Blog: Tag / walking for wellness

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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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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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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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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