Walking Motivation

[bettybooping 29]

How many of you are getting your walking in? How long do you walk?

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[White Sale 339]

I walk about 40 minutes per day for four days in a row, then take one day off.

Truly, the hardest part is getting out the door. Whenever I'm feeling lazy, I remind myself that I paid darn good money to lose weight. Not only that, but I let someone cut into me and remove part of my body. No WAY am I going to let some temporary laziness or discomfort stop me from losing more.

I listen to podcasts to pass the time. I set the timer on my iPod for 20 minutes and head back home when it goes off.

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Playing PokemonGo and walking to hatch your eggs is great motivation. I walked 25 miles the first weekend I played.

[LittleLizzieLilliput 919]

I have lots of motivations:

• Maintenance Mode: I'm ready to get to the point I'm in maintenance mode. I am extra motivated to get the last 20-30 lbs off.
• Paying it forward: The more I move the easier it is to move so I know when I walk out the door today I'm making it easier to get out the door tomorrow.
• Escapism: I set up music and podcasts that make me happy and that is a real motivator. I'm a very busy person, I work from 8-8 in an executive type position. I have the stress of everyone's jobs on my shoulders, running the company from a business side (vs. the software/medical side), I am constantly stressed, like really really stressed. Having my 3 walks during the day, my yoga at 5 and then hitting the treadmill at home, all those things really help me release my stress from work. The first 3 minutes or so is just working out the stress, then I start getting into my music or the podcast, I laugh and am really getting in my steps with the sun shining and lots of oxygen hitting my brain and suddenly a lot of the stress rolls off my shoulders.
• Feeling Great: Finally, I feel GREAT when I've been exercising consistently. I have a bounce in my step, I'm full of energy and I feel like I've really got this whole thing handled, you know? It just makes me feel great physically and emotionally.

Edited September 28, 2017 by LittleLizzieLilliput