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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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Hi all ..... 😊👋

I have a pedometer on my phone ...., today's tally is 5.8km.

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Good on you @Faith-and-Hope. Did you get the fridge sorted out?

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LoL @Faith-and-Hope doing well

My tally was 730m

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Got a new fridge bought @soul .... arriving tomorrow.

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So who's been out walking this morning? As I exited my front door, I was greeted by a blanket of fog. Kinda eerie. Everything seems quieter when it's foggy weather. Seems like it's going to be a warm day.

Hope you all get a lot of steps in. You too @Determined.

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@soul your always up and about early; I feel so lazy. I used to be like that before my depression got so bad it crippled me. But I'm coming out now so I'm trying to keep the momentum going, and not slip back. I'm planning my walk after breakfast, so fairly soon.

I always think of fog as eerie and mysterious. And yes, quieter too.

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Good for you @Sans911. Start small - you'll get there. It's not a race. I like the early morning - nice and quiet. It's a good time to think.

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4300 steps so far today @soul (3.6km) by the phone app.

Had a walk up and down main street and to a coffee shop between school drop off and meeting at the high school this morning, got to school for pickup at crazy hour so got a longer walk than usual as had to park further away.

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Finished up with 6074 steps for the day @soul 4.7km.

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@soul my days' steps have been better than I thought. I went for moderate walk this morning. My total steps as of now are 9331. I'm quite 😌 pleased with myself.
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