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Lockdown Life, The Second Wave - Six Mile Walk!
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Here we are in lockdown once again and with the sun out, I decided to go on a 'lockdown walk,' just as I did, day after day, back in May and June. This time however, the weather is decidedly colder and more people are staying in doors; a perfect breeding ground for the virus. Getting outside, breathing in the sea air and enjoying a two-hour coastal walk is just what the Doctor ordered.
Recently my blood pressure has been on the rise. Yesterday morning it had reached a high of 134/90; it hasn't been that high since I lived in Spain and if I am honest, I was a little concerned. Lately I have also been experiencing heart arrhythmias and dizzy spells, two subjects I will be bringing to the attention of my Doctor when I speak to her on Monday.
I hadn't planned to go walking at all today, but because I have been feeling so debilitated lately, I thought it was best. When I got home, my blood pressure was at a stable 117/82, more than perfect for someone of my age. My health and well-being has been giving me greater cause for concern recently; I have become far more aware of my own issues, which are vast and varied. As someone on the cusp of reaching fifty years old, I am mindful of the challenges ahead, but I am determined to get to grips with them now, while I am still able to.
When I started walking seriously, at the beginning of the pandemic, after being furloughed from the Newcome and reducing my hours elsewhere, I quickly noticed a change in my general health. I felt more content and happy within myself, quickly losing weight and feeling more alive. Walking was helping me both physically and mentally and for the first time in my life, I was enjoying something, I had spent a lifetime avoiding. As we enter a second curfew, I hope to follow the same itinerary I started all those months ago.
I walked a route I had travelled many times before in Portsmouth and once again enjoyed the chance to get out, on my own, away from the pressures of life. It was perfect, spending a few hours thinking, reflecting and reconnecting with myself, nature and the city where I live. This pandemic has caused so much pain and heartache across the World, but I am trying to use its destructiveness positively, in order to improve my life. Only time will tell if I am successful in reaching my goals of sustained weight loss and importantly an improvement in my attitude to circumstances beyond my control. I hope this will be an activity to take with me into the new World, when the virus is gone and life returns to normal... Here's hoping anyway!
Recently my blood pressure has been on the rise. Yesterday morning it had reached a high of 134/90; it hasn't been that high since I lived in Spain and if I am honest, I was a little concerned. Lately I have also been experiencing heart arrhythmias and dizzy spells, two subjects I will be bringing to the attention of my Doctor when I speak to her on Monday.
I hadn't planned to go walking at all today, but because I have been feeling so debilitated lately, I thought it was best. When I got home, my blood pressure was at a stable 117/82, more than perfect for someone of my age. My health and well-being has been giving me greater cause for concern recently; I have become far more aware of my own issues, which are vast and varied. As someone on the cusp of reaching fifty years old, I am mindful of the challenges ahead, but I am determined to get to grips with them now, while I am still able to.
When I started walking seriously, at the beginning of the pandemic, after being furloughed from the Newcome and reducing my hours elsewhere, I quickly noticed a change in my general health. I felt more content and happy within myself, quickly losing weight and feeling more alive. Walking was helping me both physically and mentally and for the first time in my life, I was enjoying something, I had spent a lifetime avoiding. As we enter a second curfew, I hope to follow the same itinerary I started all those months ago.
I walked a route I had travelled many times before in Portsmouth and once again enjoyed the chance to get out, on my own, away from the pressures of life. It was perfect, spending a few hours thinking, reflecting and reconnecting with myself, nature and the city where I live. This pandemic has caused so much pain and heartache across the World, but I am trying to use its destructiveness positively, in order to improve my life. Only time will tell if I am successful in reaching my goals of sustained weight loss and importantly an improvement in my attitude to circumstances beyond my control. I hope this will be an activity to take with me into the new World, when the virus is gone and life returns to normal... Here's hoping anyway!
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