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Originally Posted by Radiojane
Apologies if this has been covered, I couldn't find it in the search.
Lately I've been paying a great deal of attention to my gait. I've been used to very carefully going down steps, one foot at a time stopping on each step; I waddled when I walked and adjusted for sore feet.
Since I've lightened my load, I've been making a conscious effort to move more gracefully. One foot in front of the other, folding my arms more because the seem to still swing out as far as my hips used to. Generally, I'm trying to move like a smaller person
Am I over thinking this? Will my body adjust naturally or should I be a little more aware? Any one else change up their walk?
for as long as i can remember i have come downstairs on step at a time, moving both feet to one step before going to the next one...slow, but sure and steady and easy on my knees.
i didn't even notice when it changed....but dh said to me one day, LOOK AT YOU...and i said.... what??? he said, you are coming down the stairs "normally" alternating your steps instead of both feet to one step at a time. i don't even know when i changed, but at some point, it happened!!
back in may of 2012, i had been using a walking cane to get around but now i no longer need that assistance. i went from barely being able to walk to the mailbox and up and down stairs to walking and finishing a 5K even with a "few" jogs in there as well!!
losing weight definitely changes your gait!