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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 Contributor23 May 2019, 11:31 pm AEST

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Today's effort

Most of this is at work so hardly taxing but steps are steps.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor24 May 2019, 8:02 pm AEST

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Our S1 is really getting into the exercise atm.

He has a friend up the street so walking the dog before and after school lol. Never seen him so motivated. Dogs are loving it. Taking it in turns morning and afternoon.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor24 May 2019, 9:08 pm AEST

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way to go @Determined and S1

Hello @Ali11 , @Former-Member , @Jacques , @Former-Member

I think I did enough walking today with the jobs we did xx

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Unknown userMember28 May 2019, 5:29 pm AEST

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Got caught in an icy blast walking the hound today. Mr Darcy not impressed, I did offer to take the girl on my own, but he would not hear of it.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor02 June 2019, 9:47 pm AEST

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Starting tomorrow I have a little more time on my hands so making a commitment to make a bigger effort to get out walking.

I have decided if I have time to lie down for a sleep during the day (I am doing far too much of that lately influenced I think by low mood) than I have time for a walk. If it is raining I will use the treadmill.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor02 June 2019, 9:52 pm AEST

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I really need to loose weight to combat increasing risk of health complications.

The target is 30 kg under supervision of gp.

I had some test results late last year that rattled me. Not even sure if damage revealed is even reversible. On my list to ask gp this week. I have been too scared to ask is why I have not already.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor03 June 2019, 4:57 pm AEST