Walking to Lose Weight-Day 23
Comfort Food, Losing Weight
Overweight can have a lot to do with eating for comfort, a habit learned in childhood, for many people.
Weight loss can be an uncomfortable process.
Immediately a tension is created.
Often your success is determined by how well the Walking to Lose Weight process can be comforting for you. There are 2 aspects to this: the physical and self image.
Your Body
Your body is not you. It is a part of who you are but is a short term representation of the total you. As you are today is temporary. The cells in our bodies constantly change having varying life spans. Our hair and fingernails grow. The way your body looks is ever changing. If for some reason you are not satisfied with you body remember that change is happening. In minute details, if not more, your body has already changed for the good.
In walking to lose weight it is far easier to get started and to have less concern about the physical aspects of the process.
It is important to have the right and comfortable attire, especially shoes, and appropriate gear for outside conditions. Often these items are already in the wardrobe.
Weather is controllable by exercising inside or in a gym or other air conditioned environment.
The warm up and slow down with walking …is walking. Easily done.
Do people look silly walking? Not often.
The pace with which you start is up to you. It is not likely to damage your body by walking slowly if you are inactive or rehabilitating, and faster if you are basically fit.
The physical discomfort exercising does bring if you push your body, as is likely, must be bearable. Only experience will tell how much extra you can ask of it without running to the chocolate. Balancing this is a fine but important task for walking for weight loss.
Self Image
Self image is a major part of the 31 Ways to Losing Weight Walking journey. Through out this process you must retain a positive view of yourself. Often our focus moves to ways for you to find emotional support in maintaining the exercise and calorie reduction necessary.
It may surprise you to realise that by putting appropriate self or body appreciation along side the walking and calorie burning, it can expedite your success.
Comfort Zone
The stress caused by going outside your comfort zone threatens to send you back towards your reliable method of de-stressing: eating.
One way of expanding your comfort zone is a non-threatening walking or exercising process at home. This is where walking DVDs and the Wii Fit can be very helpful.
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