Walk Walk Walk ... Walk Walk Walk

The fitness portion of my weight loss effort and campaign to live a healthier life thus far has been a bit slow in coming together. As I made mention in a prior blog post, I am going to be working with a personal trainer as well as a yoga instructor. The personal trainer I am engaging is opening up a new studio in Denver and we had a scheduling glitch. Thus, I actually begin this part of the process on Tuesday of this coming week.

In the interim, I have focused heavily on my diet and have made some significant progress in this regard. In addition, I have enhanced my own level of physical activity while awaiting a more formalized fitness regimen.

At the heart of my interim exercise and fitness regimen is walking. I’ve set a daily goal of walking five miles. A good deal of that mileage is incorporated within my day to day activities associated with work and other aspects of daily living. For example, when heading to my first meeting of the day, I combined the light rail trail with walking and have put in over a mile first thing this morning.

In addition to providing at least some boost to my overall physical wellbeing, and aiding to some degree in my efforts to lose weight, I also enjoy other tangible benefits from walking. Walking proves to be a stress reliever. I am best able to enjoy stress relief through walking when I block out half an hour to an hour for walking.

As a writer by profession, an important component of my job is thinking. I find that I do not effectively think when I am sitting at a desk in front of my computer. Walking provides me an opportunity to think through a writing project I am working on. Moreover, time and again I find that new ideas pop into my head while I am walking.

Even when I begin a more coordinated and comprehensive fitness regimen with a personal trainer, I intend to continue walking on a daily basis. Indeed, because my fitness regimen will be comprehensive, walking will be a coordinated element of that effort.

I can report that I have knocked five pounds off my weight to date. I have 45 pounds more to go to reach my goal.

Stay tuned.

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                                                   Mike Broemmel - Walking