These boots are made for walking...

Ok...well I don't know how far I would make it in a pair of boots...but walking I LOVE!!!

Sometimes it is hard in a busy schedule to fit in exercise! One of the ways that I fit in a little more walking is when I am shopping. If I go to Walmart, the mall..anywhere I go, I don't keep circling around until something close opens up, I park towards the end of the parking lot and walk.

Today I took my youngest two shopping for spring and summer clothes. We picked a central parking spot at the outlet mall that we were at and came up with a plan to get in our walking. We would go to a store, take our purchase to the car, walk to another store, take the purchase to the car..etc..and throw in a couple of bathroom trips which were a bit aways from where we were...and got in a bit of walking.

Take advantage of the good parking because not to many people park in the spaces that are a little bit away.

Also another good thing to do is buy a pedometer! They are fairly reasonable to purchase most places. They say you should try to average at least 10,000 steps per day. I wear mine everywhere I go! I keep it beside my bed at night and when I get up in the mornings, I put it on and it's the last thing I take off at night! You really see how much you are moving when you have one!

Make it fun. My husband (when he is not on the road traveling) and I have a competition going that whoever has the least amount of steps at the end of the week...has to pay for our date night! I think I have only lost a couple of times since we started doing this! You could even do that with a friend. Set up a friendly challenge to see who gets the most steps for a week and plan a friends night out and whoever looses has to pay for the meal (with in reason) :o)

If you don't make exercise fun, you won't keep up with it. Find something you like to do and as the Nike motto says :"Just DO IT!" Check with your local Y or fitness center, they offer water aerobics, spinning classes, aerobics, etc..but find something to do!

Quote for today:
"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." Doug Firebaugh

PS..the picture today is of me in at the start of the 2010 Turkey Trot...I have really grown to LOVE doing the Turkey Trot!