Come On Walking to Lose Weight!
Come on-you know this! You know how to lose weight! Walking to lose weight is one of the most recommended treatments for lack of fitness and health issues due to overweight. It is the easier option and money isn’t an issue. We know money is never the main issue or Oprah wouldn’t be struggling with her weight. The reasons you use for not walking are the tip of your own personal iceberg. So come with Walking to Lose Weight if you have more on your mind then weight loss.
Articles and experts who tell us that women in particular gain weight over 40 as their metabolic rates decrease are simply offering an explanation for why many people experience weight gain. In the public mind the reason is often seen as the age increase instead of the accumulation of life experiences that pull our commitment and brain space all over the place.
Weight gain has a lot to do with your lifestyle. Not just one ‘wrong’ thing but a series of choices that can detract from health and well being. I’ve put those other non-weight issues in there as overwhelm and excess stress is one way of accumulating weight instead of wealth and good times.
Gradually as we live our lives over many years our daily lives change. Levels of physical activity, body issues and commitments, take the focus away from connecting your body with yourself. I like to say that there is only one fact about our bodies-it will definitely be with you until the day you die!
Walking is a passion of mine as it is a wonderful way to bring balance back into your mindset. As walking to lose weight offers benefits for those having other issues such as anxiety, depression, health concerns, on top of wishing to lose weight, it is a remarkable tool for repairing your lifestyle. Yes it takes ‘longer’ to lose depending on where you start from-but taking a bit of time doesn’t matter when you recognise that these are changes you’re making for life! It is not a short term exercise! Whatever you use to lose the weight is likely to be required post weight loss to keep up the results. So the way you choose to lose weight is a choice you make about how you will live your life forever.
Sorry if you’re a ‘just the facts’ sort of person. Actually I’m not sorry. Heaps of people live their lives as though their body belongs to someone else and if they just nag it enough it will do ‘the right thing’. Does this work with your children?
It is just possible that if you create a new level of relationship with your body you might learn how to have a new way of talking to your children as well. Don’t however go there too soon.
Part of the typical problem is the swamping of your self respect around your body, a ‘sacrifice’ of it as a priority because you have other priorities now. If you had role models from the previous generation who had kept their own body goals with the addition of husband, children, bosses, etc. then you might have skipped any neglect issues around your own body. Certainly post-2000 generations are fortunate to have a media which promotes the continued body care after marriage and pregnancy of many women in the arts and entertainment, and now for everyday people.
Those who still have the hangover of expectations that married women, mothers and grandmothers should act, look and be, less concerned about their own priorities may find it hard to easily keep fit and healthy.
I will be starting a new approach to Walking to Lose Weight that incorporates the self care issues. Walking is my favourite way to de-stress. It is also a great way to get fitter, feel younger and look good.
