A better day today

No alcohol. Virtually no carbohydrates. Long walk in the evening.
How long do you guys generally exercise for?
I guess a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

No alcohol. Virtually no carbohydrates. Long walk in the evening.
How long do you guys generally exercise for?
I guess a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

Don't compare yourself to others. We all are different ages and weigh
different amounts and have different histories when it comes to exercising.
Pick something you like to do and do it! Don't think of yourself as making
yourself exercise---think of it as something you really like to do. Just
because I swim a mile doesn't mean your efforts are worthless. They're not!
It's a start and you will get better and do more as you become more
physically fit. Compare yourself only to yourself. One thing I find that
helps is to get a large calendar and write on it what I do everyday. Hah!
Just the act of writing down my exercise makes me feel as if I have
accomplished something! It's a tangible way to see my progress.

Walking is great exercise and you'll sleep better at night, too.

Pat in TX

On Feb 18, 1:26 pm, wrote:
No alcohol. Virtually no carbohydrates. Long walk in the evening.
How long do you guys generally exercise for?
I guess a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

I generally shoot for 1/2 hour of exercise a day, if it is a walk I do
what they call high impact walking. This is walking for 3 minutes at
a regular speed and then increasing to very fast walking (not jogging)
for one minute. I go back to the 3 minutes slow, and repeat it as
many times as I can. This really helps me kick start the weight loss,
before I know it I'm walking very quickly for 15 minute and haven't
noticed that I forgot to slow down. Your absolutely right, it all
starts with one step, a friend told me yesterday to take a pound of
butter out of my fridge and just look at it, every pound I lose is
losing one of those bricks off of some point of my body. The
visualization really helps me to celebrate each pound of progress.

On 18 Feb 2007 10:26:39 -0800, wrote:

No alcohol. Virtually no carbohydrates. Long walk in the evening.
How long do you guys generally exercise for?
I guess a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

My ideal exercise strategy is to really huff and puff and for my
heart to really pound hard for at least a couple of minutes - 4 times
a week and if possible a couple of times per day. I suggest the same
for you. It could be at the beginning or end of your long walk.