#Walk it off!  Studies from both the University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee showed that people who walk fewer than 5,000 steps per day were heavier than those who walked at least 9,000 steps; and those who upped their movement to 10,000 steps per day were linked to having a higher (good) HDL, lower blood pressure, stabilized blood sugar, lower weight and less body fat.

The good news is that you are more than likely already half way there!  You are likely to be walking 5,000 steps per day just by running errands, doing errands, or going to and from work!

Pedometers are inexpensive, easy to use and can be a great reminder for you to move it, move it, walk it off!

Today’s #Oneword is #WALK
Here, 10 quotes to inspire you hit the pavement!

If you seek creative ideas go walking.
Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.  ~ Raymond I. Myers

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking. ~ Friedrich Neitzsche

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it … but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill … Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot. ~ Wendell Berry

Now shall I walk or shall I ride?
‘Ride,’ Pleasure said;
‘Walk,’ Joy replied. ~ William Henry Davies

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep on walking. ~ Michael Patrick King

Walking . . . is how the body measures itself against the earth.  ~  Rebecca Solnit

He could tell by the way animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to.  ~ Laura Adams Armer

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish. ~ Charles Dickens

Walking in the morning takes you to beautiful places where light and shade make love. ~ Prof. Mohamed Shareef

For more motivation, join Our Lady of Weight Loss‘s Club:  Facebook/A Kick in the Tush Club!

Spread the word–NOT the icing,

Janice Taylor
Life & Wellness Coach, Weight Loss Expert
Wise * Fun * Utterly Useful

Dictated by Our Lady of Weight Loss, but not read:  excuse typos!

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