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Hi Melanie,

I think taking the kids to the park could be an
excellent "purposeful" excursion. The trick is: can
you make it regular enough? I think it's so important
to have a task that kicks in every day, that you don't
have to wrack your brains to come up with. Any other
local mom's interested in making the walk to the park
a daily ritual? It could be sort of a community
babysitting project, among other things. Another
possible additional excuse might be the "get away
walk," to get outside and take a daily (say) twenty
minute sanity-restorative walk away from the kids if
dad can handle them that long.

We've got our first due in September, so do me a favor
and keep track of what works!

Best of luck and continue to keep us posted,

Reinhard
--- purpleldy1 <purpleldy1@...> wrote:
> currently I am a stay at home Mom. You would think
> I could get enough
> exercise chasing after my 7,5,3,and 1 year olds, but
> no. As someone
> once put it, "it may be work but it sure aint
> exercise. Maybe I will
> just call some friends and see if they want to walk
> to the park nearby
> with my kids and theirs. who knows maybe I could
> make it fun,picnic
> and all. thanx for the advice. Your friend in
> health, Melanie
> --- In , Reinhard Engels
> <beautiful_idiot@y...> wrote:
> > Hi Melanie,
> > 
> > I think the critical thing, as with no s, is not
> to
> > fixate on one off excuses to do the right thing
> (these
> > are great as a supplement), but to build a
> regular,
> > daily habit. You don't want to have to think
> "where
> > and when should I walk today?" every day. It
> should be
> > routine. Your feet should know. Can you walk to
> and
> > from work? That's ideal. Maybe do less once a
> month
> > mega-shopping and walk to the store to buy at
> least
> > some of your dinner fresh every day (you may also
> find
> > this helps a lot with planning sensible meals). If
> > there is no one errand you could arrange to have
> to do
> > every day, then at least be sure to start moving
> at a
> > certain time. You'll think better in motion; a
> > destination will occur to you.
> > 
> > The nice thing about walking is that because it's
> so
> > pleasant, you don't need as much willpower as
> with,
> > say, jogging, to get started each day. But it
> still
> > requires some. You need to take it seriously. Make
> it
> > non-optional, a top priority. As with diet, the
> hard
> > part is at the beginning. Once it's a habit, your
> feet
> > carry not just your body along, but your will.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > 
> > Reinhard
> > 
> > --- purpleldy1 <purpleldy1@y...> wrote:
> > > Since this group has been so quiet I will assume
> you
> > > have all been too
> > > busy exploring the great out doors in the lovely
> > > summer weather. I
> > > should be thoroughly flogged, aside from walking
> to
> > > church and walking
> > > to the store when I ran out of laundry soap last
> > > week I have not
> > > walked with a purpose Since school let out. I
> am so
> > > bad. Any tips on
> > > avoiding the oops, I missed my walk again
> syndrome. 
> > > Your friend in
> > > health Melanie
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 

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