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4 years ago

I walk a lot. A LOT. I walk every night at work. 15000 steps from 0 starting at midnight. On my nights off, I walk every day at home on my treadmill. 15000 steps from however many I have when I get on in the evenings. I do this everyday and have for a long time. Going on 4 years now. Of course there have been random days where I could not because of illness or weather or other circumstances. But almost never more than one day in a row.

This past week, I FINALLY had all 4 of my days off. And I decided that since the incessant walking hasn't really helped shed any weight, and my poor feet hate me at this point, I was going to forgo any exercise all 4 days off. I was going to relax and not worry about it and let the ever present blisters and aches and pains in my feet heal.

Well, something strange happened. The second day, I felt sore. Like I had been through a really hard workout. The third day was even worse. This wasn't a minor ache. This felt like when I used to lift weights and do boot camp workouts. Muscle soreness that would not let up. Not with pain meds, a hot bath with epsom salts, nothing. All over. Not relaxing at all and my feet are no better.

Anyway, I returned to work last night. On my first night back every week I walk twice, work permitting. Once before midnight, starting when the sun goes down until I have my 15000 steps for that day. And then I go back out at midnight and get my 15000 steps for THAT day. I was miserable when I started as the muscle soreness was painful and, once again, from head to toe.

Now for the other strangeness, about one hour into my first walk, the soreness was GONE. I mean completely gone, like it never even happened. Other than my feet, which will hurt forever I have accepted, there was no pain. When I stopped walking, the soreness never returned.

I do not think I have ever experienced muscle soreness from inactivity. Some stiffness, and a general BLAH feeling if I laid around immobile for too long yes, but not that level of pain by a long shot. I have never heard of such either.

Anyone experience this before?

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4 years ago
I don't know from personal experience, but have heard that regular exercise releases endomorphins (sp? your body's natural feel-good chemical) that your brain gets "addicted" to. My mom experienced this back when she was jogging, said that when she missed her daily jog she felt "off" all day.

Incidentally, have you tried various shoes or inserts for your feet? I walk not quite as far as you most days, and my feet and knees are increasingly sore. If there is an easy fix, I'd like to know :-)
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4 years ago
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Oh shoes. I have been through many shoes. In my experience, they all are about the same as far as comfort. I have had everything from no name 20 dollar shoes to the ones I have now which are 200 dollar Nike shoes and everything in between. ASICS, New Balance, sketchers, I've had them all And yes, I got measured for these newest ones in case that was the issue. I have difficult toes, as they are all longer than my big toe by a lot except my pinky toe. It makes finding shoes hard. My doctor told me that my feet will hurt if I put them through that daily. Period. No shoes will make them not hurt after that. He also told me to lose weight and that will help. So I am working on that. Story of the adult part of my life....

I have no knee or other pain except for occasional calf pain, which is more like fatigue than soreness. And one foot is forever afflicted with blisters. One or the other. Usually the right,but sometimes the left. No explanation for that either. They will both be fine, then all of a sudden, BAM, blister on every toe and on my heel. On just one foot. Odd consider I wear the same shoes and walk the exact same circle endlessly.

I wish there were an easy fix too.
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4 years ago
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That's me! I even get muscle cramps if I DON'T exercise! And....right now....my knees start to hurt if I walk...running/loping along I feel FANTASTIC tho! If I run really fast my knees start to feel iffy the next day...but a lope...4.5miles per hour is just right.....and Eating 300 calories a day is the only way I can lose weight. Yesterday I ate a can of tuna, can of sauerkraut, plain Greek yogurt with TBL ranch dressing mix.....healthy....tons of food....and I can lose a pound a day eating GOOD food...but not a ton of it. (then I cheated and ate pizza and cookies). If....I double my workout time and intensity...I can also lose weight...but my body maintains my weight with the exercise I "normally" do.

Edited to add: Nike with air is the ONLY shoe my feet can really tolerate. Link to Air MAX Torch It feels like I'm walking on memory foam...Pink Link...just for YOU Amy!
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