Hello Colleen. I have thought about starting a virtual exercise group, as you suggested a few days ago. But I'm not sure I could be there daily to recruit people and offer suggestions that fit the needs of the entire group. Right now (today) I don't know if I am able to commit 100%. But I haven't given up on the idea because I like group-sync. I like the energy you find in groups where members encourage each other to try and also to offer help. We are all teachers. We are all students.

Re: walking. There are so many levels to it.
#1. You can't walk unless you stand. Right? (Now let's take walking machines out of the equation). Let's walk with safety in mind. You can stand and hang onto a counter or door and walk in place. Or you can stand and bend and turn while walking about your space doing housework. You don't have to go outside for a walk or get on a treadmill to call it walking. You can begin walking exercises in the safety and comfort of your own dwellings. And that's what I did yesterday.

#2. Housework is exercise.
Yesterday I finally! cleaned out my refrigerator and I mopped the kitchen floor. I was on my feet several hours cleaning and organising the pantry and cupboards. I threw out bottles of expired what-evers in the frig'. I was on a roll. And I consider that a form of walking.

Now for me to take part in that activity, was like a miracle because I generally hurt on and off throughout the day and get little done. And for me to achieve the results from the walking and standing exercises I did yesterday, and not ache today, is worth publishing in the local newspaper. No kidding. I-feel-proud!

So today, my food-for-thought is: Stand and Do It! Allow your positive self-talk to guide you.
Hugs for happiness. CB