Tip of the Day

Walk 10,000 steps a day.

Get your self a good pedometer. One that tracks steps, miles, and calories and preferably holds onto your history. Every morning I weigh in on the wii fit and then record my steps from the day before and the time I spent walking. The wii fit graphs all your information out for you. If you don't have a wii fit you can record your results on a calendar and graph it out. Graphing is important. Every day is not going to be a good day. You will go up and down. The important thing is that you are trending down ward. Each high being lower that the one before, and each low being lower than the one before. I have had weeks of being about the same ie: plateauing. This is normal. It is your body adapting to your new weight level. Keep walking, the weight will start to fall offf again.

I started at 10, 000 a day and had sore legs legs the first 5 months. I was ok with that. For me sore legs means I am doing a good job. If soreness discourages you from excercizing then record a normal day of walking on your calendar. The next day aim for doing 50-100 more steps than the day before. Stay with that number for a week, and then up the number another 50-100. Continue this process until you reach 10,000.
For example say a normal day for you is 500 steps. Write that down on your calender on the date that you did it. The next day your goal is going to be 550-600 steps. Keep doing that everyday for a week and then up your new goal to 600-650 steps for a week.