Most of you are not enjoying summer right now. Some of the above relies on the warm weather but the easiest way to enjoy walking to lose weight during December is to use this time to reinforce your overall goal. Busy means activity, means long hours on your feet-this all counts! Thinking about other people, buying or wrapping gifts, feeding friends, planning parties, is a distraction from food.

Add music and you’ve got a magic combination!

If you are one of the few who don’t currently see the benefits of including fun tools such as ipods or mp3 players in your walking to lose weight accessory list, recent research may cause you to re-think.

Music has value when teaching physical skills to children, can lower stress, increase intelligence and benefits heart patients, makes you feel better, as well as having positively enlivening effects on the heart by expanding blood vessels and by lifting emotions while listening to music you enjoy.

Walking, listening to music, laughing, having fun, relaxing, has an efficacy when applied to our lives. Imagine your doctor writing you a prescription for fun! Take a look at the funner (!) tools-this might be a particular friend who you always have a good time with. Reread some invigorating or inspiring blogs and posts. Post them on the walkling to lose weight FriendFeed room, with a comment.

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Extra activity needed for weight loss

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Walking is so low tech…if you want it to be! The easier, cheaper and simpler solution to fitness and overweight issues, can be fun for just about everyone. Not all want this of course, and there are truly wonderful action options in our world. Stripped down though, walking has it all- including gear and gadgets which take the experience to a whole new level.

http://friendfeed.com/rooms/walking-to-lose-weight

As an adjunct to your walking fun program why not try out the FriendFeed room I’ve just started, for walkers to share thoughts or results, or something else fun. Also drop in links to other people or news items which are where you think it is at! Comment or ask questions of other contributors. See this as an opportunity to vary how you do what you do, or share your perspective on walking to lose weight.

Ultimately walking successfully for weight loss requires arranging to make it fun. This can easily be the key- focus on positive thoughts, interests, viewpoints. Avoid revving yourself up to the point where you attempt to walk all day i.e. resist overdoing it. Balance between stretching yourself towards your goals, versus rushing ahead, before you are ready. Preparation helps make walking fun everyday.

Each time I find a new way of increasing walking in a fun way, I feel that I am in control of my life, particularly weight management. I live an abundant life, with multiple food choices. I enjoy eating because it is a pleasure and a social focus. There are many wonderful healthy or calorie conscious diets. A walk after a meal balances the body, and is a standard health rule even today. After eating too much, a walk helps you feel better.

Walking is a magnificent addition to any life. It adds stamina, good sleep, fun, destressing, boosted spirits…and weight loss!

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As you can tell I now use Twitter to supplement my positive attitude when walking, after walking or before walking. I write this blog. I record my separate walks in the About.com forum. Many free and paid options exist for getting help when walking to lose weight.

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