Walking for Fitness, Health and Weight Loss
by Dada Vedaprajinananda
There is no way around it, if you want to lose weight you have to be
active. Recently a study was done focusing on people who owned dogs.
It was found that the dog-owners, who were obliged to take their dogs
for a walk every day, lost up to 14 pounds because of this extra activity.
14 pounds is more or less the amount of weight that is lost in most
weight loss programs.
So what can we learn from this study? That you have to get a dog to
lose weight? No, the study shows that just a little bit of extra walking
can make a big difference.
Examine your current life style. Do you walk a few steps to your car
in the morning, and then arrive at work and walk a few more steps to
your office or workplace and then sit down? Do you walk a few more steps
at the end of the work day to reach your car, where you sit and drive
home. Do you then walk from the car to the house and enjoy dinner and
spend the rest of the evening watching TV? If your life is like this,
or resembles this sedentary pattern, then you have to do something about
it.
You can sign up for some exercise classes. Join a sports league. Get
some fitness equipment and do workouts. You can go jogging on a regular
basis. These are some of the usual means of adding activity to modern
life styles.
But if you are not the athletic type there are simpler ways to do it,
similar to the dog walking. Here are a few ways to add the extra exercise
to your present life:
1. Walk whenever you can
If you have an errand that can be done by walking, then leave your
car in the garage and walk to fetch your child, buy a loaf of bread
or drop a letter in a mailbox
2. After dinner take a walk
An old proverb says "After lunch, rest a while. After dinner, walk
a mile". If you haven't gotten any exercise during your daytime activities
then go for a walk after dinner. It will help you to digest your evening
meal, which is extremely important for your overall well being, and
it will help you to burn some calories as well
3. Skip the elevator, escalator and moving walkways
Instead of using the elevator for one or two flights of stairs, use
your feet! In the airport, walk to the next gate instead of getting
on the moving walkway.
4. Get a dog!
Why not? If you like animals, then the time you take to walk your dog
will help you a lot.
How much walking is necessary? If you walk around 45 minutes every
day then you will keep fit and lose weight. If you walk 60 minutes every
day you will probably live to be 100.
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