Hey friends, before we get started today, I want to encourage you to try a 30-day walking challenge.

This is a challenge that will supersize your walking, your everyday walking into something more, into a fitness activity.

And if it's already a fitness activity, there are levels for you that can supersize what

you're doing and take it to the next level. The 30-day walking challenge, it has three levels,

it has a beginner level, a starter level. If you are just trying to figure out how to get this

fitness thing going, this level one 30-day walking challenge is for you.

If you're already walking for fitness, maybe you even have a step goal that you're aiming for

every day. Level two will take that to the next level. And let's say that you're using your walking

and you've got a pretty significant step goal daily

and you're crushing it and you've got some momentum,

level three will challenge you to take it to a level

you never even thought was possible.

30 day walking challenge, it's a free guide

at walking is fitness.com, the resource page,

or you can click the link in the show notes page for this week's podcast.

Can I start walking?

Eight weeks after the accident, Ava was meeting with the surgeon. This was the appointment we both had been looking forward to for eight weeks. If the x-rays looked good,

Ava would get the green light to put weight on both legs and start walking again. Her progress in

the weeks before this important appointment was

pretty amazing. One month after the accident, Ava was allowed to put weight on her left leg.

That allowed her to leave the wheelchair and use a walker if she wanted. While Ava was still

primarily in the wheelchair, the walker allowed her to do a few more things on her own. For example,

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