It’s meditative and I have the time
Oh god no 
I thought I could eat… then I watched her “ cheat(binge) days”. Apparently she didn’t even film all of them!
I’m actually eating quite a substantial amount of food right now- a lot more than most of my classmates, just generally less junk and more veggies
If you believe your classmates are eating substantially less than 1700 calories, you might need to reexamine. I’d also hazard a guess that most of them aren’t doing nearly daily conditioning, heavy strength training sessions and 20k+ steps a day.
TL:DR: you don’t eat enough. It damages your health, and your progress towards your goals.
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I agree it’s meditative, but there is walking to a point where it is restorative, and helping you reach your goals, there is a point of diminishing returns, and there is a point beyond which it’s hampering you in other pursuits. It’s not the same, I know, but if you got 10k steps outdoors everyday for the fresh air, and the restorative effects that it has on for instance your lower back, and then took the rest of the time that you have left to just sit down and meditate I’m willing to argue that would be preferable to 50k steps a day for the grand sum of all the goals that you are pursuing.
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I would argue it would be preferable for every single goal you’re pursuing, plus several you aren’t.
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@Pinkylifting
I had 3x5 @90 this morning for deadlifts. They felt good but quite heavy. I know it’s important to trust the process but my goal (133kg by June) feels sooooo far away. It’s quite a mental fuck 
My schedule is free, but not that free
I can barely sit still for 10min without crazy fidgeting
I know it was a one-off but,
Why do you fidget? Is it a habit you created to expend more calories or have you always fidgetted?
Either way, if you are a goal/challenge-type individual I’d challenge you to keep your step-count at 8-10k or less for six months. If you go over that, then you failed that day. Try to succeed as many days as possible. At least you’d know you didn’t walk yourself out of achieving your 133kg deadlift goal.
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I’ve always been very restless- used to really annoy my mom. I practically bounce off walls with decaf coffee
Is that 3 sets of 5, or 5 sets of 3?
Definitely trust the process, and June is a long, long, long way away. Not to mention that deadlifts are typically trained further away from one rep max than squat or bench. In my last training block I didnt have a training rep above 280, but hit 320 in competition with more available.
Another thing to remember is that it doesn’t matter if you don’t hit your goal by June. If you you are closer then than you are now, then the process is working.
I don’t need to tell you again that if that really is a priority goal then you need to back off on the conditioning and cardio to help you get there.
You’ll be surprised how much you could improve if you keep at it and keep the calories up. Further if you can commit to limiting your daily steps and backing off a bit on the conditioning.
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3 sets of 5
3 sets of 5 at 70% of a target feeling ‘good but heavy’ wouldn’t worry me. If I was in a high volume phase with high fatique and with all the conditioning you are doing it wouldnt surprise me.
While you may not be there now with the deadlift, this one result wouldn’t lead me to believe the goal was unreachable.
I honestly think there’s definitely a mental component because I was taking really long rests to “psych myself up”. They were hard but I probably had 2-3 reps in the tank if I really wanted to push it
Sounds like exactly the right level of intensity for Sheiko work, youre doing it right.
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How long does it take you to walk that much?
I get 10-12k on my post workout walk, which takes 80-90min and the other 10k or so just happens without me actually trying
I’ve heard of post-workout nutrition but never a post-workout walk.
keeps blood flowing for recovery- I don’t have the discipline to stretch or do actual gym mobility stuff
That’s most likely incorrect. I don’t find stretching post-workout does anything for recovery either.
Are you taking in any nutrition between your workout and walk?
The last thing I want to do after working out is eat, particularly if the volume that day was particularly brutal. The hunger usually starts about 3-4 hours post workout