hi guys!! I'm Kellie from South Wales. I joined up to this challenge as a way to help me to get into walking. Living in Wales there are so many different walks to go on and feel I'm missing out!! I dont drive tho, so have to rely on other people to get me to these places !! I climbed Pen-Y-Fan last year and loved it and can't wait to do it again!! At the moment tho my walks are having to fit in around work, so just struts around the beach for now!!

HatherM wrote: »

Blind_Pilot wrote: »

I climbed Pen-Y-Fan last year and loved it and can't wait to do it again!!

I'm doing Pen Y Fan in a couple of weeks, when we come down to South Wales for my OH's birthday... Meeting up with a school friend too & of course paying a visit to Penderyn, to sample some of Wales' finest whisky/vodka & gin

oh its amazing!! went with a couple of friends who dont do any exercise at all!! cant wait to do it again!! next time i do it i wont be hungover tho!!

Hey there fellow walkers! I am Jo and live in Tampa, FL. I started my weight loss journey several years ago by simply walking since that was the only thing I was able to do. I quickly realized that being outdoors and walking was quite therapeutic for me. I plan to log in my walks via the elliptical and walking my 2 dogs around the neighborhood. This challenge is perfect for me to keep track of how I am doing.

Hi, I'm Ashley 28 years old from San Diego California. I've been here on MFP for just over 1.5 years, and had a fitbit for almost as long. I started with walking as far as exercise went, and on occasion would do random at home workouts. Last July I won the P90x dvd set through a healthy rewards program from work, and got through most of it. I stopped because I got busy, and then just kept putting it off for the rest of the year. I restarted it, along with more walking last week. I also just replaced my fitbit flex with a charge, because my flex died on me about a week and a half ago. Last week it was hard to get back into the swing of walking again, for two reasons. The first was because I was between fitbits, and the second was because we had El Niño rainstorms all week. Hopefully the weather is better this week so that I can get out and walking a little bit more. I'm aiming for 85 miles for January, but if I get more, that'll be great.

Hi Everyone! I just found this thread so I am a little late. My name is Mary I live in Walker Minnesota. The reason that I started walking is that I was becoming a couch potato. I also recently moved to a new house that is right on the crossroads of two of the cross state bike and walking trails. I am recently retired and need something to fill my time with besides my normal exercise routine. My husband bought me a German Shepherd puppy for Christmas. He will be my walking Buddy hopefully. My husband works all the time so I don't get a lot of walking in with him.
I use my iPhone to track my steps and miles. It shows up on MFP on my diary page. The only problem is I sometimes forget my phone when I am walking. It would be nice if we started a chat thread. And we could post pictures of where we walk occasionally.

I am glad to get to know everyone here!

Mary from Minnesota

Hi everyone! I'm Nerine, 21, from the Netherlands. I've been in this group for a while, figured it was time to introduce myself.

This is my fourth year at university, and I dislike the fact that I haven't been all that active, and my study requires me to be at university pretty much from 9 to 5. So I figured just watching the amount I walk would help get me at least somewhat more active. Work my way up to running and more strenuous activity later in the year.

My city doesn't really have big parks or whatever that are specifically meant for taking a walk, but walking from my student appartment to campus and back, and going grocery shopping and the like on foot does add up. (Everything's in walking distance, and packing things like groceries in a backpack makes them easy enough to carry back home.)

Currently I use the S Health app that comes standard on my Samsung phone, but I'm planning on ordering a Garmin Vivosmart HR soon, for easier and more accurate tracking of both steps and other measurements I'd love to have. (It's similar to a Fitbit, although this one is also waterproof and thus suitable for swimming.)

HatherM wrote: »

Welcome all, Hope you're all clocking up those miles.
I'm out of action for the foreseeable due to a foot/ankle injury, but once it's better I'll be back out there catching back up

Hope you get well soon dear!