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Susan G Komen 3 Day Walk - Washington DC - A Walker Needs Your Help! The Washington DC, Susan G Komen 3 Day Walk starts on October  9th and one of our team members needs a helping hand with her fundraising goal. Here's the story: I thought sending out a message, via ZumeWalk, of need would get everyone in the fight to end breast cancer by walking their feet off and raising money to send Christy a few bucks. Christy's been training for six months for the event and it would be ashamed if she didn't get to walk the walk and talk the talk - all for her incredible cause - supporting research...


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The World's Best 42 Tips: Walking for Weight Loss I've been walking for around 15 years, the problems was those 2-3 years I got off from walking. I gained weight and in general felt miserable so I started all over again 1.75 years ago and I've walked 2300 miles so far. Once I got going again, I set my overall goal - walk for five years and walk 1200 miles per year over those year. I was surfing around the internet and stumbled upon this site, "3 Fat Chicks or 3FC," and I love the name, here's a great article from them - "Tips: Walking for Weight Loss." Start with a small goal of 15 to 20 minutes...


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Walk 10,000 Steps Daily for Fitness and Weight Loss I'm going to figure out how many steps I take each and everyday, I wonder if I'm achieving my 10,000 steps everyday. PBS.com's article "America's Walking: Personal Health & Fitness," gives a look at starting a walking based fitness program by counting your daily steps. Looking for a way to get healthy, lose weight and generally have more energy? Why not start walking! It's easy, you need no special equipment, and just thirty minutes a day can dramatically improve and extend your life. Plus, walking is often the gateway to a more...


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I love to walk and have successfully walked 2300 miles in the last 20 months and reaped the benefits of weight loss, stress relief and fitness. A Dulce Zamora article appearing at WebMD, "Step by Step: Walking for Fitness," this article on getting fit and using walking as the primary method to get back into shape. 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. If I could fall Into the sky Do you think time Would pass me by 'Cause you know I'd walk A thousand...


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OK, your a crazy walking machine and the exercise has become a part of your life and now you're looking for a step two. Step two is eating healthy and creating the same livable routine for healthy eating and wellness, same as you created for walking and exercise. Check out, Sensei for Weight Loss. Sensei & ZumeWalk, A Whole New Way to a Whole New You Forget everything you know about weight loss. Sensei isn't a fad diet or a magic pill, it's a whole new approach to long term weight loss. You life shouldn't stop because you want to lose weight. That's why Sensei doesn't make you wait...


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Not everyone can be a professional athlete but everyone can get fit and stay fit. The getting fit isn't always easy but putting one foot in front of the other and walking out your front door is easy, then continue walking 5-6 days a week for life. You'll be amazed how good you feel, how much weight you'll lose and how the weight will stay off. The article, "No Athletic Talent? No Problem, appearing in the State-Journal.com written by Linda Younkin gives great perspective on a program of walking. It’s turning into an active summer here at The State Journal. Hilly Schiffer and Phil Case have...


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Do You Exercise Enough? An effective weight loss ad fitness program is based on one single accept, consistency. Not just momentary consistency but a long term commitment to an exercise program, that you can actually stick with for life, like walking. This article appearing at BBC News - Health, "Majority - Do Not Exercise Enough," says nearly two thirds of adults risk their health through insufficient exercise, a survey shows. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy polled 2,084 adults, and found 63% admitted to not taking enough exercise. Lack of exercise and unhealthy living has been...


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Deb Arthur is exactly right, "Losing Weight is a Gradual Process," the article appears in the "Wicked Local" by The Winchester Star. My goal is simple, walk 6000 miles in 5 years and see what happens. I know what the results will be, weight loss and fitness, and enjoying the process of getting into shape, because it's simple - I enjoy to walk, relieve stress, think and listen to music. "The Wicked Local" fitness writer, Deb Arthur's article has the right perspective, one you don't hear very often in todays, get slim fast world, the usual results are failure and the weight returns quickly...


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Now, if you can't take a slow, romantic walk in Italy, you're in real trouble. After all it is the summer travel season and what would unwind a couple of "A" type personalities than a trip to Italy with a couple of walking tours mixed in for good heath. A walking vacation is the right time to stroll arm-and-arm, slowly enjoying the moment and the scenery but when you're ZumeWalking, pick up those feet and get moving, especially if you've put in the time to build a fitness foundation. Please enjoy your trip first then get back to the exercise, it will wait for a week. Here are the top ten romantic...


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This is straight from Sharon at Rising Sun Fitness, the premier triathlon training in the Washington DC area. Summers are a great time for dinner salads, however be careful what you put ON them!! You may think you’re eating healthfully, but actually loading up on fat and sodium unless you watch the dressing.  Below are some healthy dressings and also keep in mind, squeezed lemon on salads, fat free cottage cheese INSTEAD of dressing, grilled peach instead of dressing (the juice will do the trick) and many more ideas! MEDITERRANEAN COUSCOUS SALAD: 1 cup whole wheat couscous ¼...


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