Go walking because you'll feel good after you do, go walking because it will be a step in the right direction to becoming healthier, go walking because it will get you that much closer to your goal weight, go walking because you'll be setting a good example for other chicks who need inspiration to do their exercise, etc.
Hi there...I too seem to put exercise on the back burner. Lately I have been telling myself to go walk the neighborhood and look at the houses and see which one I think has the prettiest paint or nicest yard....to smell the fresh air....I also just recently got this gismo that is like the peddles of an exercise bike that I can put in front of my couch and peddle while watching tv...not the hardest workout I've ever done but I just keep telling myself something is better than nothing..it all adds up....so did I help????
Go for a walk so you can live longer. Go for a walk to jump start your metabolism and therefore help you lose weight. If you walk for 3 weeks, every day, NO days off, it will become a habit and it will become part of your routine. After about a week, I bet you will look forward to it. I miss walking on my treadmill now when I have to work long hours and don't get to use it. Before, it just collected dust.
Becoming stronger by moving more will empower you. It helps you feel a stronger sense of control over your body.
Like the NIKE ad....JUST DO IT!
Thanks to all of you who wrote. I did go right after I posted and did 35 minutes. I just walk up and down my little dead end street and into the parking lot for the park ( all well lit and it backs up to my neighbor's house so if I get into trouble I can scream.
I find it helpful to listen either to an ipod or a book on tape. Right now I am listening to [I]Twilight[I]by Stephenie Meyer and it is hard to stop. I had read it a couple of weeks ago, now I am listening. It makes the time go faster.
I have now gone walking twice this week, for a total of 65 minutes..Thanks again to all who wrote.
Great idea with the books on tape/CD!!! I love listening to short stories, because it's easier to brake away after 3 or 4. If I would listen to a book I would just go and go and go
I listen David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs. But now it's spring and I just watch the grass, the birds and the dogs out for walks. Time flies
Keep telling us your progress! Have you thought about setting a walking goal (total minutes - let's say 300) by the end of Feb?
I am so glad I just read this. I'm about to leave work and go hang out with my boyfriend, I had told him earlier I was going to the gym to do 30mins on the TM before I head out to his house, but then I just told him "i think I'm going to skip the gym tonight and just go tomorrow night" then I got on here and saw that post and thought to myself "If I go tonight, then i can go tomorrow too and I will be so proud of myself and my body will be that much healthier and my muscles will be worked that much more and I will feel sooo much better! So now I just im'd him :"okay maybe I will go" and I'm going to close up shop and go to the gym!!!
Good for you Sun Flower! I was feeling a lot of muscle soreness when I first got out of bed today and TOM hit, I thought I would walk only for a few minutes on the treadmill. I got on and just kept walking. I ended up walking 45 minutes, the longest so far! It actually made me feel less sore afterwards.
Somebody please say something to make me go walking!
Thanks I did go!
