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Has GO encouraged you to go outside more?

Hiidoran

Hiidoran

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    I'm really excited to get off work tomorrow, actually. I think I'm gonna head downtown and check out all the monuments to see what all I can find there. I'm excited to see what kind of Pok?mon inhabit my native city, and I could definitely use the exercise. It's, uh, kind of embarrassing how excited this is making me.
     
    I've wanted to explore more lately (started walking more two days before) so it ties in perfectly. I do want to get fit and I do want to explore the neighbourhood more... and catch them all. Ofc.
     
    It has! I was only able to play a little last night before the servers went down, but I had already walked around outside a little nearby in an area I hadn't bothered with before. I'm excited to head to work today and see if there's anything nearby there, too. On my next day off I'm definitely inviting my bf along and going on a Pokemon hunting trip, haha.
     
    Oh definitely, I have an excuse to get off my backside for once... and at this point any excuse to do that is greatly appreciated. Living in a rural Irish village gets very dull... so it's nice to actually have something to do here.
     
    Achromatic said:
    Not so fun story; I actually really hurt my feet yesterday whilst going out playing GO. I forgot to bring socks and... yeah. Ripped the back of my feet wide open with these shoes. Ouch. Now I'm walking about with a limp. I caught an Eevee though.
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    I walked for a good amount of time with my friend and after that I kept walking even though I was kind of tire and my feet had started to hurt. Unfurtunately my walking didn't pay off much since I just got to 3 Pokestops which were really close and caught a caterpie and another zubat >.>
     
    Achromatic said:
    I went to a Pok?Stop but I honestly didn't know what to do there so I wasted my time going there. So sad. :(
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    I actually got to know how to use the Pokestops because of my friend. He already had 5 Eggs {D:} but then I continued and I got to have 3 eggs I currently have one in the incubator got to go for 0.5/2.0 km. And luckily I just caught a Pidgey and a Bellsprout now XD.
     
    I don't think my want to go outside has changed one bit, but it has made me want to walk more which is weird for a lazy person such as myself. I have classes on three different campuses and normally I would bus to each of them (even if I have a lot of time between them), but now I wouldn't mind actually walking to them - just so I can catch pokemon xD
     
    Achromatic said:
    Not so fun story; I actually really hurt my feet yesterday whilst going out playing GO. I forgot to bring socks and... yeah. Ripped the back of my feet wide open with these shoes. Ouch. Now I'm walking about with a limp. I caught an Eevee though.
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    Ouch. ]: I'm sorry.

    If it makes you feel better I spent the better part of my evening limping about too. A muscle in my foot today randomly decided that it shouldn't be walked on. These things won't keep us down!
     
    To be honest, it doesn't really seem worth the effort. I mean in order to find any pokemon you have to travel quite a ways and I can only travel on foot. There aren't any monuments here, I think there was a gym over an apartment building nextdoor but that doesn't mean anything when all you have are two Pidgeys.

    I think I'll stick to Y and Sun and Moon.
     
    Definitely, just today I spent 3 hours outside just wandering around an area I rarely go out to, despite it being an easy two minutes walk. Every day I'm excited for the travel to and from work, which used to be a draining haul every morning and afternoon. Now I don't mind spending an extra ten/twenty minutes getting home in order to grab the items from a Pok?stop on a detour, or to catch that Ghastly in an alleyway. It's weird how much of a sudden change it's brought about in me.
     
    I'm a lot more excited about going outside, even though mine is glitched that I can't even catch pokemon! Looking forward to that being fixed...
     
    YES! Definitely! Now I have a reason to go jogging so i can hatch my eggs lol. And its a ton of fun as a group with people just walking around!
     
    is this good or bad...I did more exercise today than pretty much all of last week XD

    People are looking at me in weird ways as I keep stopping lol
     
    I'm already a pretty active person (gym rat) but the game has definitely encouraged me to spend time outside exploring my own neighborhood and places even a bit further which is a big deal for me. I tend to have a lot of social anxiety and talk myself out of going places that are unfamiliar. I think it's great.
     
    It's definitely gotten me up and out of bed! There's a coffee shop a few blocks away with a Pokestop next door and a gym close by so I've been running back and forth all day defending it.
     
    Have to get a little personal with this answer, but I'm diagnosed with fibromyalgia (yes, a sixteen y/o boy has fibro, it always shocks older people with the disease) with features of CFS. That's basically medical code for "weak body and muscles with constant long-term fatigue and pain". I try to leave the house as much as possible to keep my muscle issues from getting worse, but it's almost impossible sometimes. Makes me miss the occasional school day, even (which would be great if not for the pain!).

    But since GO came out, I've been wanting to leave the house more than succumbing to my illness. Just today I headed out of and walked a fair bit/loitered right between two stops and near some lures. Legit almost passed out, but it was worth it. Lesson learned: Eat something before you go out, and drink more water. Plan accordingly.
     
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