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Would anyone like to join me in starting a walking group .I have decided I enjoy walking.We could compare how far we have walked and make weekly goals.
Let me know if anyone would like to join me:wave:

Hi there... I will join you....

I have started walking my dogs everyday through my neighborhood which is 1 1/2 Miles....and has this one really great hill...

I walked it in 35 minutes this morning...

Angel
I walked a little today on the tread mill it is to hot outside so maybe I will walk more when it cools down tonight for a while.
I am going to try to walk at least 5 miles this week.
I know that is not alot but it is managable.
I am going to try to get my friend to go with me in the morning.

I'll join as well. My kids have been bugging me to go to the park. I can start by walking the mile jogging track there. I have not moved in years. Maybe we can keep each other inspirated. :angel:

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I would like to join. I walk my two dogs every day and I try to go at lunch. I walk the dogs before work and in the evening. Sometimes on the weekend I will only walk once. Today my friend and I had a nice walk at lunch. I don't know how far we went but it was so nice down by the river. Look forward to getting to know you guys better.

Marie

We also have another thread going.It is the 30 day challenge.You two are welcome to join us if you would like.
I have a park by my house that has a exercise trail too.Once in a while I go on it right now the bridge that goes over it under construction.
Do you guys keep track of how far or long you walk.I just bought a pedometer so that I don't have to guess.

I began walking about a month ago.
I walk 20-30 minutes 5x a week.........

Can I join too?

Sure you can.The more we have the better.

Welcome Spinsky....

I havent really walked today... it is raining here.... I just walked down the street and back with the pups... maybe it will let up alittle while later and I can try for tonight....

Hope everyone is doing well...

I haven't walked today but I have done areobics.
I think that I am going to what until the end of the month to weigh myself.I have felt really good the last three days that I have been exercising and eating right.

:dizzy: Hi. I'm Lynn from MA. I started walking at the end of April. I started walking around my block, about .5 miles in 20 minutes. Within a couple of weeks was doing 1 mile in about the same time. Now, as long as the weather is cool in the a.m. I do 1.5 miles in about 25 minutes.(I'm 5.9inches..and walk rather fast) Then, in the evening I drive to my husbands work, and walk back. I'ts 2.5 miles. I do that between 45-55 minutes depending on lights etc. Since I've started walking (along with the Points system from WW I've lost 25.6 pounds) I hope to get my 10% next Wednesday which is also my birthday!!! I don't like exercise:mad: but don't see walking as that. I must have been a Ferengi in a past life...I have stuck with the walking for the profit....I find money every day!!!! Most I've found is 3dollars....least on any given day...2 cents...think someone is telling me something. :D

I plan on taking my nephew for a long walk in the morning.
I would have liked to get more walking in this week than I did but at least I did some.I am going to try to go at least 2 miles tomorrow.
Keep walking.

Hey Everyone... just wanted to touch base real quick... off to work... dance recitals have been this week so I have been real busy... they end tonight!!!!! While rehearsing last night in my down time I walked arund the autotorium.... i dont know how many miles or anything but I figured it was better than nothing....


Talk to you longer tomorrow....

Hi everyone. I really MEANT to start walkingthe other day. It has been sohot, I have not been able to drag myself out. Today ismy son's birthday, so I promised him that tomorrow we will get up early and go to the park as I just got home from work. I am thinking I need to tell my kids to beg and not give up until I take them. I am glad to see everyone else is doing good. I'll be back to give an update and see how everyone is doing. :angel:

I didn't get time to walk yesterday unless you count when I was working.I plan on really getting into it tomorow.I have the day off and I don't have to babysit.Hopefully it doesn't rain.

Hi, I'll join you! My goal is to walk at *least* fifteen minutes a day on the treadmill and to continue walking my dog in the evenings. I hope everyone is doing well!

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Hi Everyone- I would like to join your thread. I started walking about 5 yrs ago to lose wt and get my colesterol down. I am a life time member of WW. I lost 57 lbs. I walk 18-21 miles a week. I would like to do more but that is about all I can do. From the sounds of things I would guess I would be about the oldest of your group. I am 68 yrs young.I need to lose at least another 10-15 lbs more but have not been able for the past 3 yrs. I seem to only be able to maintain 152-154.
I know for girls working and having a family to take care of it is very hard to do what you need to for yourself. I have been there too. Now I only have myself and my hubby and that is quiet enough. We all do the best we can . For Our health we should make time one hour a day.
I have gotten a lot of help from this site. I thank everyone for such good advice.
Hope everyone enjoyed Fathers Day. Bye Joanne:wave: :angel:

Hi everyone
I am going to walk on the treadmil before I go to bed.I know you aren't suppose to exercise before you go to bed but that seems to be when I have the most energy.
Joanne I would do anything to be 150.Great job.I am at 220 now.
I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow.:cool:
I walked ahalf a mile.I plan to walk more in the morning.

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Michaela- Three years ago I was 212 lbs. It took me a year to get down. I just put on"blinders" so to speak and didn't let anything get in the way. I gave up many things(going out to eat, all snacks,fed them to the birds, ) I cooked different meals for my self tried not to go anywhere that I would be tempted. I could only walk a half mile to start but daily increased that distance and time to at the end I am able to do 3-4 miles and still not be too tired.I still feel that I need to do more and to lose more. The large person I was is still there. The fear of gaining it all back is still there. I think , that is what keeps me trying. You can do it too.Make your walk as injoyable as you can . Wear a radio or cd player with you favorite music that has a lot of energy. You will soon find yourself walking to the beat. Put dieting out of your mind and just say that it is a new way of life that is going to make yourself healthy.You are important. I use a treadmill too but I love going out to walk. I live on the Gulf coast so I walk to the beach most evenings after supper and that takes me an hour and gives me 3 and half miles with ease. Bye for now,Joanne

I walked another half a mile this morning.So far this week I have a mile in.My goal for this week is to go at least 5 miles.I might ride my bike later to.
How is everyone else doing.:cool:

Joanne, walking on the beach sounds nice. I lived Ft. Myers for almost twenty years before coming to Canada. I went Sanibel often and would stroll along the shore for sometimes three hours at a time. It's so relaxing that time just flies. That's the one thing about Florida I miss more than anything else.

I've been doing alright with my walking. My husband and I make a point of taking our dog out to a park as often as we can. I didn't get any walking in yesterday but will make up for it today.

Hope everyone has a great week!

I have found that when I walk outside I walk farther and longer than I do on a tread mill.

Michaela, I also walk longer and further outside. However, the treadmill gives me a better cardio workout - probably because that's what I tend to focus on when I'm using it. Of the two, I think walking outside is more enjoyable. I tend to use the treadmill more in the winter when the weather is dreary.

Cassie
How far away is the park from where you live?How often do you walk?

Hi Michaela! We live in the city so we drive out to our parks then walk. The park we take our dog to most often is a ten minutes from our home. We like it there because our dog can go off leash. We go out there 3-4 times a week. My favorite place to walk is a 45 minute drive from our home. When we go out there we can easily spend two or three hours following the stream. Then there's the little jaunts around the neighborhood everyday. I was using the treadmill everyday over the winter. I've slacked off since then. Now my goal is to continue with my outdoor walking and also get back to walking a minimum of 15 minutes a day on the treadmill.

Just finished my walk. I live in the city,so we have blocks. Great for walking!! At first I was avoiding the streets with hills, but can manage them well now. I had been walking 1.6 miles but, now I'm finishing it in about 20 minutes. In order to get 3 points (WW) I have to walk at least 35 minutes. So now I zig zag inbetween all the blocks. Yesterday found 49 cents!! Tonights walk was 1 quarter and 11 pennies!! I know I should just enjoy the walk...but if people are going to drop their change, the least I can do is pick it up for them. I'm putting all the change I find into a jar...I think when there is enough, I'll buy myself something just for me!! Besides the weight loss, it's a good incentive!!! First thing I when I arrive home from a walk...."How much money did you find?"
Have a good night to all
Lynn Marie:wave:

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I just started dieting and walking. I am hoping to walk 4 out of 7 days a week to start. I don't know the distance yet, so I am tracking it by time. Tonight I did 30 min which was good for me because I haven't walked like that in awhile. I would like to get a pedometer to measure my distance but my clock time will have to do for the time being. Well, I am hoping to go another 30 min tomorrow, I just hope the weather stays nice.

Good luck to all!

:) Melissa

I would like to join your walking group. I just started summer vacation and I am just starting to go on walks. Today I did 15 minutes on the treadmill - I was pretty sore by the end of it. Last summer I was jogging for 2 miles almost every day - but I had knee surgery this winter and am just getting back into exercising. I have only walked down my road once or twice since February. I want to walk 2 miles in the morning down to my grandma's house and back with the dogs.

Good Morning All:D
Suppose to hit 95 today!!:cool: Walked this morning instead. Today was a five penny day!! (gotta love those neighbors) They want me to walk every day...so they just throw money at me. Maybe I should ask them to toss dollars!! :devil: Tomorrow is suppose to rain! Does anyone else feel bad when they can't walk? I try to walk twice aday. I will try tonight, after 7pm, if the temp has dropped. Though I don't really mind walking in the heat, I just take a shorter walk...hate to sweat!! I'm trying to lose another ten pounds before surgery in July, as I don't think I'll be walking for acouple of weeks after that.
I envy those of you that use the treadmill. I can't. I tried, even bought a airmill...kinda of a stepper thing. Would do about 5 minutes and get off. I'll walk 45 minutes regular..but can't handle the inside stuff. I've even tried watching tv with it!! Since I started walking after the snow...but it was still cold 32 degrees. I guess I'll continue with that....If we get tons of snow in the winter...I guess I can walk in the streets. I'll worry about that when the time comes.
Good walking to all
Lynn Marie

I am so proud of myself. I left my house at 5:30 am and walked down to my grandmas (where I stopped for 2 cups of coffee and a bowl of oatmeal) and then walked back. It is about a mile each way down a country road. I took my dogs with me, the cottonwood leaves were shimmering in the sunrise, I saw a doe with twins behind her, a cow mood at me -- it was wonderful. And I even worked up a bit of a sweat. The knee did OK -- I can't wait until the pain goes away totally. I want to run really bad, but walking is all that is going to happen for awhile.

My PT said my doc might give me permission to start riding a bike this month. I can't wait!

I walked 1 mile today.I will probably walk more at work tonight but I never keep track of that,maybe I should.Maybe I will tonight.
I am going to try to walk across town tomorrow with my nephew in the stroller if it doesn't rain.
Keep on walking :cool:
Miles walked-2.26

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Hey There- It sounds like you girls are doing really good ,with your walking. Keep it up .You will love the results. I walked 3+ miles yesterday evening. I went out to the beach and my husband picked me up. I have made the walk there and back with my daughter. It is a little too much but I would never let her know. She is amazing! She can do 1 hour wts etc ,then the bike. then 4 miles on the treadmill or outside and just break a sweat. I doubt there is an ounce of extra fat on her. I wish I had her willpower. She helps me alot when she is around. But she lives 5 hours away. Now my son. !!I gained 3lbs eating at his house sunday. But I still love him... What a catch he would be for some lucky girl..I wish he would find someone.
Happy Walking.. Joanne:wave:

Guess what I wore my pedometer to work and it said that I walked 4 miles.So that is 6 all together just for today.:cool:
I hope everyone is doing great.

Good job on the walking Michaela. I just got up and slept a bit to long to walk this morning, but I am packing my health club bag so I can go after class today. I will have from 11-1:30 free to work out and then PT at 1:30 which is pretty much a workout too.

I have my food all planned out and am going to make a success of DAY 3. I really loved your 30 day challange too.

Good job on the walking Michaela. I just got up and slept a bit to long to walk this morning, but I am packing my health club bag so I can go after class today. I will have from 11-1:30 free to work out and then PT at 1:30 which is pretty much a workout too.

I have my food all planned out and am going to make a success of DAY 3. I really loved your 30 day challange too.

Good job on the walking Michaela. I just got up and slept a bit to long to walk this morning, but I am packing my health club bag so I can go after class today. I will have from 11-1:30 free to work out and then PT at 1:30 which is pretty much a workout too.

I have my food all planned out and am going to make a success of DAY 3. I really loved your 30 day challange too.

hi
so far today I have walked 3 miles.I tool my nephew for a walk this morning and then we went shopping.
So that means I have went over 10 miles in the last 3 days.
The weird thing is I don't feel hungry at all.
How are you doing today
Did you get your workout in?

I am at 838 calories so far. I went for a 45 minute walk, I went to physical therepy for knee exercises and I did crunches. I will check back later to tell you how I finished up day 3 on the challange thread. Good job on your walking!

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Hi All- I didn't get to walk yesterday ,we had some really good rain. I did walk on the treadmill today for 3 miles(1 hour). I have been doing something different today. I ate 21points and I also fiquired out that it added up to almost 1200 cal. Ofcourse it isn't bedtime and between 7and 11 pm is my worse time. I will not find this easy this weekend as I am going out of town. But next week I will see how it works for me.
I did so well when I was losing my bulk of wt. and now I am getting into all kinds of mischief. I must lose another 10-15 lbs for my own sanity:dizzy: Maybe then I will quit beating myself up about it. Any suggestions??
Everybody have a great weekend...Joanne:wave:

HIT MY 10% tonight!!! I needed to hit the 27 pound mark...made it to 28 pounds even. New goal is to lose 50 pounds by August 25th. I think that is managable! Next few weeks are critical, will be out of commission after July 16th for acouple of weeks. I'm going to miss walking I think! No I know!! Like listening to my tunes!!
Good night all
Lynn Marie