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Probably the title must be attracting you to discover the healthy side of socializing, but wait till you find out what it truly stands for. Till the time I was in college, I never paid any heed to this side of socializing. For me gym is a place to work out and share some good laugh, which I believe is good for health too. If I was able to push for a morning walk or jog, I would pat myself proudly and smile through the day. But recently when I altered my work out scheduled and picked up morning walk for some days, I came across a variety of people and experiences.

There were some old couples who religiously woke up every morning and pushed themselves for a walk to stay healthy in that stage of life. They were the ones taking cautious baby steps on the sidewalk. You would hardly find them conversing to one another throughout the way. To be honest that’s a nice practice, after all peace is good for our mind, body and soul hehe… But they wouldn’t refrain from fixing their glare on gals let loose on the roads early morning doing catwalk for the street dogs.

Then there was this bunch of college kids who would have probably seen Sylvester Stallone film last evening or had Arnold Schwarznegger surrounded with hot chicks on California beach in their dream. They would push the accelerator to its limit right from the word “Go”. If you have to jog for good 45 minutes to increase your stamina and shed some considerable calories, you definitely don’t shoot like Roger Banister from the starting line. Alas! They would learn it with time. You would spot them with utmost enthusiasm at the starting line on day one and hardly anyone would be visible on day two.

Next in the queue is the streak of beauty pageant participants. They deck up so well at the wee hours in the morning just to get out of the home in perfect colour combinations and in sync with latest trends in the fashion fraternity. Morning walk for health is not their concern, till the time they can blabber about it to their other gal pals and use it as a tool to flatter the guys “Oh, I wake up early morning for a walk. I am very health conscious you see” flickering their eyes at a speed faster than their walk. But I like this category, they serve a good dose for everyone’s eyes early morning, including the street dogs and news paper vendors. But one needs to be lucky, did you notice me use the word beauty anywhere in the description? Hehe…

Then there are these foodies, who are pushed out of their homes by their spouses or tailors or probably doctors who get them face to face with a mirror reflecting reality. They are the sweet lot, dedicated to walking without looking left and right. They would swing their hands to extreme as though it more of French Legionnaire march than morning walk. One should appreciate their commitment and enthusiasm which they show early morning and throughout the day by hogging everything that comes in their way. Someone needs to tell them, that they need to control their diet as well, for they complain about not losing weight despite so much hard work, cuz they are doing nothing about their food habbits.