Walkers of the world UNITE!

hey there, i love to power walk - it sometimes turns into a jog / walk but I love the power of walking with a purpose. How do you stay motivatied to walk inside. I went outside to day and did about 4.5- 5 miles. Inside I can barely do 2 miles. Way to go keep it up.

Yeah walkers!!!!!
I love to walk. It doesn't cost anything and you can do it anywhere also even FAT people can do it.
Started 6 months ago with barely able to walk a 1/4 mile at a slow speed now I do 3-4 miles a day and once a week (twice if I overate) I do a 8-10 mile walk. I try to keep to a 3.5 mile speed but on the longer walks I do 3 miles/hour. I asked for a IPod for christmas and just love it. I downloaded all kinds of songs (country, disco, 50s to 80s) and just bebop along. I am lucky that I live in New York there are a million different places to walk - the beach, the park and just through the streets. I've walked in the cold and the heat just not snow or rain. Then I am indoors on the threadmill or I have a trampoline. I put on some music and go or I put on a TV show to watch to keep me going. I tried jogging and the boob problem is true but also I got too out of breathe and had to quit early.

HAPPY WALKING ALL!!!!!

I'm a walker too ~ I love walking My Yorkie takes me out for walks at least once a day. He's a wonderful and very dependable walking partner . I have the Walk Away the Pounds DVDs too ~ and recently dusted them off. This week, I got through the 2 mile, but haven't tried the 3 mile yet! It's a great workout.

Another walker here! I have walked forty pounds off so far, and still going! I *love* walking. It is the one cardio that I actually tolerate well, and when I walk outside (which is a rare treat) I really enjoy it. I found some good ideas on this thread, I think I will try to get outside for a long walk maybe every other week. I will have to get DH to watch the baby.

I have a 2 1/2 yr. old, so I walk every day at naptime on my treadmil. Right now I do 63 mins. a day, 6 days a week. I burn 400 cals, walk at 3.6 speed, and max out at 5.5% hills. When I first started walking I only did 20 minutes at a time. I just added a few minutes at a time, little by little till my endurance built up.

I am about to add a body scuplting routine three days a week.

Well, I'm just starting out with the walking inside routine. But I really don't have much choice. It's walk inside or go outside and risk the wilderness and/or possible heat stroke. It's so hot out here from May through most of October. The only reason to be outside during the summer in FL is if you're going to the pool.
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I quess we have to do what we have to do. Here in Northern Canada May to Oct. are the only times of the year that we can go out side. Nov to April are icey and snowy. So I either cross country ski or I do the threadmil

Another walker here! I have walked forty pounds off so far, and still going! I *love* walking. It is the one cardio that I actually tolerate well, and when I walk outside (which is a rare treat) I really enjoy it. I found some good ideas on this thread, I think I will try to get outside for a long walk maybe every other week. I will have to get DH to watch the baby.

I have a 2 1/2 yr. old, so I walk every day at naptime on my treadmil. Right now I do 63 mins. a day, 6 days a week. I burn 400 cals, walk at 3.6 speed, and max out at 5.5% hills. When I first started walking I only did 20 minutes at a time. I just added a few minutes at a time, little by little till my endurance built up.

I am about to add a body scuplting routine three days a week.

I will be sooooooooo happy to get to the day when I can say "I have walked forty pounds off" !! Good for you, Girl. Adding a body sculpting routine will really help in the fat loss too. It really needs to be a combo. I'm going to do the same really soon.

Walker and a runner but can't seem to find time to hop on the treadmill or go outside for my usual morning runs.
Shall we set a goal?????

~Joanna:flowerforyou:

Sounds good to me. What kind of goal did you have in mind?

Me too.

I love to walk. Especially where there are hills. I do about 5 a day. 3 with the kids and dogs in the stroller and than another 2 with the kids "on our own feets mom" with the dogs. They are nature lovers, so we look at leaves and flowers and the ducks and clouds and count cars and what color stuff is and sign shapes. So, it is educational and beneficial. All three of us are healthy. Now that the rains are starting to stop, I want to get back up to 8 or so a day.

Walk-aholic here too! I have a treadmill in my basement that I recently dusted off since joining MFP..now I'm addicted. I usually load up one of my favorite shows on the laptop and walk walk walk! Right now I do 5 days a week between 45-65 min..about 400 calories burned and 4 or so miles. Sometimes I jog but not for more than ten minutes due to....well I want to live for another day, haha!! I want to run but after ten minutes I can barely breath and get a lovely cramp in my side...one of these days it'll happen..till then I'm gonna keep on walking! :glasses:

LOL. My DH is a runner and he always says "why don't you run, you can burn the same amount of calories in half the time." Yeah right- run for 30 mins- no thanks. I actually like to walk, I hate running. THe longest I have ever run was 20 mins, and I hated every minute of it.

Well, I did my mile walk to my mom's house and here I am! lol It seemed hard today, I was sleepy, and it's a little warm out there, but I did it! lol I'm probably going to walk my bro's kids up to the playground later and get some more exercise there

Another walker here! I have walked forty pounds off so far, and still going! I *love* walking. It is the one cardio that I actually tolerate well, and when I walk outside (which is a rare treat) I really enjoy it. I found some good ideas on this thread, I think I will try to get outside for a long walk maybe every other week. I will have to get DH to watch the baby.

I have a 2 1/2 yr. old, so I walk every day at naptime on my treadmil. Right now I do 63 mins. a day, 6 days a week. I burn 400 cals, walk at 3.6 speed, and max out at 5.5% hills. When I first started walking I only did 20 minutes at a time. I just added a few minutes at a time, little by little till my endurance built up.

I am about to add a body scuplting routine three days a week.

I will be sooooooooo happy to get to the day when I can say "I have walked forty pounds off" !! Good for you, Girl. Adding a body sculpting routine will really help in the fat loss too. It really needs to be a combo. I'm going to do the same really soon.

Thanks! You'll get there with walking!!! It really is a great exercise, minimal risk of injury, easy on the joints, enjoyable. I am heading to walmart tonite to get my dumbells. Here is a link to the sculpting routine I plan on doing (a friend found this for me):

http://health.msn.com/fitness/womens-fitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100199207&GT1=31036

I walk to work too. It's about 45 mins - 1.6 miles each way. The good thing is that because I moved to somewhere kind of rural, I don't drive, and the bus service is almost non-existant, it forces me to do it. Although the nice woman I work with has been offering me rides home. I figure that walking at least one way is good enough most of the time. I do try to do the 90mins back and forth a couple times a week.