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  • FitGamerSmoak
    FitGamerSmoak Posts: 224 Member
    Great job! My best was almost 6 miles, and I literally got home and laid on the floor for about an hour.
  • ptkat28
    ptkat28 Posts: 99 Member
    I am still new at this, but I actually don't count how far I have walked, I count the calories I have burned. Yes, using a treadmill! I walk about 40-45 min a day, plus have been doing about 35 min of yard work a day too.
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    getup25 wrote: »
    I walked 10 minutes yesterday. Mind you, I had a knee scope about a month ago and heart issues about 3 weeks ago. I think I'm doing good.

    You are!

    And congrats OP! I also consider your four milers on the treadmill an accomplishment because I can't stand the thing.
  • Virkati
    Virkati Posts: 679 Member
    Congratulations OP!! I did 5.25 miles at the city park on Saturday and found out that my body wasn't quite ready for it. I've been doing a 30 minute walk several days a week during my lunch break for the last couple of weeks and I'm really feeling a difference in myself. Over 10 miles...that's in my future. Not the NEAR future though!!
  • LoveDoc66
    LoveDoc66 Posts: 22 Member
    Just logged back on after 2 days!! The big walk made me kinda sore . so I took it easy for 2days.. Going to a class tonight with one of my friends. We will be doing ab work.. That ought to mix it up.. Need to get that bike out.. I have so much I want to do..and want this FAT OFF ME !!
    IT takes time I know... Ugggggg
  • LoveDoc66
    LoveDoc66 Posts: 22 Member
    PS: thanks for all the positive thoughts on the walk....
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    echmainfit619 wrote: »
    Walkers usually measure their steps. How many steps is that for you?

    I don't count steps either, not for deliberate walking anyway. When I walk for exercise it's about pace and distance.

    OP - 10 miles is great!
  • Jaikagen
    Jaikagen Posts: 32 Member
    i did 9 miles a couple of months ago, that was 22.5k steps for me, hips and knees were painful for days!

    Well done OP
  • Emily3907
    Emily3907 Posts: 1,445 Member
    Impressive! I walk about 4 to 4.5 a day and I usually do it on the treadmill. My treadmill trick is finding a really good TV series and watching it on netflix or amazon. Keeps me entertained and my eyes off the clock. I also use a towel to cover the whole treadmill screen so I don't focus on my time too much.
  • llUndecidedll
    llUndecidedll Posts: 724 Member
    edited May 2015
    Good job with the mileage. Walking is an amazing way to relax and exercise. The most I've walked is a little over 10 miles when I was trying to complete the 100 mile walk/run/bike challenge. I love walking on the treadmill and outside. Walking outside seems to be the most therapeutic for me, but I love cranking up the incline on the treadmill and walking while watching one of my favorite shows. I prefer the treadmill because I burn way more calories with the added incline than walking my local terrain. Happy walking.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    mamapeach910 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    I do my best thinking while walking.

    It's weird, I can't think when I'm walking, if I'm really pushing myself hard enough. It's like my body's working too hard or something. My mind will drift, but I can't really focus. My mind pretty much empties.

    Normal. I got that when I started running too... then I started being able to focus my mind a little bit. But yeah, I love walking too because it gives me time to think!

    And 10 miles is impressive. I only went over that once in 2 years, 12 miles in NYC last January when we had -30 windchills, good times, lol. I actually really want to sign up for that 25 miles walk in October but I can't imagine raising the necessary $1500 and it would cost too much to sleep there, so I'm sadly not doing it.
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    I believe that it is not about how you walk, where you walk or the length of your walk. It's about getting the walking done! I have been a walker for years. At the many different gyms where I have had memberships, pushing a double stroller up and down the hills of my neighborhood when my kids were small, in the high temps of south Florida, on the trail system of Summit County Ohio. It's all beneficial to our goals of weight loss and healthy living.
  • ptkat28
    ptkat28 Posts: 99 Member
    csofled wrote: »
    I believe that it is not about how you walk, where you walk or the length of your walk. It's about getting the walking done! I have been a walker for years. At the many different gyms where I have had memberships, pushing a double stroller up and down the hills of my neighborhood when my kids were small, in the high temps of south Florida, on the trail system of Summit County Ohio. It's all beneficial to our goals of weight loss and healthy living.

    Love this!! :wink:
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