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The Walking for Wellbeing Thread

The Walking for Wellbeing Thread

Following on from the outstanding success of "The Great Yoga Adventure Thread", here begins one that may appeal to a larger sector of the Sane Forum population. Although I have started it in the Lived Experience side, anyone is welcome to join us as we put one foot in front of the other and walk to improve our mental and physical wellbeing.

I hope you will accompany me. Here we can talk about how, when, where and why we walk. It's a place to discuss our progress and share what we see along the way.

Walking is my thing. I love it. I do it in several ways. During the weekdays, I get up early and take a brisk walk usually stopping in along the way at the supermarket to pick up some groceries. Around mid morning, I take my dog for a stroll. Then late afternoon, I walk to and from a yoga session. Lastly, at night, it's another walk for the pooch.

On weekends, I like to go a bit further afield and discover new stuff. I often take photos as well during these walks.

I use an App on my phone called Pacer which monitors the distance and steps that I walk. I do a minimum of 10 000 steps each day. Some of you may be more high tech and have a Fitbit or equivalent.

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❤️ @Maggie ...... 😆

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Hi @Former-Member ..... I see you there .... 😊

How are you doing ?

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@soul @Mazarita well I dragged my depressed & exhausted body out of bed for a short walk. Only about 5000steps, but I'm ok with that. I'm still exhausted but my I've tempered my irritation a little with some soothing music.

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hello @Sans911, @soul, @Faith-and-Hope, @Maggie, @Mazarita,

My walk today wasmy 2 cleaning jobs , does that count

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@Faith-and-Hope Hi there.

I'm surprisingly going well. Walking is helping me a lot. Saying that I'm scared it will come crashing down. I guess I can only take it a day at a time. Managed 11,263 steps today. How are you?

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Not too bad @Former-Member. Our situation is still spinning around here, so I'm just staying on the distraction and self-care page.

Walking really helps with that, but I have had a pulled muscle injury that slowed me down for a while, so I made a morning trip to the coffee shop and back my mainstay. Anything I add on to that is a bonus, like being out walking again this afternoon.

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@Shaz51 ..... your cleaning jobs count in my book.

Does your mobile phone have a health ap with a red heart inside a white box ? That's the one I have got, and it counts up your steps for you if you're carrying your mobile on you somewhere. That will tell you how far you have "walked" in your cleaning jobs, if you're interested.

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Well done @Sans911 ..... ❣️ Sorry to hear it's still a rough time for you. Sending some cyber hugs your way. Have been missing you, but things are going a bit wobbly here again, so have had to try to keep my focus. Hope you're feeling stronger again soon.

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I am thinking of getting a new phone with my birthday money @Faith-and-Hope, still have not brought it yet , yes always got my mobile with me

Hello @Former-Member , way to go my friend

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