6d ago
Not going to pretend this is some big turning point because honestly it probably isn't. But I've done three short walks this week, like genuinely short, round the block and back, and something about it is... not nothing? My mood on those days was noticeably less awful. Didn't fix the joint ache. Didn't fix the sleep. Didn't make me feel like a person who Has Her Life Together. But there was something. I've been avoiding movement for months because everything felt like too much and also because I didn't want to accidentally become someone who talks about step counts at work. You know the type. I am not ready to be that person. I just wanted to feel slightly less like my body belongs to someone else. I've been having a boiled egg or some cheese after the walk, not for any clever reason, just because I was hungry and it seemed sensible. Whether that's doing anything I genuinely have no idea. I do want to ask my GP at some point whether there are things I should be careful about given the joint stuff, because some mornings my knees are grim and I don't want to quietly make that worse while thinking I'm being virtuous. Has anyone had that conversation with their doctor? Did they take it seriously or was it the usual "just move more" and out the door x