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Self care- walking and cycling

DeterminedSenior Contributor25 June 2018, 4:21 pm AEST

Self care- walking and cycling

There used to be a thread around exercise but I couldn't find it so starting a new one.

Recently my GP has been lecturing me about more exercise in order to loose some weight reduce my blood pressure and get some other stress related ailments under control. Now is a good time for me to start as I have just started a 4 week study break from uni.

My goal is to do minimum 30 mins (target 1 hour) per day 5 days a week of either walking or cycling. Posting here as a form of accountability. I cant use the weather as an excuse as we have both a treadmill and an indoor cycle trainer 😁

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DeterminedSenior Contributor30 Mar 2019, 8:30 pm AEDT

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Shaz51Senior Contributor02 Apr 2019, 1:32 pm AEDT

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how are you going @Determined

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DeterminedSenior Contributor03 Apr 2019, 8:07 pm AEDT

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Managed a short 30min walk this afternoon between showers of rain. Wasn't overly energetic but I was pushing the pramb so that has to count for something.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor09 Apr 2019, 4:38 pm AEST

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Managed some exercise this afternoon.

Went for a walk with darling which was surprisingly pleasant 😊

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DeterminedSenior Contributor09 Apr 2019, 5:17 pm AEST

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Unknown userMember09 Apr 2019, 6:00 pm AEST

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Woo hoo @Determined

At my end am still walking the hound.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor09 Apr 2019, 6:27 pm AEST

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I need to get back to walking to work and uni

Only 2km each way. Motorbike is too much fun lol.

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Ali11Senior Contributor10 Apr 2019, 6:33 pm AEST

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That's some serious steppage @Determined, is this a standard day for you?

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DeterminedSenior Contributor10 Apr 2019, 8:15 pm AEST

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Haha @Ali11 I wish. It is my goal though 😁

Aiming to be up to 10k step average by the end of the year.

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Ali11Senior Contributor10 Apr 2019, 8:26 pm AEST

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That's a great goal to set @Determined, and you're not far off already!

I keep hearing that consistency is key, even if you can't make your goal each day it's the trying that counts. You're inspiring me to try up my game as well

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