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  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,337 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Hi new member here, but I walk on a treadmill. Nice to meet you all! Husband and I live on Whidbey island in Puget Sound in Washington state. My husband is a 7 year liver transplant survivor, so its nice to see him healthy. I listen to audio stories, or music.💖👍⚓🎵🎶
    Rebecca
    Whidbey island
    Washington

    @Whidislander
    Oh wow -a good friend lives there!! So lovely!
    Treadmills are great! That’s what @themedalist uses!!!

    I have a good friend who is 10months along her liver transplant. Her feet & ankles & tummy are still lswollen even tho she limits salt, drinks water, and walks daily. Other than that, she’s doing great!!

    I am 4 years post kidney transplant, doing great. We are all very lucky!

    Warm welcomes to the group!
    🌸Maddie
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,571 Member
    MadisonMolly2017 wrote: »
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Hi new member here, but I walk on a treadmill. Nice to meet you all! Husband and I live on Whidbey island in Puget Sound in Washington state. My husband is a 7 year liver transplant survivor, so its nice to see him healthy. I listen to audio stories, or music.💖👍⚓🎵🎶
    Rebecca
    Whidbey island
    Washington

    @Whidislander
    Oh wow -a good friend lives there!! So lovely!
    Treadmills are great! That’s what @themedalist uses!!!

    I have a good friend who is 10months along her liver transplant. Her feet & ankles & tummy are still lswollen even tho she limits salt, drinks water, and walks daily. Other than that, she’s doing great!!

    I am 4 years post kidney transplant, doing great. We are all very lucky!

    Warm welcomes to the group!
    🌸Maddie

    Thanks for the welcome Maddie, my husband had a years worth of stents in his bile duct 2017 and so in 2018 Feb, the doctors rerouted his liver directly to his intestines. Problem solved. He had a swollen belly for a long while, every so often they would have to go in an relieve the issue, poor guy. But he's my hero, and I marvel at his stamina! Sending healing thoughts to your friend, and congrats to you in your post op kidney transplant!👍🙏
    Its blustery on the island today, so I didn't go to the gym with husband. I know, no excuse. I will walk around the neighborhood for 45 min later today.
    Rebecca
    Whidbey
    Washington
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,193 Member
    edited October 2021
    @TerriRichardson112 Great plan - shutting off your devices "early" - I get up at 4:30am 3 days/week to drive in to Columbus to go to work (45 min drive), so on those days I **TRY** to go to bed by 9pm at the latest. (Last night, I think I was in bed by 8pm!) Lol. The other 2 days/wk I work from home, so I can literally roll out of bed at 5:45 in order to log onto the computer by 6am. Lol. (That's a LITTLE better!)

    But my "retirement" from this bank job is 340 days away, and I can't wait!!!! :love: We're pretty slow at work right now, so it's like having to go into work 3 days and then having 4 days "off". (I only have to log on and show an online presence for 8 hours!) ;) So I have it pretty good, and don't complain. :)
    Oct 1 - 7749 steps and 1 mile walk.
    Oct 2 - 29,407 steps and 10.5 miles walking my #icecreamwalk
    Oct 3 - 13,921 steps and 5.75 mile walk.
    Oct 4 - 12,947 steps and 5 mile walk.

    Oct 5 - 29,779 steps and 11.75 mi. walking. (I needed to do some catching up!) ;)

    Total Steps/Goal: 93,803/500,000
    Total Miles/Goal: 34/200 miles
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 20,045 Member
    @Mrs_Hoffer
    The switch off is a biggie for me because I am essentially a night owl. When I’ve tried it before I just ended up waking up earlier, so wasn’t really getting extra sleep. This time I seem to be sleeping a little longer and not waking up this much during the night, so it’s a win for that alone.

    I can thoroughly recommend retirement. It gives you time to do all those things that you actually want to do as opposed to what you have to do. Hence I am able to do exercise whenever I like and please myself most of the rest of the time.
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Whidislander wrote: »
    Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »
    WELCOME @Whidislander !! I have a treadmill in the basement, and hate walking on it because the scenery never changes! (White concrete block walls don't help either!) Lol. Last year I did hook up my tablet and watch Amazon Prime movies on it while I walked..... that helped.

    I think this winter I'll redecorate that area of the basement and put some (fake) plants down there and my little ceramic pot fountain (I love that it makes the sound of a babbling brook!) and see if I can't make it a little more pleasing to the senses to walk on the treadmill! Lol.

    (Mileage in spoiler).
    Oct 1 - 1 mile
    Oct 2 - 10.5 miles (11.5)
    Oct 3 - 5.75 miles (17.25)
    Oct 4 - 5 miles (22.25)

    Nice to meet you! Husband and I go to the Navy on base gym, (when I do go), because we're retired military. Gotta use those perks. But most of the time its empty, the squadrons going in afternoons or evenings most likely. Great job on your totals thus far in Oct! A pot fountain would make me wanna use the bathroom, but the important thing is you do you!👍
    Rebecca
    Washington

    Nice to meet you, Rebecca @Whidislander! We are very happy you have joined our group! I’ve been in a military family my whole life and I grew up as the daughter of a Navy submariner. I married an army guy, but my dad still likes him. 😀 —Denise
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    TerriRichardson112 wrote: »
    @Mrs_Hoffer
    The switch off is a biggie for me because I am essentially a night owl. When I’ve tried it before I just ended up waking up earlier, so wasn’t really getting extra sleep. This time I seem to be sleeping a little longer and not waking up this much during the night, so it’s a win for that alone.

    I can thoroughly recommend retirement. It gives you time to do all those things that you actually want to do as opposed to what you have to do. Hence I am able to do exercise whenever I like and please myself most of the rest of the time.

    Oh my goodness, @TerriRichardson112, your post is so timely! I’ve been thinking more and more about retirement and all the things I’d like to do. It won’t happen for several years, but I’m starting to put it on the horizon.
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,193 Member
    In October I'm shooting for 200 walking miles and 500k steps.
    Oct 1 - 7749 steps and 1 mile walk.
    Oct 2 - 29,407 steps and 10.5 miles walking my #icecreamwalk
    Oct 3 - 13,921 steps and 5.75 mile walk.
    Oct 4 - 12,947 steps and 5 mile walk.
    Oct 5 - 29,779 steps and 11.75 mi. walking. (Needed to do some catching up!);)
    Oct 6 - 20,178 steps and 6.5 mi walking.

    Oct 7 - 16,046 steps and 5 mi walking.

    Steps to Goal: 130,027/500,000
    Miles to Goal: 45.5/200 miles
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Week 1 of Walktober is in the books for me. I met my 30 daily minute walking goal for the week, except fell a bit short today. Not a biggie…progress, not perfection!

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  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    I just realized my feet in the above image look like animal tracks. We might have to fix that in the next iteration. :)
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    edited October 2021
    For those of you participating in our virtual group walk this Walktober:

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  • MadisonMolly2017
    MadisonMolly2017 Posts: 11,337 Member
    Oct 1-8
    32.91 miles
    9 hours 16 mins
  • 77tes
    77tes Posts: 9,256 Member
    edited October 2021
    October 1-8
    31.25 miles
    Active minutes
    6 hours

    @themedalist I love the animal tracks! It reminds me of how the kids would go out to the playground on school mornings and follow the bird tracks.
  • Whidislander
    Whidislander Posts: 4,571 Member
    themedalist wrote: »
    I just realized my feet in the above image look like animal tracks. We might have to fix that in the next iteration. :)

    You are hopping thru the neighborhood!
  • jamcnewman
    jamcnewman Posts: 4,410 Member
    edited October 2021
    October 1-8

    Total Kilometres 64.81 (equals 40.27 miles)
    Active minutes 665 (11.1 hours)
    Steps 99,329

    Julie
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    edited October 2021
    Thanks, Everyone! I’ll be including @jamcnewman, @77tes, @MadisonMolly2017, @Mrs_Hoffer, and myself in the map. There’s still time if anyone else wants in.

    But I also want to stress, especially to our new members, that it isn’t necessary to push yourself to achieve a certain number of active minutes or miles walked per week. There are tremendous benefits to your health from even a short walk every day. Consider this: if you go out for a 15 minute daily walk it might not seem like much, but walking 15 minutes each day becomes 91 hours that you are now walking every year! And that’s huge!

    Our group recognizes and celebrates the power of small changes to have a big impact on our lives. So please don’t feel badly if you’re not ready to stretch your legs. We just hope you’ll find a spot for walking regularly in your life. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll feel!

  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    edited October 2021
    Oct 1-8

    Walking Minutes: 347 (5 hours 45 minutes)
    Total Active Minutes: 723 (12 hours)
    Total Miles: 36.01
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,193 Member
    In October I'm shooting for 200 walking miles and 500k steps.

    Oct 1-8
    49.75 miles and 144,386 steps. (Pretty much on target so far!!) :)
    Oct 1 - 7749 steps and 1 mile walk.
    Oct 2 - 29,407 steps and 10.5 miles walking my #icecreamwalk
    Oct 3 - 13,921 steps and 5.75 mile walk.
    Oct 4 - 12,947 steps and 5 mile walk.
    Oct 5 - 29,779 steps and 11.75 mi. walking. (Needed to do some catching up!);)
    Oct 6 - 20,178 steps and 6.5 mi walking.
    Oct 7 - 16,046 steps and 5 mi walking.
    Oct 8 - 14,359 steps and 4.25 mi walking.
    Oct 9 - 40,128 steps and 15 mi walking. (#icecreamwalk)

    Steps to Goal: 184,514/500,000
    Miles to Goal: 64.75/200 miles
  • Mrs_Hoffer
    Mrs_Hoffer Posts: 5,193 Member
    themedalist wrote: »
    Week 1 of Walktober is in the books for me. I met my 30 daily minute walking goal for the week, except fell a bit short today. Not a biggie…progress, not perfection!

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    I love your tracker! And the animal tracks are cute too!!!
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Well, we've walked 190 miles in our Week 1 Walktober Challenge! Well done, us!

    So let's imagine we are walking from London, England to Florence, Italy. That's about a 1000 miles! We've made it over the English Channel (@77tes is a really strong swimmer!) and we are now just north of Saint Quentin, France. Here's our progress on the map:

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    Saint Quentin seems like a really charming place! When we look around, here's what we see:

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    Since we've walked almost 200 miles, can we stop for some coffee and croissants?

    Please join us on Week 2 of our Walktober challenge. Track your miles from Saturday Oct 9 through Friday, Oct 15th and post it here next weekend.
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Does anyone know why our posts sometimes appear as columns? I notice that happens when I post directly on my iPad tablet. I wrote the text above on a browser. Looks fine on the browser and my iPhone, but it’s all chopped up when I look at it on my tablet.

    So frustrating!
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 20,045 Member
    edited October 2021
    themedalist wrote: »
    For those of you participating in our virtual group walk this Walktober:

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    66970
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    @TerriRichardson112, is 66970 your steps for Week 1? If so, could you let me know the miles you walked in Week 1? We all have different stride lengths so converting steps to miles will be different for every person.

    I just generated this week’s map, but I promise I will get your miles in the map next week for Week 2!
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 20,045 Member
    edited October 2021
    I need an October Oasis, after all the freneticism of the summer. 😂

    I need time to review my progress since the beginning of July, and plan my way forward. I will continue with my Daily Habits, and post my tracker once a week.

    I think I'm ready to work on my sleep habits, and try to get to bed before midnight.

    This is what I'm contemplating:
    In October I will ....... switch off my devices at 11 pm for the next 10 days
    (I will review at that point, and may bring the shutdown back a little)

    Sun 3: 👍🏻 Shutdown. Fell asleep quickly and slept almost all the way through.
    Fitbit score 86
    🛌
    Mon 4: 👍🏻 Straight into deep sleep, but woke up a few times through the night.
    Tues 5: 👍🏻 Getting all my internet stuff done early, so on track for shutdown tonight.
    Wed 6: 👍🏻 Missing my bedtime meditation videos otherwise it’s going well.
    Thurs 7: 👍🏻
    Fri 8: 👍🏻
    Sat: 9: 👍🏻
    Sun 10:
    Mon 11:
    Tues 12:

    This is going well, apart from not being able to do my bedtime meditation videos, so I'm having to improvise.

    This month's Habit Tracker
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    @Whidislander <> Hi Rebecca 🙋🏼 lovely to have you here, my dear friend.
  • TerriRichardson112
    TerriRichardson112 Posts: 20,045 Member
    edited October 2021
    themedalist wrote: »
    @TerriRichardson112, is 66970 your steps for Week 1? If so, could you let me know the miles you walked in Week 1? We all have different stride lengths so converting steps to miles will be different for every person.

    I just generated this week’s map, but I promise I will get your miles in the map next week for Week 2!

    No problem. I will make sure I give it in miles in future.

    30.65 miles
  • 77tes
    77tes Posts: 9,256 Member
    edited October 2021
    @themedalist , I’ve always wanted to swim the English Channel (not really - although seeing the White Cliff of Dover is definitely on my bucket list).


    @TerriRichardson112 I love your new tracker. Here’s mine for October. I thought I posted it Friday, but I don’t see it.

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