Published on 12, July, 2020
Exercise may be good for you but for me it boils down to finding something I'm comfortable with, ie not too physically complex. That leaves walking and swimming. With walking I have a limited area I'll walk in . Longest distance is just under 1000 steps there and back. It's the walk to the cafe where I'll have something to eat and drink so I'm probably piling on more from food than I'm taking off via exercise. I've tried doing the active 10 x3 (1000 steps in 10 minutes) by pacing indoors and it's as mind numbingly boring as can be. That leaves swimming. I'd need someone to take me to the swimming baths . It's not something I can just up and do. I used to have an exercise bike but got disillusioned with that when I was putting on weight using it rather than losing. Have considered a simple step machine but am clueless as to what to buy.
Can't you find a route that is longer? I set myself a time limit on a fixed route. Max 75 minutes. Shorter is not satisfying and longer I get too tired.
It's my poor sense of direction and fear of getting lost and trapped that holds me back. Am very limited as to where I'll feel safe walking.
If it is a pay as you go phone the a new SIM card can easily be bought, and cost about £1 , they vary enormously in what they offer, different “ packages” depending how each user wants to use the phone, so data can be one thing to focus on as this if the phone is a smart phone allows you to connect to the internet, and use apps, maps if you like,
As the SIM card can vary for use, the cost to top it up can be a mindfueld, way to many different offers, say for instance you buy £10 top up, it will allow you to use to call out, receive calls, text and use mobile date/ internet, but dependent on which package you choose will effect cost and time limit before it needs topping up again, some carry whatever credit is left onto the following time but you have to top up before it expires to do that.
Yes a minefield, but should be simple once someone has asked you what you need it for and tells you the best one, you just top up every week or month after that,
Have got a phone but without sim card. It's one one of my granddaughters had lent me. The other granddaughter used it and took out the sim card(which she lost) to put in her own. As it is I didn't have an instruction booklet and only knew how to make calls.
I suppose you have a smart phone? What I used to do in a new neighbourhood was start small and extend the walk little by little. Before leaving study the maps. Google maps works just fine, but there are others that are specifically aimed at walking (and registering) your distance. Before the age of phones with internet, I used to study the map in advance and take it with me.
Extend the walks little by little and you'll find it less scary.