r/walking

Did around 15k steps today. Started adjusting food a bit too, cut it down to 2 meals and trying to eat cleaner overall. Had water with chia seeds in the evening, saw a lot of people recommending it so just testing it out.

Also tried coffee without sugar this morning, honestly pretty rough, not sure I’m ready for that yet.

I used to go hiking almost every weekend, so staying active was never really something I had to think about. Then WFH job happened and my steps dropped a lot. Some days I’d barely move at all. So I made it kind of a rule for myself to hit at least 2k steps during the workday, including whatever normal steps I get, and the rest I try to cover while working using a walking pad keeping it realistic. I also kept a small calorie deficit, nothing too strict. It’s not a huge change, but over the last couple of months I’ve been more consistent and it added up more than I expected.

Hit 20k steps today 🎉

I may have gotten carried away.

Since yesterday I was overthinking. I had this thought that kept bothering me. So today, I decided to walk outdoor after eating my dinner.

I walked towards the sunlight and I stopped to watch the sunset. I verbally talked out loud what bothering me and gave myself consoling words as if my friend was the one who had this overthinking thought (luckily nobody was there lol).

Then I before I walked back home, I imagined in my head, I left myself on that road and let the sun take care of her. Just like a movie scene, myself was in a blue luminesence looking at the sun and slowly the body dissolved when the sunlight touched her.

And I walked back, the sun was behind me, the overthinking self was no longer with me. My head became lighter and I am more calm now.

Also, when I walked back home, I watch my shadow bcs the sun was behind me and slowly the shadow faded as I walked.

Noticing that little thing and imagining in my head to let go my overthinking self were very therapeutic.

Walking is not only about losing weight, it is for the mind also 😊

Don’t forget to walk guys!

Bonus, the picture of the sun that welcomed me today ☀️

We started at Fordham university at around 12PM and ended at battery park at 8PM! Despite being poorly dressed (it randomly got cold) and started to downpour at the halfway point, we finished! Also, this is missing one mile because I started Strava late on accident 😭

Last week I shared that I’d hit 3 weeks of walking 10k steps daily, and now I’ve made it to 4 weeks. This subreddit has honestly kept me more and more motivated along the way!