but, i'm feeling very confident that i'm going to stick with it this time, so here goes,,,
i started walking again this week!
for now i'm walking between 1 mile to about 1.6 miles per day.. my only criteria is that i go out and do it, but i'm definitely trying to at least stick to a mile a day minimum. i got rid of my old "fourteen mins of anything" habit cal, and have started a fresh urban ranger one, and i'm pleased to say i have four days of walking in so far!
i even did a tiny bit of walking alternating with jog/fast walking, to get my heart up a bit more
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since i've given up over the past 10 years on basically any regular exercise after a brief honeymoon period of maybe three or four months, my main concern is that i won't keep this up long term. i truly want to do it and stick it out this time and have it become a part of my life.. i'd like to look back in a few years time and say "i didn't give up", and hopefully by then, i will be in *much* much better shape to boot
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it did really pick my mood up to go walking and i had fun, so i'm feeling fairly optimistic that this is doable, so long as i don't become over ambitious.
my son has been my inspiration. in the past two years he's been running on the track team and doing core exercises as well, and he has *completely* transformed his body.. he's gone down from a 34 pants size to 28 and looks amazing! he had a rough start back then, when he first joined track and was a good 25 lbs heavier, but he didn't give up.. even when he came in last at basically, all his track meets.. he persevered though, and now he runs with ease and is in wonderful shape.
i'm glad i've started now, as in past years i'd wait till mid summer to start exercising.. i think i've got a good head start now.
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