Hit 50 consecutive days of walking 10,000 steps after years of sitting at a desk

I used to think I was too busy to move around, but after my doctor told me my blood pressure was high last March, I started taking three 15-minute walks a day around the park near my office, and now I actually look forward to it instead of dreading it - has anyone else had to completely change their daily habits later in life just to stay healthy?

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wesley3851mo ago

Walking every day really gets into your routine faster than you'd expect. It's crazy how once you get past that first couple weeks of forcing yourself, your body just starts craving it. The whole thing reminds me of how people get stuck in these all-or-nothing patterns where they think if they can't do an hour at the gym, it's not worth doing anything. But three 15-minute walks is a perfect example of how breaking it up makes it way easier to stick with, and then your blood pressure drops and your mood lifts before you even realize what happened.

hannahm391mo ago

Oh man, that's awesome. I totally get what @wesley385 is saying about your body starting to crave it after a while. I had to do almost the exact same thing a few years ago, desk job was killing my back and my numbers were creeping up. The secret for me was just tying it to something I already did every day, like always taking my lunch break outside no matter what. Once you do that for a month, it just becomes second nature and you feel off if you skip it.