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Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group
Many of you living with cancer or an autoimmune disease, like me, deal with daily fatigue. You know that exercise is so important to your health, but it’s so hard. There’s always an excuse: it’s too cold or hot, it’s going to rain or it’s raining, or it’s snowy and icy, or I just don’t want to. I, too, have all these excuses, but I have a new rescue dog who wants to go out and who doesn’t care about my excuses! And I’ve got traction devices for my boots.Now I just need a walking group who will keep me accountable. People who say, ‘let’s go for a walk.'
And I thought: What about my virtual friends on MayoClinicConnect?
Mayo Clinic has an easy 12-week walking program to get us started! Here’s the link:
- Get walking with this 12-week walking schedule https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/get-walking-with-this-12-week-walking-schedule/
So let’s form a virtual walking group. We can agree to walk every day and encourage each other through Connect. We can walk outdoors, in a mall, or in the red center, or in the hallways of our apartment building.
Who’s in? Who’s going to join me?
Come on, Let’s Go Walking!
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@dar9216 WOW!!
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1 ReactionWell done,dar9216. I try to walk about 2 miles each day and some of it is uphill but it's a long time since I have gone on a longer hike. It's a bit lonely on my own and I am very cautious. At the moment my sciatica is bothering me and I can't go to my therapist with this virus closing everything. I am really feeling the lack of therapy.
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2 ReactionsI am down for this please include me
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2 Reactions@rarelybees2889 We’re glad to have you! What kind of exercise do you do? For this group, anything goes! We just aim to keep moving!
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2 ReactionsIn case you are bored with just walking- step it up a bit!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwfa001eGQ0
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4 Reactions@merpreb Pretty cool. But at this age I best stick to keeping my feet on the ground. Adding roller skates is a recipe for disaster! The filmaker did a masterful job of creating it.
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4 ReactionsLuv it! Thank you for the smiles!
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4 Reactions@merpreb That was great but I'd break my neck now at my age
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3 ReactionsWell, I got out walking today. At least our governor said we could go out and hike and bike while we’re under stay at home orders. So we’re all outside today because it might snow tomorrow! And we’ve been exercising for almost 4 weeks!
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3 Reactions@becsbuddy Wow has it been that long doesn't seem like it when your with friends
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