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O M G ... I didn’t even get 3000 steps in the last three days. 🤦‍♀️
I should feel more ashamed, really: i was interested, and i counted it, having made a few short sophisticated routes in "Yandex navigator" and put them together. So i can tell with 99% accuracy, that my average (and the longest) route these days is about 3.2 miles long. Not impressive... OTOH, even after this one, my legs hurt like a hell, and everything is shriveled...🙄 But i still enjoy this route and try to go there no matter what.😼
 
I should feel more ashamed, really: i was interested, and i counted it, having made a few short sophisticated routes in "Yandex navigator" and put them together. So i can tell with 99% accuracy, that my average (and the longest) route these days is about 3.2 miles long. Not impressive... OTOH, even after this one, my legs hurt like a hell, and everything is shriveled...🙄 But i still enjoy this route and try to go there no matter what.😼
Sounds good to me! I havn't been walking much and just making myself walk/jog in place and trying to do some yoga, the Sun salutation
 
I should feel more ashamed, really: i was interested, and i counted it, having made a few short sophisticated routes in "Yandex navigator" and put them together. So i can tell with 99% accuracy, that my average (and the longest) route these days is about 3.2 miles long. Not impressive... OTOH, even after this one, my legs hurt like a hell, and everything is shriveled...🙄 But i still enjoy this route and try to go there no matter what.😼
That's almost 6 km. Which is pretty good! I remember reading somewhere that everyone should walk 7 km everyday.
I haven't been outside after I saw the ill woman. That was six days ago...
I'd really want to go out, but something is stopping me. Maybe today I will. I should at least go to the laundromat... And get some hand cream from the pharmacy. My hands dry and bleed every winter, but now it is even worse because I wash my hands more often.

I have done some cardio workouts otherwise, but yesterday I just slept and watched a movie (Ring of Bright Water) + a document (Dire Wolves).
 
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Val, over 3 miles IS quite impressive!
Thanks :hug: , doing everything i can, but when i was healthy (normal, you know), my ex-husband and i could overpass up to 28 miles a day. My personal achievement (alone, in the woods in the mountains, in Abkhazia) was 23 miles in one day. Eeeh... those days are gone, but i'm still a mountainer inside, and i know that if i don't move my limbs, my inner organs (including guts, heart, lungs,- especially lungs, etc.) will suffer. Anyway, blood needs help to circulate in my blocky carcass. After those days when i can have a decent walk and breathe fresh air, my COPD calms down significantly. Otherwise, if i lie on bed all day long,- this blocky carcass may fall apart. At Latin lessons at school, we used to learn by heart a lot of proverbs. My favourite is "Dum spiro, spero" ("While i breathe, i hope"),- it could be my motto. I also particularly love this one: "Cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore i am")... but that's another story.😁
 
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That's almost 6 km. Which is pretty good! I remember reading somewhere that everyone should walk 7 km everyday.
I haven't been outside after I saw the ill woman. That was six days ago...
I'd really want to go out, but something is stopping me. Maybe today I will. I should at least go to the laundromat... And get some hand cream from the pharmacy. My hands dry and bleed every winter, but now it is even worse because I wash my hands more often.

I have done some cardio workouts otherwise, but yesterday I just slept and watched a movie (Ring of Bright Water) + a document (Dire Wolves).
Aha... i also have multiple bleeding red spots and fractures on hands in winter, because we have extreme humidity over here, as we're basically living on swamps. We call them "tzypki" (bleeding fractures). I never wear gloves, so i've become more endurant to tzypki than i could have. (Of course, i'm not advising you to do the same). ...Can you obtain Streptocide Liniment 5% (an ointment) in a pharmacy shop? It's the best (and the safest) way to get rid of tzypki and other wounds. Just don't swallow it (you can even take it in your mouth, just spit away all of it, after you rinse your mouth). I'm telling these details to explain that Streptocide Liniment 5% (not 10%!) is good for treating mucous membranes, including human s€x organs. OTOH, who knows, what do they add into it at where you are (what additional components)... It's 100% safe over here, but that's over here. Anyway, it's 100% safe for treating your hands and face, at least. Sometimes, the face gets red and swollen too, after crawling on the frost with 99% humidity, lol.
 
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I have logged over 8000 steps today! This is because I went out and about and walked all around Lowe's and Big Lots plus the treadmill. Tomorrow I may take a rest day. We shall see how I feel. Maybe I will do a short walk in the morning. It is going to be cooler since it has rained today.
 
I have logged over 8000 steps today! This is because I went out and about and walked all around Lowe's and Big Lots plus the treadmill. Tomorrow I may take a rest day. We shall see how I feel. Maybe I will do a short walk in the morning. It is going to be cooler since it has rained today.
Does your device convert steps into miles or smth.? It would be interesting to know how much you have overpassed in kilometers...
 
Does your device convert steps into miles or smth.? It would be interesting to know how much you have overpassed in kilometers...

It does show distance in miles. You probably can put it in kilometers in the app. I don't know how accurate the "steps per mile" is because stride length factors in. 10,000 steps is about 5 miles if you have an "average" stride. I am very short so it takes me more steps per mile.
 
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It does show distance in miles. You probably can put it in kilometers in the app. I don't know how accurate the "steps per mile" is because stride length factors in. 10,000 steps is about 5 miles if you have an "average" stride. I am very short so it takes me more steps per mile.
Sounds like a very long route! :up: 🏆
 
It does show distance in miles. You probably can put it in kilometers in the app. I don't know how accurate the "steps per mile" is because stride length factors in. 10,000 steps is about 5 miles if you have an "average" stride. I am very short so it takes me more steps per mile.

Just read today that 10,000 steps is not a scientifically based goal. 7000 steps is good enough.

 
Just read today that 10,000 steps is not a scientifically based goal. 7000 steps is good enough.


Yeah I know. I've read articles like that as well. I always feel so accomplished when I get close to 10,000 though. It doesn't happen that often!
 
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I hit 10,000 steps 4 times last week! My average is about 7000.
I don't think Apple Health counts the steps when I use RunKeeper on my long walks. I average about 7 miles a week in RunKeeper. I used to average over 10.
 
Aha... i also have multiple bleeding red spots and fractures on hands in winter, because we have extreme humidity over here, as we're basically living on swamps. We call them "tzypki" (bleeding fractures). I never wear glover, so i've become more endurant to tzypki than i could have. (Of course, i'm not advising you to do the same). ...Can you obtain Streptocide Liniment 5% (an ointment) in a pharmacy shop? It's the best (and the safest) way to get rid of tzypki and other wounds. Just don't swallow it (you can even take it in your mouth, just spit away all of it, after you rinse your mouth). I'm telling these details to explain that Streptocide Liniment 5% (not 10%!) is good for treating mucous membranes, including human s€x organs. OTOH, who knows, what do they add into it at where you are (what additional components)... It's 100% safe over here, but that's over here. Anyway, it's 100% safe for treating your hands and face, at least. Sometimes, the face gets red and swollen too, after crawling on the frost with 99% humidity, lol.
Thank you for the info! :)
Russian is an excellent language.
 
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I didn't even go out for a walk yesterday!

I will go out later for a walk and listen to a podcast. It's such beautiful weather here.:)

The 10,000 steps thing isn't even scientifically based, I read. I think it was based on a Japanese marketing campaign or something.

Just read today that 10,000 steps is not a scientifically based goal. 7000 steps is good enough.


I said that earlier. ;)
 
I was feeling very sluggish today and I only did about 40 minutes walk at a slow pace. Better than yesterday I suppose!

I am waiting for a delivery of CBD oil as I am trying that again. I did notice it made me feel less anxious when I took it last time. I'm not particularly anxious despite the pandemic but I thought I would keep if for when I think I need it.

what podcast?
i usually listen to the news. the daily, NPR, Rachel Maddow
but I'm taking a break from the news.

I was listening to a British health podcast again today, it was about concentrating on your mental fitness each day like you would your physical fitness.

I notice a lot of people from the US like NPR.
 
I was feeling very sluggish today and I only did about 40 minutes walk at a slow pace. Better than yesterday I suppose!

I am waiting for a delivery of CBD oil as I am trying that again. I did notice it made me feel less anxious when I took it last time. I'm not particularly anxious despite the pandemic but I thought I would keep if for when I think I need it.



I was listening to a British health podcast again today, it was about concentrating on your mental fitness each day like you would your physical fitness.

I notice a lot of people from the US like NPR.

Oh, that's right, you guys have the BBC.
 
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Walked 2 miles the last two days. Eating “fewer” snacks. 😁
I did a walking video this morning, a different one for women of a "certain age," lol. The woman yaks a ton during the video, but it actually made the workout go by faster, haha. I am also refocusing on healthy eating. Too many white carbs of late. My body feels better when I eat less of them. I finally got some fresh fruit at the store, too, which made me happy. I got blueberries and clementines.
 
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