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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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Can see your point @Mazarita,all athletes have to be obsessive compulsive and it does cause problems.The more kmsyou do,it does make you feel guilty if you do less.
At the moment with anxiety in a way I am grateful I can walk.This time last year I was crippled in my feet which made me unable to walk and if I did I was in agony.For two months.My depression usually is the problem,which makes me stop with numbness or unable to put one foot in front of the other.In March I had a iron infusion which for months didn't know why I couldn't walk .Plus I get swelling in the feet from Raynaud's Disease and arthritis,not to mention three spurs .As mentioned,walking at the moment is the only way I am keeping myself going as I don't know what to do with myself.

I'm also trying to lose weight,which they say you need to do 15000 steps for.Yes there is a trap,I put weight on from doing nothing as I walked a lot,and that's not good and it showed,as I had high cholesterol from putting weight on.

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Poor @Faith-and-Hope!

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Looking forward to when he can moderate it @Former-Member ..... I'm guessing he will always need to work out, he just can't see that he is burning himself out like this ...... hopefully help isn't too far away now.

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@Faith-and-Hope💌

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Nothing wrong with walking if it’s something you enjoy, doesn’t harm you or anyone else and doesn’t interfere with other things you need to do @Former-Member.

I have always liked to walk and when I got a dog there was an added reason to do so. Now I walk more than ever. I gave my car to my daughter before I went to live overseas for a while. When I returned, there didn’t seem to be much of a reason to buy one. The supermarket was within walking distance and I go there just about every morning and buy fresh food. The public transport is fairly good and I work from home.

I would use my daughter’s car maybe once a week if that. Can’t really justify the expense of one at the moment.

This afternoon the pooch and I got caught in the rain. We were absolutely drenched. Fortunately I had one of her plastic poop bags to put my phone in. Got home, nice warm shower, dinner, tea - ahhhh!

Step count for the day is 17 224 - just over 13kms. Still raining and lots more on the way.

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I grew up with collie roughs @soul,I do miss a dog just not in a position to get one.I have to drive 15 minutes out to where I lived , can't walk in town,hate seeing any person on my walk.

Sounds like you had fun this afternoon anyway.Yes with the anxiety,I could be hitting the bottle! lol,but walking is a learnt way of coping past few years,but truthfully a way of escaping life.👤

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@Former-Member, @soul, I am very obsessive in some ways, just not so much with walking. For me it's creativity. When I've got going in a big way I have sometimes gone for 18 hours straight on a project, maybe more. Though it's a really important part of my life, I'm trying to balance it with other things more. A struggle with some things, but I keep trying (when I can). Yes, do go walking if that's what helps the most. There are many worse things we could be doing and it is really good for us.

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12,363 steps - 8.2km ...... 😊 ..... Howzat ❣️

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Zat is impressive @Faith-and-Hope 😆

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I can agree with you @Mazarita
As stated I am experiencing high anxiety and have strong don't know what to do with myself,I go walking to escape my pathetic life and it's a time for me.Many reasons, mainly it's the only thing besides my big furbaby that keeps me going.And I have been conscious about my stomach due to stress .Past two weeks,the walking is driven by my anxiety.
I don't weigh myself,been traumatized as a person with obesity all my life,eg:weighed in class,Jenny Craig at 13 55 weight loss early 30s.I know I will get depressed if I jump on them.
I'm doing what I have always done,walk to keep me alive and I know I need to get the muscle back in my body to burn fat.Trying to find a part of the old me somewhere lost in a very unhappy person.

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