Melanie Toye’s walking for health

  Image sourced via: https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer   So I am finding that after walking every day for two weeks that when my children say, Mum come play soccer with us, I actually have the energy to get up and go outside and play soccer for a bit.  I haven’t played soccer in like a decade or two. And I think, I might eventually start running as well to boost my stamina and energy to run in the soccer game.  It’s interesting, how walking each day has not only shown me I can play soccer but also my mind is thinking ahead, maybe I could join a female soccer club? Like why not?  I have absolutely no clue on the rules but who cares? I would learn as I played and I could even study real life games to learn more.  Have you found that walking has improved your overall fitness?  #walking #overallfitness #soccer

  Image sourced via:  https://findyourgym.ae/fitness/exercise/workout/walk-to-lose-weight/ So the good news is, as per my introduction, I am aiming to lose another 10 kilos. And I weighed myself after my first week of walking and I lost 400g. It may not seem a lot but for me that’s how I lost 14 kilos. A bit every week.  I feel we get told to lose weight you have to lose a minimum of one kilo a week. Whereas, I found I lost 14 kilos by losing less than a kilo a week. It did take a year but there was less pressure on myself and my body.  So count your small wins because they do add up to your big wins. 

  ^Mi Gente pop mash up songs I listened to getting the music pumping So it happened… I had to get home after work to meet someone. They cancelled once I got home. I was also starving so ate some left over pizza. I was full. I wasn’t going to go for a walk because I had someone visiting.  I also wasn’t going to go for a walk because I was starving. So I had a dilemma, should I go for a walk when I just ate and only had an hour before darkness?  Or should I do something I love instead, like arts and craft?  So I decided to go for a walk. I pumped some pop music into my headphones and not too fast but not too slow I went for a walk. Before I did this walk, I had done 3,500 steps. I didn’t really want to have a walking blog and only achieve 3,500 steps for the day. So I walked and at the end an hour later did an extra 4,000 steps. I have to say I am feeling pretty pumped and as a reward to myself for walking, when I really could have not walked after work, I then went t...

  Image sourced via:  Swooping Australian Magpie Photos – GPLama.com So at the start of swooping season in Australia (not sure if other countries have this problem - a swooping bird can attack when you go near it's babies nest), and I have been swooped twice. One time, it was just one swoop and whoosh right next to my ear, but I still freaked out and tried to find where the bird was to walk far away from it and quickly. The other was when I was walking through a car park and boom, this bird would not stop swooping and I am sure you aren't supposed to run, so I would walk but it was swopping around my head and then knocking the back of my head very hard, so I just ran until I was under a building. I was breathing hard and was hurt but thankfully not bleeding, which can happen with being swooped.  Honestly, swooping is scary.  I was telling my friend and she said, she was going to start swimming to keep up her fitness instead of walking. This is hard for me though, don...