Walking for health

I have always liked to walk. Latelly I have been lazy. I´ll have to start it again. It might even help my join pain as endorphines move around with exercise.

Hi betlynfrnds...if I walk 20 minutes, around 1-2 kilometres 3 or 4 times a week, how soon can I expect to see some weight loss? I'm afraid of losing the little motivation I've managed to dredge up if I don't see a result.

Hello Ms Tickle, I know what you mean about motivation. You're definately not alone. Losing weight can be more of an art than a science. Different people will get different results. In addition to staying active physically, diet is also very important. Some people think that just because they exercise an hour or so every day, they can eat anything they want and all they want. That's not the case so be careful of what others may say to you. Moderation is essential. The schedule that you're talking about here: 20 minutes, 3 or 4 times a week is great. But I'll give you a heads up. Generally, the first 20 minutes of exercise is considered a warm up. Your body won't start to burn stored calories until after 20 minutes. A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine was telling me how she lost some of her weight from her exercise routine. She had a hard time losing the last 5 to 10 pounds so she increased the time she spent on her exercise machines from 20 to 30 minutes a day - 5 days a week. Then the weight dropped. Consistancy is the key. Always try to enjoy your walking. If you see it as more of a duty than a pleasure, you may lose interest. If you aren't seeing the results you want, increase your time by a few minutes. I've seen this to be the case many times. A client wouldn't be losing the desired amount of weight so we would increase the time on the bike or treadmill by as little as 5 minutes and that was all that was needed. Start slow, don't give up, if you miss a day or 2, don't beat yourself up, just pick up where you left off and continue on. The more you do, the better you will feel and the more you will enjoy this activity, but always listen to your body. Don't push yourself to the point where you want to quit. I wish you well!!!

10 minutes everyday is good! You maybe able to increase the time length after a while and eventually you could walk to you daughter's house everyday:-) I try 30 minutes each day. My goal is one hour everyday. Hope I could do that in half year:-)

Today I´ll do a big job as I´ll walk to my daughter´s house. But from tomorrow on, I´ll follow a mylotter´s advise (scroll up) and walk for 10 minutes but EVERY day.

It is difficult to walk in my neighborhood here because the road is very narrow and there is no sidewalk, but it is far better than trying to use any other means of transportation.

At some countries it is more difficult to walk . I have been at some cities in the US where it is impossible to be a pedestrian. In my country we don´t have sich a problem. All streets have sidewalks.

you are absolutely right. thats him.

you must mean Stephen Hawkins. But we are not all geniouses. We are only people that keep on trying their best. And of course waking is good as it makes our blood MOVE!!!

It is, if we can do it.

Walking is good for many reasons. It also keeps all you body on tune. It´s a good idea to walk as you and your family do.

If you scroll up one response, there was a mylotter who is walking 10 minutes a day. That is not so much. I will do that. No use to saying one will become a Gold Medal walker. But 10 minutes? Let´s try it!

I did walk over 30 minutes today. I´m very proud of my achievement although it is yet to be seen if it helps as much as it says. Tomirrow I´ll take Lola for a smaller walk. She has yet to learn to behave out of the house.

Good for you, suggar!!! Keep it up! Afterwards, when you see that your body is still ok even when you are not so young, you will feel happy you took tare of it.

Good for you and welcome to mylot! I hope the next time you visit one of my posts you explain yourself a little bit more. It will make you earn morre money and we would get to know you better. Meanwhile, let´s walk!

The truth is, our knees, feet and toes DU hurt. I can only walk for over 15 minutes with nikes. Real shoes are awfull for us old gals and guys. It would be nice, now that we are talking about this, to give your seat to elder peopleat a bus. This is a custom that has been lost in my country and I sometimes would LOVE aget a teen by an ear to make him get up.

You are welcome. Here in my lot we give each other so many advises. Some of them can be done and really helps us.

I couldn´t run for my life, but walking is a nice way to do exercise. I live in a neighborhood with nice gardens and now it´s Spring to flowers are gorgeous.

@MsTickle I remember interacting with you years ago are you still around?

I don´t remember where I read it.

Yup, trying is what takes you somewhere. I walked to day. I like to listen to good music on my head phones while I walk. And when I can, I like to wake up early and watch the sunrise too.

I am trying! One has to relearn to do many things and start little by little. Still I thing it´s a good thing to try it.

I don´t feel sorry for myself! I do hope my walk is nice too. The Sring is here and I already told my daughter that I would arrive earlier so that the walk was by daylight.