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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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Unknown userMember18 July 2018, 9:55 am AEST

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DeterminedSenior Contributor18 July 2018, 8:28 pm AEST

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Only 5798 steps today

No yard work today as I was at a university open day.

From all my time on my feet cleaning up the yard in t feels like the base of my feet are one big blister. Doesn't look that bad and once I am moving around it is ok but after sitting for a while when I first get up it is not very nice.

Also have to go for an xray on my knee after a bump I had a couple of weeks ago. Again while I loving it is ok but when sitting with it bent for a while it gets quite stiff and clicks when I start moving. Asked the gp about it and she wants it checked out.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor19 July 2018, 7:44 pm AEST

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16157 steps today.

All of this yard work is doing me wonders in more ways than I expected.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor20 July 2018, 6:56 pm AEST

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12500 steps today on a roll. Just need to keep it up after the yard work is done 🙂

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DeterminedSenior Contributor24 July 2018, 8:13 pm AEST

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Quieter day today, only 4964 steps.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor25 July 2018, 6:12 pm AEST

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Fairly slack 2700 steps today. Hoping to make up for it tomorrow between work and setup/ pack up for a student lunch that I am organising at uni.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor26 July 2018, 7:39 pm AEST

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9700 steps today

Happy with that 🙂

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Unknown userMember27 July 2018, 3:00 pm AEST

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Looks like the walking is going really well @Determined! What's helped to keep you motivated?

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DeterminedSenior Contributor27 July 2018, 3:05 pm AEST

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@Former-Member

Rather than intentional exercise it has been the need to get our large yard tidied up for sale and this week I have been back at uni getting both work and study so a bit of work involved assisting in coordination of student events.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor27 July 2018, 3:07 pm AEST

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If all goes to plan we will be making a move mid September to a location that will make morning and afternoon walks more convenient so looking forward to that. We currently live in a semi rural area so roadside not ideal for walking. Hopefully moving into outskirts of town where there are great walking paths.

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