@cindyjk Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, Cindy. So glad you could join us. I am sorry to hear about your stage lV lung cancer. Is this your motivation for walking with us? How is the weather where you live? Is it still extremely hot or are you getting some reprieve from summer? Would also love to know your back story.

Hello @cindyjk Think I’m supposed to be leading this exercise group but... Sounds like you are already out and about! We’re supposed to be exercising 3-4 times a week, but the hardcore athletes are out every day. Sounds like you’re one of them? We had about 3” of snow last night so we were out checking on all the trees! Glad you could join us!

@cindyjk, Hi, Cindy, glad to meet you and that you'll be joining our friendly group on walks. Mentor, Becky, started this group in Feb. and if you scroll to the very top, you can read her intro. for the group. The beauty of this is that there are no hard and fast rules of any kind. Some strive to walk daily, others walk whenever they can or decide. Some use devices to track the number of steps or how far they walk; others work to build up endurance and distance while some are more house bound and "cyber walk" on machines or do chair exercises to videos or whatever.

I'd set a personal challenge in Jan. to see if I could discipline myself to simply walk three x's/week and set specific days for those walks to further motivate me. After my wonderful furry friend died, I just couldn't get back to walking alone. While it is certainly not a record, I have met my challenge and starting the 9th month; have thrown in some "extra" walks but meeting the personal weekly challenge is my goal. The support and sharing from this group have helped me with my consistency because there have been days when it would have been so easy to procrastinate and put off a scheduled walk.

I Really like your dog's name and so glad he is a walker, too! Was MOW a result by any chance of an impulse adoption??? I am familiar with impulsive acts, like overbuying yesterday of freezer foods with an already fully stocked freezer...sigh so that is what prompts the question. lol

Stage IV lung cancer is no laughing matter for sure so your upbeat spirit of "do it while ya can" is impressive! We just share our walking experiences as we wish; no competition for sure; the goal is to keep moving and the cyber group sharing is great encouragement to keep on keeping on as we can. Some days we can't and that's ok too. Welcome aboard!