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Originally Posted by silverbelle
It seems that the counselors at my center do not consider walking my dog exercise.
My DH and I got a new dog around the same time I started this diet and I walk him at least once a day for 30 minutes or more, yet when my couselors ask me if I've exercised and I say, "I walk the dog everday", they don't count it as exercise!!! That really ticks me off because it looks like I am not holding up my end of the bargain with them when really and truly, walking the dog is 30 minutes of exercise I certainly wouldn't get otherwise.
Anyone else have this issue?
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If your dog is active & you're really moving along when you walk him, then leave out the dog - just tell them "I walk 30 minutes a day". Maybe they're thinking your dog is like mine, when I walk her there's a whole lot of stopping & sniffing going on - the dog, not me.
So I don't count walking my dog as part of my exercise - I walk 3 miles most days not counting the dog walks. Now when I take my daughter's dog on my walks, that's a whole other thing - he
moves. He's usually dragging me - I tell him he's either draggin' or laggin' - drags me along or lags to sniff something, but mostly he drags! I definitely get a workout walking him. So it depends on the dog as to how much actual "useful" exercise you get walking him/her.