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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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@artist01 Still cold 🥶
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2 ReactionsGood morning walkers, it looks like Spring in some of the northland. We lost our snowcover in a huge cleansing rainfall earlier this week, so now I can see exactly where the deer spent their winter in my back yard. Need to rake and scoop! My lilac and dogwood buds are beginning to swell, and the sun is shining today. I see a nice walk in my future today - perhaps to see the nesting eagles.
Sue
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6 ReactionsMy walk today will include a St Patrick's Day parade and celebration near my home. Live bands, kids games, and Guiness. Festivities start at 11am.
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6 Reactions@Erinmfs Ooh, that sounds so fun and exciting! Don't forget to wear your mask, and distance. Have a wonderful day. Warm regards, Laurie
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2 ReactionsEnjoy the festivities and remain safe!!
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2 ReactionsHi, everyone! Our massive snow storm didn’t start until after lunch so I got a nice walk in. But it was cold and rainy. Poppy didn’t like it—he wanted brunch. This afternoon, as I was watching the snow start, my sister sent photos of the azaleas in full bloom in her yard. Dang! But I did get my walk in! Maybe I can go sledding tomorrow 🤗
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5 Reactions@becsbuddy I went for my daily walk today, but it was freezing cold, with a wicked wind. I soon chickened out and went home, but I did clock 1.05 km on my trusty pedometer. It's supposed to be nicer again by Monday.
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4 ReactionsMy "walk" yesterday was 5 miles - and I never left my own yard!
Here we are in March, in Minnesota, and it was 60F and sunny. I raked the leaves off 4 gardens, trimmed a half dozen shrubs, picked up hundreds of sticks, cleared away garden debris, swept up the shells from 150 lbs of birdseed and bagged everything for the compost site because my own bins are full.
I finished the afternoon with a stroll through the yard, planning what I want to do differently this year - starting with adding a 3' X 18' straw bale garden to a sunny side yard for raising more veggies. (I already have a 21' bale garden for my tomatoes there.)
Thought I would be stiff and sore today, but I'm doing well enough to contemplate tackling another large garden bed, where I have all the standing wildflowers I leave for the birds - the seeds are picked clean, so the sticks can go.
Oops - never finished before I headed out the door. On an ice cream bar break to give me enough energy to finish filling the last 2 bags before the rain comes tonight & tomorrow. Got the pond garden cleared of leaves and old plants, and cut down everything in the big back garden, but I'm out of steam - the raking there will have to wait. Only got 3 miles in today, but did enough squeezing of various pruners to count for a week of hand therapy. And lots of bending & hauling - gardening is great exercise.
Next up - our yard has become deer central this winter, and the backyard is totally covered with their droppings, but too soft to rake - how do I get rid of them - maybe the rain will wash them down to the ground to fertilize....
Rewarding myself with an adult beverage in the sun on my garden bench.
Sue
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7 ReactionsThose were the days my friends.......those were the days. My grandfather met me in the garden after school. I loved every minute......learning about vegetables and flowers and fig trees. What a great childhood.
May you find joy today.
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4 Reactions@becsbuddy I got all bundled up to go walking this morning and went to step outside in what I knew was a bit of a rainy day. It was snowing! Aaarrgh! I've only done 40 steps on my pedometer. Maybe tomorrow, if the snow melts. Lol
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