• Walking to work helped Sheila manage her diabetes

     

    Partner: Living Streets     

    Scheme: Walking Works

    Location: National  

     

    Sheila Bradley wanted to get fitter, but didn’t want to go to a gym. She said “I needed to do some exercise to help with my weight and diabetes, but I couldn’t get motivated.” At work, Sheila and her colleagues were sent the details for Walk to Work Week, and Sheila thought “I can do that.”

     
    She signed up and pledged to walk part of her journey into work, taking the bus for the last section. “As I hadn’t walked for a long while I’d lost confidence in my own ability. I thought it would take me ages.” The day before her first walk, Sheila warned her colleagues that she may be late in – but she wasn’t. “Once you start walking you realise it doesn’t take as long as you think.” Walk to Work Week has now passed, but Sheila regularly walks part of her journey to work and is really feeling the benefits. “It was just what I needed. I’ve definitely lost weight and my clothes are a lot more comfortable. It’s also helped with my diabetes. As you get older, it’s hard to get motivated. Walking is something I can do – and I am.”
     
     
    Result: Walking Works’ information, resources and motivational tools enabled Sheila and her colleagues to walk to and from work more often. Online support made walking to work easier to embark on, and therefore raised levels of physical activity.
     


     





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