walking coach?

One of my oldest friends, Debbie, has a daughter Tiffany, who lives a few blocks away. She's about 33 now, and has always been overweight. Now she's a lot over weight.

I have her as a Facebook friend and yesterday she posted "Day 1 of my "weight loss" program that I am working with the PA from work, Calories=about 1800, workout, walked about 1.3 miles. Burned about 230 calories. Not bad for a first day!" 

Even if I have to walk slow, I like to have people to walk with. If nothing else another walker in the group would keep Sharon company for a while. So I wrote "if you need someone to walk with, I'm in the 'hood. Mom has my # or I could message it. I know all kinds of routes." and gave her resources. Later I wrote "I'm serious. Call me if you want a walker buddy. I'm good at motivating people. We could probably even get you up to 3 miles before the FH 5K. We'll have mom cheering us on from the side line and beaming with pride as you cross the finish line (even if they took it down when we got there!)."


The thread exploded with posts and she wrote back "That would be great! I need someone to walk with me. I used music tonight to get me through. I always have to watch how much I do because of my back. But tonight wasn't too bad. I just need to keep going. This is my last hope!" (I wonder if she's considering weight loss surgery.)

The back. She had scoliosis surgery in late middle school and it's been a pain in the back since.  I don't think it should impact walking much. I just won't take her up Frederick street. I might take her on the stairs at Lehigh.


I messaged her my phone number and the link to the online pedometer. The ball is now in her court.


Do I have a summer job as a walking coach?  We'll see.