Let’s Go Walking! Join me for a virtual walking support group

Posted by Becky, Volunteer Mentor @becsbuddy, Feb 19, 2020

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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imallears | @imallears | Mar 15, 2021

In reply to @jakedduck1 "@imallears Guess my tastebuds aren’t so unsophisticated after all. Jake" + (show)

@jakedduck1
I’m so proud of you I could bust. And I never said your buds were unsophisticated...just unadventurous. Well shiver me timbers.
FL Mary

Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Mar 15, 2021

In reply to @imallears "@jakedduck1 I’m so proud of you I could bust. And I never said your buds were..." + (show)

@imallears
“And I never said your buds were unsophisticated…just unadventurous.”

Semantics
Jake

imallears | @imallears | Mar 16, 2021

In reply to @jakedduck1 "@imallears “And I never said your buds were unsophisticated…just unadventurous.” Semantics Jake" + (show)

@jakedduck1
I guess so but I don’t think I even said the word “unadventurous “...maybe implied. You are a hoot and who cares anyway right? You can’t force people to eat what you like ....just don’t disparage their choices. Not you Leonard because we love to verbally spar but sometimes people I have come across (not on this forum) are so insensitive when it comes to expressing themselves about anything...not just food. Well this is another whole topic and our AC guy is here for the yearly tuneup . Last year he said my unit could last a day, a week a month or a year....still going strong but we have window ACs and a generator in the event of hurricanes.

FL Mary...hot and humid here until the weekend and then warm and dry...up and down

Leonard | @jakedduck1 | Mar 16, 2021

@imallears
No probably not. Most likely my warped interpretation. I must admit that your bizarre oops, I mean varied diet is indeed nutrient rich and you’d score high on a vitamin profile test.
Jake, enjoying my NORMAL blah diet but would enjoy it more if someone else cooked it.