Walking To Lose Weight

The feeling of loving being in my body is like money in the bank, an asset, and one of the benefits of walking to lose weight or just loving the activity in my life. To feel again that satisfaction that comes from knowing your body is working well. I walk and I can feel the looseness of the jeans around the tops of my legs. I feel the way my breathing is good when I climb stairs. I know I walk with straighter posture and balance. I move quicker when necessary, jumping out of the way of spilled coffee recently, for example.

I love doing things for myself again-those body care things like facials and body scrubs. My hair looks better. I swear!

I’ve said before that I had a time in the past when 2,000 steps a day was a highpoint of my active life. I also spent a lot of time in bed. And I lost weight! This is also typical for those recovering from long term illness or disability.

I misguidedly thought this was good. I was down to a weight that had seemed impossible. Of course I had lost muscle and gained fat. I thought that it didn’t matter. As I started improving and moving around I started eating and gained a lot of weight, again mainly fat. Then I started several years of exercising and losing weight and stopping exercise and gaining weight and starting again and losing weight…

Now I have added something which I have never done before, I’ve built a lifestyle which supports exercise, through walking to lose weight.

This change coincides with starting working from home. This requires a lifestyle change anyway. So I am able to combine the changes in a way which is beneficial for both my business and weight loss.

I have a new found respect for the foundation support necessary for success at business. It is easy to take for granted the structures that enable our work when in a corporate environment.

By deciding to buy the tools and assistance which have made a big difference in my home business, I have learned the many benefits of using services or products which simply make it easier to do what you want to do. e.g.back up services for those times when you can’t meet a deadline in time or with alacrity.

With my weight loss program it is the many accessories which bring joy or function to my daily walking. This could be my new shoes or the tiny bags which look good and keep all my necessary bits together, or the personal trainer on the Wii Fit, and my mainstay for rainy weather, Walk Away the Pounds.

Walking to lose weight as a lifestyle takes the pressure off. It means that I know by the feel of my clothes that I am losing weight and trimming. I also know the difference of feeling sure that this is ongoing and will continue while I am doing what I am doing. The first 6 months of walking to lose weight I lost 5 kg. This last month I have lost 2.4 kg. All together just under 15 lb.

Resiliency is the best attribute to bring to life. Bring it to your walking for weight loss path as well. Walking to lose weight requires resiliency. Once you make it through those early days after the initial enthusiasm has worn off and it’s raining and your best friend has given it away, you will glow with the success of making it this far. And the miracle of our bodies can unfold because these wonderful blood and muscle machines have everything you need to be the vehicle for your fabulous life.

See the exercise and diet efforts you are making as deposits in your bank account. It all adds up. I am an advocate of using whatever walking to lose weight, diet, coaching or lifestyle support, assists you in getting there. Choose wisely however.

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