Hi! I feel so small against your miles and everyone knows everyone but I just started and yesterday was my second day. I have a bad ankle and bad knees, so even though 1 mile doesn't tire me, I have to start small or my ankle hurts a lot. Good news is though, the second day didn't hurt as much as the first day, it's getting used to the stretch. Yay!

So ;

8th - 1 mile
10th - 1 mile.

I'm a newbie baby

Hi! I feel so small against your miles and everyone knows everyone but I just started and yesterday was my second day. I have a bad ankle and bad knees, so even though 1 mile doesn't tire me, I have to start small or my ankle hurts a lot. Good news is though, the second day didn't hurt as much as the first day, it's getting used to the stretch. Yay!

So ;

8th - 1 mile
10th - 1 mile.

I'm a newbie baby

Don't let yourself feel like that, every step counts. There's no way that I could have managed as much as a mile when I started. Happy walking :flowerforyou:

Welcome to the new walkers!
Baby steps Bob! :bigsmile: Walk at your own pace in your own style that is the way to keep it going.
If there is one thing I have learned from walking with Leslie is there is no wrong way to do it. Keep that in mind the idea is to put that muscle in motion period!

I am always inspired by what others are doing, challenged too, but ultimately we own our walking and determine how best to increase movement and reach our individual goals. No two bodies/ people are the same and what works for one may not for the other.

Whoa PinkyPan1! Glad you are back - was it heat related? Dehydrated? Do take care and don't push keep listening to your body.

So keep moving folks- it's "fab" Friday!

Also, I gotta say I get more miles in when I have phone calls to make (the easy miles outside that is). This morning after doing a couple of 12-15 minute miles I made three phone calls that needed done and finished off walking easy.
It's like taking a friend along ya know?

6.5 miles
43.5/110
And the day isn't over folks!

4.41 miles walked today

47.65 miles walked to date

today before the morning coffee: 0.3 miles
today after the morning coffee: 6.7 miles

total to date: 85.5 miles

total calories to date: -6700 cal

Rounding out the day with 2.5 miles.

46/ 110
Weekend walking here we come folks!

Good morning and happy Saturday walkers. I walked 4.5 miles this morning. When I started it there was a mesmerizing full moon followed by a stunning sunrise. I feel so lucky to witness both within an hour. I love my walks and hope you all enjoy them as much as I do.

Goal 120 Miles for July! :explode:

July 1st, 4 miles 3 Mile Weight Loss Walk - did mile 3 twice.
July 2nd, 5 miles 4 Mile Super Challenge plus the Muscle Mile
Jule 3rd, 3 Miles Walk and Jog plus Mile 1 of the 4 mile super challenge.
July 4th, 6.8 miles Trail walking with my DH
July 7th, 3 Miles 3 Mile Power Walk
July 8th, 4 Mile Super Challenge
July 9th, 4 Miles 2 of Debbie Rocker's Walking for Weight Loss and 2 of Leslie's 5 Day Slim Down
July 12th 5 miles The 5 Day Slim Down

34.8 Miles done 65.2 miles to go!

Good morning and happy Saturday walkers. I walked 4.5 miles this morning. When I started it there was a mesmerizing full moon followed by a stunning sunrise. I feel so lucky to witness both within an hour. I love my walks and hope you all enjoy them as much as I do.

Hi PinkyPan1,
The super moon is amazing. I hear it's reaching it's zenith tonight. Clear skys forecast for my area so looking forward to seeing it.

today before the morning coffee: 2.5 miles
today after the morning coffee: 5 miles

total to date: 93 miles

total calories to date: -7300 cal

Miles walked this week:
Two miles with Leslie U5DW Purple and Green miles.
Two outside miles

Total for the month: six
goal: ten

I walked to the river and back up the hill without help for the first time in two years

How long does it take to learn all the steps on the dvd's? Right now I am having trouble with some of the faster moves and combinations like grapevines with kickbacks are just beyond me.

Oh wjennyl- I laughed when I read this because I can so relate. Girl just so you know it's about moving keeping it in motion don't focus on the steps. Leslie repeats it often for the likes of us who could let it become a stumbling block if we let it.

Back when "The Eye of the Tiger" was playing in my younger days and we did jazzercize at the Y it was all about the steps. Everyone would be going right and I would be heading left. Grapevine! Lol I am just beginning to get the hang of it and I think the reason is I don't care anymore. My feet do what they do and I laugh along with the dvd and enjoy keeping my feet moving.

Yo are doing fine no frets!

106 miles total to date

LouAnn 106 miles, that's great. I now how much will power it takes to do this kind of distance. Keep it up :happy:

thank you so much! I am working hard at it! Helps to have my daughters wedding as a goal. I am dedicated!

Everyone is rocking it! WTG!

Goal for July: 135 miles
To date: 42 miles
Left: 93 miles

As I went for the morning walk, my thoughts went on a journey of its own. Usually i spin around something I have read and try to elaborate on it, making up a little story. Her's a story I made up this morning.

A group of would be zen monks were walking through the monastery where they were studying hoping to be enlightened some day. Another student run up to them out of breath.

"Have you heard that Ananda was enlightened today!"

"What", they all shouted, and started to run to their student friend Ananda's dwellings. As they entered they saw him sitting on his bed.

With admiration in their voices they asked: "Is it true did you got enlightened today?"

"Yes" he said and looked calmly at them.

"Well, how did you feel before the enlightenment and what did you think about?", they asked.

"I was feeling miserable and I thought of how unhappy my life is", he answered.

"And how do you feel now, and what are you thinking about?", they asked with enthusiasm in their voices.

"Right now I'm feeling miserable and I'm thinking about how unhappy my life is", he answered thoughtfully.

They were all stunned by his answer. "But what is the difference then?", they asked perplexed.

"The difference is that before I thought that my feelings and thoughts were important. Now I see clearly they they are totally unimportant".

That is the end of the story. And what is the sense moral? Well, feeling and thoughts are volatile and evaporative things. They come and go changing al the time. But the real you is not your feelings nor your thoughts. In meditation you learn to watch your feelings and thoughts pass by, like water flowing down the river. To be enlightened means not to attach yourself with the feelings or thoughts. Instead you do what you have to do without letting them control your life. There is a Zen saying "Before Enlightenment chop wood carry water, after Enlightenment, chop wood carry water. Or as another wise person said "The kingdom of God is within us, but most people do not see it".