Walking back to Happiness

Hi all,@Whathappened and @PennyLane.. Really enjoyed reading your posts , and those before... As am on a tiny country train to see my older sis and am feeling lke am in the luggage rack!! Anyway...Am going thro lovelu Bath atm and will hopefully take a walk with my sis( almost definately...she IS the sporty one!!)so meanwhile will try and find u a lovely piccie of OuTSIDE ...oh, to answer uour Q,WH, lots of benefits to gym;brilliant friendshop with nice staff,more confidence,stronger legs for transporting bags on hols ( no hubby!)...bringing my rather unwieldy bod out of hiding and nobody even looks twice,Getting Out ( some weeks all I do)...etc etc will add mote as I think of them xxx

Oh, and if u r in a mood when u started it seems to go round your body and out thro your head by the end...

i had to really as couldnt be breathless all time hoing shopping etc...  So basic fitness better, less fat around internal organs( I hope!), lowered cholesrol,stronger bones(I keep bashing about in tiny flat), happier etc gotto get off train soon Byeee xxxx

Hi

This is a fantastic thread. It's given me a kick up the behind to go out walking. Just back from about a mile walk. My cheeks are red and joints ache but will keep doing it daily.

I will post pictures when I'm on a more scenic route.

Keep Walking

Jo x

Hi ladies

It' brilliant to see so many people going through a similar journey and giving eachother so much encouragement to get out there.  I didn't get out yesterday as it was raining and I had housework to do and my sciatica was playing games with me so I thought I'd have a day off!  Well I wish I hadn't.  My back and legs are so stiff, my sciatica jolted me afew times and my fatigue kicked in so I was out of breathe but hardly moving forward!  But I know that you were all pushing me on and I got my 4 miles done so thank you.  Unfortunately my views aren't as beautiful as some of the pics posted on here but I can pretend x

Hi WhatHappened

of course you can use the picture however you like it's yours, I was just impressed how it came out so well as I took it with my phone

Don't knock your 20 mins walking its still more than some do and you've made a start so well done, I hated walking at the start but it gets easier I was told it takes 21 times doing it til you start to enjoy it, now I do my work and think now it's my time and can't wait to get out and feel the freedom, I found that walking has improved my memory which helps as I've only left the hot tap running once and emptied the whole system so hopefully never again.  

I giggle to myself when I say I started walking its like I'm a baby whose just started to walk but I'm 51!!!

Have a lovely day

xx

I went to shoot a Frostbite League round this morning - 3 dozen (plus 6 sighters) in groups of 3 at 30m. And they needed another body for the barebow round so I did that one too.

Frozen fingers, but 8000 steps (3.5 miles).

xx

Just to let you all know I’ve been walking every day . Just around the block with my dog . Unable to take pictures as my dog tends to pull so I’ve needed both hands as training him on a new harness . I have to be honest and say when outside I find my brain relaxes . My concentration is on getting my dog to behave and looking at gardens and for that time it’s not on me . Loving it . And the fact that I know we are all doing it makes me feel part of a group of friends. Maria xx

Hi 

Just thought I would share some photos from my walk this morning to show spring is coming - theme new life, new hope

Some from an earlier foray in the garden - Fairy grotto :+)

Amazing what you can take with an i-phone SE

Luvin this 

Iv walked miles tday , we dog. Ill take me table cum mey wrn all swans or duckd start hatchin. It great new life. Last year ther was around 30 odd chick ducks and arond 20ish new swans. 

Luv it, 

Keep it up gang. Xxx

Big muddy walk 11000 steps. Did stop at village pub enroute but soft drink I promise!  Well done to us all xx