the natural world... which is a lot, but that's why they're long-term goals! For this challenge, my goals are: 1) Swap 1 processed snack per day for a piece of fruit or veg 2) Meditate each day, starting at 10 minutes and adding 5 minutes per week 3) Walk 10000 steps per day 4) Lift weights 3x per week. Hopefully this isn't too much - I think it'll be ok, but I guess we'll see!