I’ve been getting more walks in. I need that time to just get that mental break and get time away from home, My dog loves to get out and explore yesterday was so cute, we had to stop and snell the flowers for awhile.

A hike sounds great Rizen ! I’m not quite at that level yet, but I used to love to hike.

I walked 2.1 miles yesterday and hiked about 3 miles today.

Nice walking, Rizen! Me, I broke in a new pair of boots on my walk today.

Good job you two! I missed my walk today, but got plenty of exercise cleaning boxes in my screen room preparing for a dump run this weekend and also donations.

Cleaning is exercise fer shur, Secouya, I can attest to that. When I get back to the States Thurs I've got to clean the apartment I've lived in there for the last 10 years and that's gonna be a workout.

Meantime, I'm downtown for my walk on my Mexican town's pedestrian street again today. Nice place for walking!

Today the nuns from the convent that I rent my house from went on my walk with me. The Mother Superior, a Mayan woman, is half as tall as big ole me, and yet here I am on a cane and Sister Elvira could run rings around me. They were really nice, though, and after our walk they took me out for dessert. Very nice to have divine support for my walks!

I walked 2.1 miles today.

Good for you, Rizen. A little over the usual 2, right?

Me, I had 2 nasty dental appointments during the day today, so I was in no shape for a daily walk. Gonna do it tonight instead.

I met a woman on Plenty of Fish and we texted for a few months. At first we'd text every other day but then she wouldn't respond for several days and would barely answer. So I tried to set up a phone call date hoping it might work better if we had one every week instead like I did with a different woman before I met her. But I tried to organize that for a month and she wouldn't answer. Finally when I set it up she missed it because she got stuck on a hike. So finally I said I wanted to get to know her better by talking on the phone then maybe going out for coffee in hopes that we become boyfriend and girlfriend. She said she'd like to get to know me better and we had a lot in common but stay as friends. I've seen this kind of thing before; a woman will blow me off than suddenly it's "I've met someone better, don't contact me anymore". So I said that makes me very sad but if you're not open to a romantic relationship I'd rather spend my time pursuing someone who is".
Now I'm depressed. No one has ever wanted to be my girlfriend, not once.

I missed 1 day walking but walked 2 miles the other days.

I'm back from Mexico in the US for my 2 last weeks ever before retiring overseas forever, and I walked my old neighborhood walk tonight. It was weird.

I had stopped exercising much after losing my dear little dog and after being sexually harassed by the man down the road who walks everyday too. It’s amazing how much more I enjoyed my walks because of my dogs joy and how much I let the fear of running into this man stop me walking. Depression didn’t help either.
New day, new start.
I have lost 10kg (22 lbs) and started walking again most days. I’ve found my breathing so much easier going up hills, probably no worse than anyone my age. So encouraging.
Keep it up everyone, we’re worth it.

Loo, thanks for sharing the encouraging news that your weight loss and walking daily are related, because they are for me, too. Along with using walking as mental maintenance, too. I did another walk today, my 2nd since getting back from Mexico for this last 2 week stint to close up house in the USA for good. It was less weird today than it was yesterday.

I walked 2 miles. Really depressed.

I walked 2.1 miles back from my mom's house. IDK what I'm going to do when my mom dies.

I know, rizen, I've wondered that, too. Is there anything we here at DS PTSD can do in support?