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? And 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
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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Thanks for getting me up and moving! Just what I needed.
I really didn’t want to walk today, Tired from yesterday, but with being in the virtual group I thought about it and said why shouldn’t I walk I need to Exercise To energize myself. Then I could be proud of myself and tell my support team that I did walk. They really empowered me today to walk and I feel less fatigued. Thank You all for your positive thoughts!!
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Good evening walker friends,
We're in today, rode bike for 30 minutes! Not easy for me most days as I take a beta blocker that makes me very tired all the time. I exercise 150 minutes a week to get my blood pressure down so I can cut my medicine down because of the awful side effects. As many of you have stated you do feel better with exercise.
Have a gr8 rest of the day!
KOKO
Mac
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That’s wonderful Karen you just seemed like you are just giving it everything you’ve got to do a good job and that is wonderful!!!
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I’d like to join, but I’m soo late. Where can I start, is there a url?
Good morning! Hope everyone is doing good today. Day off for us on bike.
Enjoy your day!
Mac
@ccunning Lace up those shoes and get moving with us! See the link in the first message here for information n the walking program that @becsbuddy is leading us on. It's never too late to get and feel healthier. It's not a contest except with ourselves.
Ginger
Good morning indeed. I actually got a good night's sleep, a rarity. Temperature in the high 70s today with high wind warning so I'd better get going soon. Don't want to get hit by broken tree branches. Happy walking everyone, one foot in front of the other….
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Enjoy your walk! After a very full day yesterday, I stopped after a 30 minute walk today. Beautiful warm, sunny day here in Florida.
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First time I've seen this, I'm in if it's not too late.
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@ccunning and @dar9216 Welcome! And you’re never too late. We’re sort of following this schedule by Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/walking/art-20050972 We all feel that fatigue is a major problem we have, but if we join together and motivate each other, maybe we can beat it. Glad you’ve joined us! Becky
Great job @judyhodgern ! Now, if I can only wake up enough, I’ll go out. Took the dog out earlier, but now it’s sunny and maybe 40’!
I see I'm not doing the walking right! 5 minute warm-up, brisk walking, then cool down! I walked 1 mile, had a soda, walked back. Today was so windy here, not enjoyable for walking …
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@becsbuddy
@karencar Glad you can join us!
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