Walking 3½ miles a day

Don't worry about steps just time which Iv'e had to watch since an injury over a decade ago. Very easy to over or under due physical activity so I walk 2-3 times a day starting with 20 minute morning walk.

Sometimes I can speed up or add a block or two. Also walking keeps things moving other than the entire body. I can only drink larger quantities of water standing up/walking. I could not consume the same amount of water sitting down.
 

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I sit on my butt all day, I get up to go to the bathroom , go to the kitchen for cold water or 7-up. I am 86 next month and if being so sedentary kills me I don't really care. Life is just not worth living, It was until I had to go on oxygen. NO I am not suicidal, I simply will not try to argue with the grim reaper when it comes for me.

DH is in worse shape than I am, thank goodness for our son. I know it sounds like I am miserable, but that is not the case. I am content, I read , watch TV, play with the cat and enjoy meal time, especially when our son cooks which he does once or twice a week. Tonight he made spaghetti and meatballs.He makes really good spaghetti and meatballs!
 
I work in the office 3 days a week and walk on my lunch hour. I have 3 routes, 3 miles, 4 miles and 5 miles depending on my time and if I have any meetings after lunch.
When I'm at home, I create a 1 hr meeting for myself and hop on the treadmill and jog for 5 miles.
I have always been a big on walking.
When I started my weight loss journey, I was doing Leslie Sansone's Walk Away The Pounds, she has a ton of videos on the Tube.
 
Years ago, when I lived on the literal edge of town and worked full time, I walked my Rottweiler two miles At 5:30 AM, like clockwork.

once I was able to get my horses back on my own property that all came to a halt because I got plenty of exercise every morning and night, cleaning stalls and feeding the horses. The monitor on my phone always read anywhere between 1.98 miles and 3 miles daily. Along with mucking stalls, heaving manure and bales of hay I was doing OK.

These days my last horse and his borrowed companion, are able to run in/out 24/7 but I still get in about a mile a day, at the barn, one step at a time. My low back is shot all to hael but I still have pretty good upper body strength.

When I lay my last horse to rest and the loaner horse goes home, I will likely finish falling to physical pieces because they are the thread that keeps me going——-1759601756077.png
 
MACKTEXAS said:
This NPR story from last month says we need to get in 7000 steps of walking per day for maximum health benefit. A mile is only 2000 steps. I walk 2 miles a day most days and thought that was enough. None of the seniors I know personally have mentioned walking 3½ miles a day.
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I used to walk 5 miles a day (2 1/2 in the morning and 2 1/2 in the evening). I was in great shape. I was a little younger too but that's besides the point. I gave it up about 20 years ago because I had a terrifying experience. Someone in a van was up to no good and stopped and followed me slowly as I was walking.
I was walking beside a cornfield with no place to run. I picked up my phone and acted like I was summoning help. Whoever it was didn't want to take any chances and took off when I did that. Had someone else been in the van with the driver, I could have been overpowered. I've rarely walked since and I loved walking. I enjoyed the fresh air and the scenery. It was out in the country. Since then I've just exercised and walked in place. I know I'm too old and out of shape to outrun someone now.
 
TeePee said:
I used to walk 5 miles a day (2 1/2 in the morning and 2 1/2 in the evening). I was in great shape. I was a little younger too but that's besides the point. I gave it up about 20 years ago because I had a terrifying experience. Someone in a van was up to no good and stopped and followed me slowly as I was walking.
I was walking beside a cornfield with no place to run. I picked up my phone and acted like I was summoning help. Whoever it was didn't want to take any chances and took off when I did that. Had someone else been in the van with the driver, I could have been overpowered. I've rarely walked since and I loved walking. I enjoyed the fresh air and the scenery. It was out in the country. Since then I've just exercised and walked in place. I know I'm too old and out of shape to outrun someone now.
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I can only imagine how scary that was for you. I mainly walk inside and have measured inside the house so I know when I've gone a mile. A well meaning member suggested I walk outside. I could, but it's been hot, and I really don't want interaction with neighbors and / or other people who are out walking (we have some who do). I'm fine stopping and talking with people I know if I see them in a store, but when I walk, I want to just walk and be left alone until I'm done.
 
MACKTEXAS said:
I can only imagine how scary that was for you. I mainly walk inside and have measured inside the house so I know when I've gone a mile. A well meaning member suggested I walk outside. I could, but it's been hot, and I really don't want interaction with neighbors and / or other people who are out walking (we have some who do). I'm fine stopping and talking with people I know if I see them in a store, but when I walk, I want to just walk and be left alone until I'm done.
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MACKTEXAS said:
I can only imagine how scary that was for you. I mainly walk inside and have measured inside the house so I know when I've gone a mile. A well meaning member suggested I walk outside. I could, but it's been hot, and I really don't want interaction with neighbors and / or other people who are out walking (we have some who do). I'm fine stopping and talking with people I know if I see them in a store, but when I walk, I want to just walk and be left alone until I'm done.
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I live in a subdivision where a lot of people walk. It's a very safe neighborhood. I'm like you, I don't particularly like to exchange niceties while I'm out walking. I just like to walk and enjoy the surroundings. It seems customary out here that you wave when a car goes by or speak if walking past someone. To me that's distracting. I've got to where I will get on You Tube and follow exercises for seniors on it. They are free also. That seems to help a little.
 
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