While living solo, I find it difficult to hold myself accountable to the intricate, daily habits that enhance my life. I’m still seeing Dr. Jason, so optimum health is at the forefront of my mind this year. During our July visit, my Bioenergetic readings were all good and he couldn’t find anything nutritionally my body was lacking, but it was still craving this one thing….exercise.
I’m active, but Dr. J, has been preaching that by body wants focused strength training. The first time he told me this was a few months ago, but in July he escorted me to the front desk with the same mini-lecture similar to….”Now Barbara…Your body is happy, but you have all of this unharnessed energy you’re not using! I want you to do strength training, 3 times a week for 30 minutes…..”, but that day, his words hit differently.
My next appointment with Dr. J., is in October, the day after my 62nd birthday and I didn’t want to hear the same speech again. It was time to commit.
I check-in on a couple of online Skool communities as a part of my paid work, but toward the end of July this one community popped up as a recommendation. It’s a walking community of women and I’m guessing it appeared from my online activity because my work has nothing to do with walking, or it was divine intervention.
The name of it drew me in, so I took a look at it and It’s called, “100 Walks” After reviewing some of the material being offered, I joined for one month and it was really good for me. I usually wait until summer has passed to walk, but this group was offering an August walking challenge and I love a good challenge.
The best time to go for a walk in Texas is right after daybreak, so 7am is optimal and I have gone as late as 8am, but no later, or it feels like walking the Sahara. Before I leave the house, I take a look at today’s walking challenge and it’s always something meaningful. When I return from my walk, I share it with the online community of women and this helps hold me accountable during this challenge.
For strength training I found some YouTube videos to follow and did my first one on August 3rd. I chose Monday, Wednesday and Friday for strength and can already tell a difference in my posture and how I carry myself when walking.
Completing 4 strength training videos may not sound like much, but for me it’s huge and II keep track by jotting it on my wall calendar, so at this writing it shows, 4S (strength), and 13W (walks).
Even though I’ve been walking this neighborhood for years, I’ve never counted each time I walked and there’s something about putting a number to it and watching that number increase over time that keeps me motivated. So, here’s my start of 100 walks.
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