Walking(exerc.) w/ Friends & Family? HELP

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  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Thanks Everyone!

    I think I have it figured out. I will log it as exercise. it doesn't matter if it may be less than exercise than I had planned. I will view it as working on a better relationship with my mom.

    She ended up not being able to come today and I am disappointed now, to not have been able to start getting to know her and enjoy her in this way. (and disappointed for her sake as it is a bad allergy day for her)
  • Redladystl
    Redladystl Posts: 351 Member
    Is it possible if you DO chose to do the path, you go ahead of her, get a "real " workout in, say, run it or jog it, ahead of time? Then have her meet you there later, when you are done, and walk it with her?

    I like this idea. Mom just wants to spend time with you.
  • RabecaR
    RabecaR Posts: 9 Member
    Just remember...she's your Mom and the time we have with eachother is uncertain. You never know what you may see, when you slow it down a little. Kinda like yoga for your soul! I hope you and your Mom find some way to both enjoy your "stroll" in the park.
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Wish I had a Mom to walk with.
  • Graceious1
    Graceious1 Posts: 716 Member
    When my son, who is 7, wants to come for a run with me. We do 10 minutes then he wants to climb trees. If he comes with me I always carry a skipping rope so if he wants to stop running to climb a tree (he must climb a tree if we go through a park) then I just skip. I still find that I have a nice workout.

    I really wish I had my mum to walk with as we had great times. She was a fitness nut and I remember her kicking my *kitten* when we did a half marathon a century ago.
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    I don't call it my workout. I call it fun with my kids...or friends...and do my real workout alone or with my dad who walks fast.

    Just don't count it as your workout. It's time with your mom that she apparently needs. :)

    ^^^^THIS^^^
  • Julicat6
    Julicat6 Posts: 231 Member
    I have to dial it back when I walk with my Husband..He has Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia as weel as Crohns', so when we walk together its very different than when I go by myself. I just make sure I do something else those days as well. I also dial it back to walk with my BFF( have been friends since we were 4 years old) and her daughter. They walk much slower than I do and her 11 y/o complains her legs and feet hurt even on the slower walks. I like to go ahead and get a couple of miles in then meet them for cool down.
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I like the idea od starting first to get a couple miles in ,then I can enjoy my time with her as a cool down.
    I have to dial it back when I walk with my Husband..He has Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia as weel as Crohns', so when we walk together its very different than when I go by myself. I just make sure I do something else those days as well. I also dial it back to walk with my BFF( have been friends since we were 4 years old) and her daughter. They walk much slower than I do and her 11 y/o complains her legs and feet hurt even on the slower walks. I like to go ahead and get a couple of miles in then meet them for cool down.

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