Thank you @skwigg ! I’m stuck where you used to be. No matter how awful it feels, there’s a comfort in the routine of what I’ve known, and fear of what is unknown or not yet experienced. If that makes sense. I need to start regularly practicing the small steps to get me to where you’re at now

@skwigg I’m where you were... any words of wisdom/ advice on how to get where you are? I want to be there, but it’s so foreign and, frankly, scary unknown territory.

Thank you @skwigg and @happyme !! I’ll have to check the Blue Zones now!

This is a great post! Thank you! My fear with reducing exercise is not being healthy. I’m fearful I won’t meet the “guidelines“ set for the amount of exercise to reduce disease (aka the government guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate cardio or 75 minutes of intense cardio per week). I guess I keep exercising to make sure I hit those minutes of intensity fearing that “just walking” isn’t high enough intensity, even though I have a dog and don’t own a car, so I do a lot of walking anyways. Im not entirely sure where this fear comes from. Possibly always wanting to be perfect and meet standards? Whereever it’s from it’s causing all the same side effects everyone’s mentioned.