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Thread #55422   Message #860988
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
07-Jan-03 - 05:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: Help-exercise & chronic disability
Subject: RE: BS: Help-exercise & chronic disability
Simple little things like walking to the other bus stop, walking to the shop rather than driving. Parking a bit farther away from work/whatever, walking the extra. Everything counts towards those '20 mins' - but don't get stuck on that figure. It depends entirely on the ability of the person. Do less if you can only manage less, more if you can manage more, but don't feel you have failed if you don't reach that 20 mins.

I know how you must be feeling at the moment, I too have had some dicky ticker trouble this past few months, and it's been a real effort to try and get energy to do something. I ended up putting the keyboard on the handlebars of the excercise bike and chatting on the Mudchat room (members only, but it's free and easy to join) and ended up doing more miles than I'd thought possible and was supposed to do for my programme! In fact, I ended up breaking the pedal off!

But as they say above, you will find all manner of abilities, inabilities and attitudes here, somewhere, sometime, someone is running the treadmill too.... you are not alone!!

LTS