Walking for 2 hours a day
After a hair raising few hours (due to a lack of technical ability on my part) I’ve managed to upgrade this blog from WordPress.com to WordPress 2.7 – and I’m really pleased with the results. I particularly wanted to use this theme (Frozenage) as I absolutely adore the winter and walking in snow is one of my most favourite things to do in the whole world. Hope you like it!
OK, back to business. I’ve had quite a few comments/emails regarding the walking for 2 hours a day thing. Consensus seems to be it’s a great thing to aim for but a little over-ambitious and, well, frankly extreme. As I mentioned before I’m lucky enough to work from home so I can fit in a long but very early morning walk without panicking about showering and catching the train into the city. However, even if I have to get up at 5am to fit in a walk I’ll just have to grit my teeth and do it. Walking everyday is a must but unless I give myself a goal that stretches me day in and day out I’m afraid I’ll slip back into old habits – missing the odd day, then the odd week, then the odd year…..
It was this article http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/21472/hours-fat-fit that made me sit up and take notice. I’m not diabetic but I’m absolutely on the way to being one if I carry on eating the crap that I do, I know that. Walking for 2 hours a day and eating a healthy diet can only improve my health and hopefully reverse some of the damage I’ve done to myself and it’s something that I know I can do and something I can stick at. All the naturally slim people I know walk everywhere and eat good quality food only when they are hungry – I think that speaks volumes.
Tags: Walking, Weight Loss
Doesn’t sound extreme to me. Enviable more like. If you can find two hours every day then go for it. I shall be following your progress with interest – best of luck.
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That Is not extreme. I walk every day for two hours with my dogs, we all benefit.
Keep It up
Walking Weight Loss…
1. Make water your favorite drink. A person must have a minimum of 8 glasses of water in a day.
Avoid taking soft drinks or carbonated beverages; moreover replace them with water.
Water helps in reducing weight in the most effective manner.
2. Don……
I have been walking 2 hours everyday including weekends for the past 2 weeks straight. The weight hasn’t gone down as much as I wanted, but my pants are starting to feel looser and dropped a total of 5 pounds.
I can’t do 2 hours straight, so I walk once in the morning or afternoon, and once after dinner.
2 more weeks and I’ll be able to hit my goal.
i easily Loss Weight by just avoiding a high carb and foods high in saturated fats. exercise is also very important in losing weight that is why i did cardio.
Hi!
I used to walk 2 hours a day a couple of years ago, without changing the way I ate hardly at all and lost 5 pounds in a month…Understand that it was almost everyday and I didn’t do it fast, just regular walking or small steps..When I want to watch a movie I just put on my runners, with my treadmill on 2.5 and I am going at a pace that doesn’t bug me at all while watching..AND in 2 hours (most movies nowadays are getting to be that long w/trailers from other movies in it) and BAM that is 5 miles walked!! I am going to try this all over again, have post preggars weight to get rid of! Starting today!