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Adding On An Errand

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I've started adding an "errand" I can walk to onto my trips to the gym -- for example, on the way there I'll walk to the cash machine, or on the way home I'll walk to the drugstore to pick up a prescription. It's a great way to do a little bit more warm up or cool-down...and even on days when I don't have time to go to the gym, if I can get in a walking errand, at least I can count that as a little bit of cardio!

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A side benefit of this is that I can track how fast I can get to and from things in my neighborhood for future reference: "Oh, the bank? Ten minute walk from my place."

- Submitted by PUFFPASTRY 10/12/2010 in Exercise | 4 Comments

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Stop for a Walk

Now that the daylight lasts longer, I keep a pair of walking shoes in the car, my drive home takes me past or close to several walking paths. By keeping the shoes in the car I can stop on a whim to walk - 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or longer - whatever the evening schedule allows331

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Add this to your list of errands - bring an MP3 player - the music will help you keep pace.

- Submitted by PATTID5 10/12/2010 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Carry some weight and burn calories

When you’re grocery shopping or running errands, wear a backpack with a 5-or 10-pound bag of sugar inside to increase resistance and burn more calories. Add purchases to your load as it becomes easier. Burns 20 calories(for an hour of errands)

- Submitted by MABTE52 10/12/2010 | 0 Comments | View Secret

Adding Steps

Park further away. Whether shopping, at work, or running errands, those extra steps add up. You can easily add a few hundred extra steps per day just by parking at the far end of the parking lot and if you are someplace where you have to pay for parking you may save money too. Those extra calories burned by those extra steps will add up to extra weight lost.

- Submitted by SHARJOPAUL 10/12/2010 | 23 Comments | View Secret

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