My Journey With Weight Loss – Walking With A Friend

Once again we are going through a heat wave so I was up at 4:30 am and hit the road by 5:30 am to do my interval training. It ended up being perfect timing. As I was running along West Beach the tide was out. There standing on the sand were 4 gorgeous bald eagles! What an amazing sight to see first thing in the morning. Those eagles just put a huge smile on my face that I have been wearing all day.

Yesterday was a walking day and as I was about a 1/3 of the way through my walk I ran into my friend Al and we decided to walk together. Now Al walks faster than I do so he slowed down a bit and I picked my normal pace up a bit so we both were comfortable. I normally walk alone but it was really great to be walking with a friend. While I do enjoy my walks by myself as it gives me time to think but I have to say it was a nice change.

Al told me I had inspired him and that he has lost some weight. We covered a lot of topics during that walk including what it has been like going through a pandemic, our thoughts on vaccine hesitancy and how the past 18 months has either brought out the best in people or the worst. We also soon realized we both greeted absolutely everyone we saw and talked about smiling and saying hello just made you feel good. Yes, walking with a friend was a nice experience.

Because I enjoyed that walk so much I am now stepping up to help others. Through the senior’s society that I volunteer for I have agreed to lead a senior’s walking group starting in the fall. I’ll be assigned 3-4 seniors to go walking with each week and my role will be not just to help keep them moving but to guide the conversations. Of course I have opted to lead a moderate level group (I’m a little too advanced in my fitness level for the beginner group) and I can’t wait to start these new connections.