Incorporating movement back into this Blue Zones resident's day improved her life

[MUSIC PLAYING] TEDDY SHEPARD (VOICEOVER): I was a little bit freaked out about doing anything, you know, and I had tried walking before and it just

made it-- it just made my hip hurt really, really bad. My first thought was, I'm really glad I did all those things I did when I was younger, because now I have a lot of good memories

and I'm probably going to have to live with that. TEDDY SHEPARD (VOICEOVER): So really, it was kind of depressing. And I felt like I was missing something,

because I've always been pretty active and wasn't sure what I could do. So Maureen approached me at church

and talked about the Blue Zone Project. And she said, we need to do this, Teddy. And I'm going, eh, I don't know, Maureen, if I can do this

or not. You know, I'm not sure about this, but I'm willing to give it a shot. We'll go-- we'll go find out about it. We'll at least go to the meeting.

So I went to the meeting and we got put into a Moai walking group.

We started on the one hike and ended up doing seven more, so we did eight hikes altogether. It was really cool.

I tried walking. I tried-- I couldn't do it. So actually going out and doing this now, I'm good.

My confidence is better. My strength is better. I sleep better.

I can do more things. Gosh, I just would encourage anybody. You know, if they have an ability or lack of abilities,

just to give it a shot. I mean, you've got to try. You've got to get up and move. Getting out there with people, with a group of people,

I've got-- I have new friends. And I have plenty of friends, but this is different. This is different. These are people that like to go out and do

things, which I always wanted to do, but didn't think I could do. So I'm doing it now. And it's like, oh wow. It's amazing.

Not allowing yourself to say I can't do this, and saying, well, I don't know if I can, but I'm going to try.

I'm going to try. You've just got to try. That's all. You just got to step out.