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04-07-2008, 03:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: under a palm tree sippin pepsi | | | how far do you walk?
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i walk 3 miles a day and it takes me 50-55 min. to do it. sucks bein fat. as a kid it never really bothered me. now as im in my mid 40s i have noticed i get winded a bunch easier than i use to. i have lost 50+ lbs since i started. now not so much. i reckon i need to turn up the wick. bye bye to my drink of choice, pepsi 
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04-07-2008, 03:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | | I've got a nice 5.3 mile route that takes me an hour and 15 minutes if I'm really haulin'.
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04-07-2008, 03:45 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | 45 minutes over 5 k if I miss my bus  |
04-07-2008, 04:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: under a palm tree sippin pepsi | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Siff  I've got a nice 5.3 mile route that takes me an hour and 15 minutes if I'm really haulin'. | you got it in the wind, thats cruisin right along. i got tired just readin that.
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04-07-2008, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: surrey, uk | | | about 45 mins a day minimum, at the weekend i try to walk at least an hour a day.its not that much but its keeping me in shape and the fresh air puts me in a good mood
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04-07-2008, 04:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dartmouth, Canada | | | I don't do it for my physical fitness, but I walk about 5 km a day with my dogs, while they run considerably farther (probably 15 km I would guess). The benefit to living right by an international airport is that there's a giant field off the south end of one of the runways that is about 600 m by 600 m and is basically a dog park. |
04-07-2008, 04:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | Walk every day to and from classes. |
04-07-2008, 04:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I used to walk a LOT before my feet started giving me trouble. Plantar fascitis and other problems have cut me back to where I can walk 9 holes (about 2.5 miles) and anything more than that is frankly painful. But I still make it a point to walk whenever I'm headed somewhere that's less than a mile and I have time to do so.
About the Pepsi - diet soft drinks are your friends. It takes 1-2 weeks to get used to the difference in taste.
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04-07-2008, 04:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On The Bayou | | | 3 - 6 miles a day |
04-07-2008, 04:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Avondale Estates, GA, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mike phillips you got it in the wind, thats cruisin right along. i got tired just readin that. | Well, three miles is a good workout, too. It doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as you're getting out there. And losing 50+ pounds is a great achievement.
You're right about the Pepsi, it's gotta go. I dropped about ten pounds in a month when I stopped taking sugar in my daily Dunkin' Donuts coffee. Now I use Splenda and drink Diet Mountain Dew, and I'm slowly wearing a hole in my aorta from artificial sweetener.. 
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04-07-2008, 04:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On The Bayou | | | Keep on walkin' |
04-07-2008, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Edinburgh & Dundee, Scotland | | About 3 or so miles each day.
Some weekends i used to walk home from a night out in dundee or perth (closest cities to me). About 18 miles from one and 16 from the other  . (saves £30 on a taxi! plus its peaceful for once!)
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04-07-2008, 09:13 PM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | I shoot for 5 miles 3 days a week. Not as much as i should be, but it's part of a gradual life style change i'm working on. I too have started to walk because of feeling drastically out of shape.
That mixed with cutting back on the amount of soda i drink is working pretty well. I enjoy drinking Iced Tea-so i've started taking a bottle [27 oz] with me to work instead of buying a 20 oz soda at 7-11. I drink between 2 & 3 gallons of tea a week minimum.
My next addition to the change is lifting 4-5 days a week in addition to the walking.
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04-07-2008, 09:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | as far as it takes, man... as far as it takes.
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04-07-2008, 10:39 PM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Mid 40's here, had to give up real running because both knees are pretty well shot. I "run" 5 days a week on an elliptical trainer for 30 minutes each day. I think the distance (including the resistance, which cycles in and out and is substantial) is supposed to be about 2 miles. I've been doing this for several years first thing in the morning, and it helps me keep my weight constant (and on the lean side) without further ruining my knees. The machine has been a real lifesaver for me. |
04-08-2008, 01:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Vorago 45 minutes over 5 k if I miss my bus | That's not too bad. I do a total of about 80 minutes of walking every day.
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04-08-2008, 04:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Gold Coast | | | Since cracking two vertibrae in my neck and crushing one disc and rupturing another put me out of action for about 6 months , . . and put on about 30 kilo's
Just walking has become a pleasure, in fact I started off doing just a few hundred yards a couple of times a day,
Now , I take my young blokes dog and try to do at least 3 Kilometers (thats for the dog) depending on the heat,
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04-08-2008, 04:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | How far is the fridge?
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04-08-2008, 04:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brussels | | | 20 secs to the car.
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04-08-2008, 05:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: On The Bayou | | | On my last really big diet, I was up to 12 miles a day for about a year. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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