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Zume? ZumeWalk? Never heard of it. Is it a real word? And what the hell does it mean anyway? OK. Let me tell you a little about how I came up with the word ZumeWalk. The word, Zume, is more about a feeling than it is about a literal word. It's the feeling you get when you complete a great walk or better yet a month of walks. You're "zooming". A good example is how you feel zooming in your car with the sun roof open or the top down on a beautiful sunny Friday. The music is blasting a favorite song and you're singing at the top of your lungs. And you don't care what the world thinks. That's...


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Fed up and fat! Hello world. This is my first post and I mean ever. So please bear with me as I get going, tell my story and I promise to smooth out the rough edges along the way. Let me start by introducing myself, I'm Mike and I love to walk. Sounds goofy. Really -  walking is my primary form of aerobic exercise. I've been walking for over 13 years. The problem, I've walked 13,500 miles and now I need to catch a plane back home! A little help-anyone? Just kidding. LOL. Now the really big but"t" and I mean literally and figuratively. I stopped walking from 2005 to 2007 and gained...


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Baked Alaska and Arthur's Walk There once was a turkey named Arthur, now you see Arthur was a very different turkey, because he lived in Alaska. It seems that he liked the winter, not because he did not want to be someone's Thanksgiving meal, in fact he never even heard of Thanksgiving! One day Arthur was walking to the store, when he saw a bunch of people chasing after him! He followed his gutt, and suprisingly didn't run! He held up his feathery wing and said in his calmest voice he could have, "Um.....hello, my name is Arthur, and I'm pondering why you are chasing me?!". They...


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A New Tradition- Exercise Thanksgiving Morning Then Have that Meal to Remember at Grandma's. SeaCoastOnline.com By Rachel M. Collins November 26, 2009 Thanksgiving is undoubtedly a time for turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie and gravy. But for many throughout the region, the holiday best known for giving thanks and piling the plates high, is also a time for getting some exercise. Yes, exercise. "Thanksgiving is one of our favorite holidays," said Karyn Patry, of York, Maine. "It's all about spending time with our family." For the Patrys that has always meant fitting in some...


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Weight loss is Attainable with a Little Effort "The last thing you need is a burrito supreme." Said my friend Kenny. Ah, yes, it's good to have friends. Kenny was right, of course. Sometime last winter I reached 191 pounds. When you're 5-5, there's no place to put that much weight. It had been creeping up on me, starting sometime in the late summer of 1997 when I was assigned to write stories for the Portage Daily Register's football tab. I was driving all over central Wisconsin interviewing smarty-pants high school football players who tried to convince me that their names were...


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How do I Stick with My Walking Program? The secret is in the starting, what I mean by this is most people start their exercise program by doing to much exercise. Start small and build a foundation, I know it's hard to start small but think about the next day after starting a program of walking and how those muscle are screaming to skip the walk and lay on the couch watching TV. Try this instead, start by walking 1 mile or less but do it 4-6 times during the week. Now you can build a program by adding a half mile every two weeks. Now the second part of starting, make your goal long term...


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Easy Walking for Losing Weight The greatest thing about walking, you can do it everyday. I walk six days and week but truthfully every once in a while, I miss a day but I'm only human and so are you - go a little easy on yourself. Take the time to build up a walking routine slowly over a year and then it's much easier to keep it going for life. The thing that keeps me going is not wanting to gain the weight back again and my music. I love to get the iPod and set on my favorite playlist and out the door I zoom, walking off the days stress and letting my mind work on some creative work the marketing...


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Step by Step Walking for Fitness Part Four of Four The Basics of Fitness Walking continued... Out and About Get off a stop or two early on the bus or subway, and walk the rest of the way. Park farther away at the shopping mall, and walk the extra distance. Walk around while waiting for a relative or friend's game to begin. Walk while waiting for the plane at the airport. See the sights in new cities by walking. At the beach, sit and watch the waves instead of lying flat. Better yet, get up and walk, run, or fly a kite. When golfing, walk instead of using...


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Step by Step Walking for Fitness Part Three of Four Need to start exercising? What could be easier than walking? Fitness walking reaps as many rewards as other physical activities, and you don't need special equipment or training. (continued) The Basics of Fitness Walking continued... Intensity: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 meaning relaxed and 10 thoroughly exhausted, Stein advises starting a walk at level 2 or 3, working up to level 6 to 8, and then cooling down to a 2. "The recommendation is the same for everyone," he says, "because as you get more and more fit, you actually...


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ZumeWalk - The Basics: Walking for Fitness and Fun Get happy -- and healthy -- with the world's easiest exercise -- walking step by step to fitness and weight loss. I've been walking for a long time and the one thing about walking is that everyone can do it and can start at any fitness level. Then all that matters is showing up every day to get in your walk or at least 5-6 days a week. Take a look at this article, it's very good and should help you if your just starting out. By Barbara Russi Sarnataro WebMD Weight Loss Clinic-Feature Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD "The Basics:...


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