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Add extra steps every day by parking (or getting off a bus) farther from the building entrance. Then, take at least one flight of stairs if you're able.

This may seem too small or trivial to matter, but it isn't! I almost always do both of these, but one day, I went to the gym with a friend and rode the elevator with her. It honestly took me longer to find my usual pace for walking!

A few extra steps and maybe a flight of stairs helps you "get started" with less effort!

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No equipment is needed and you have the extra benefit of saving gas if you drive!

- Submitted by TRESA7 1/19/2013 in Exercise | 1 Comments

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Look for ways to add extra steps to your day. I live in NYC and therefore don't have a car, but I choose routes that are less than direct or walk 5 blocks to take the bus home rather than a half block to the subway. If you drive, park at the furthest (safe) spot from the shop you're going to. Even a few extra steps adds up fast!

- Submitted by SAFARIBABE 1/19/2013 | 5 Comments | View Secret

Parking far from the door

When I drive to work or a store I find one of the furthest parking spots from the door and then I feel it adds steps and walking to my day. Also using stairs instead of escalators or elevators adds extra steps.

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When everyone else takes the escalator I run the stairs and beat them to our destination:)

- Submitted by KIMDONN 1/19/2013 | 4 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 1/19/2013 | 23 Comments | View Secret

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