Yesterday, as we were coming home from a trip to the park with our wonderful off-spring who were for once in their lives behaving themselves enough for my hubby and I to have a conversation, we passed two ladies out for an evening stroll. It was obvious from the way they were dressed that their walk wasn’t meant to be casual – they were walking for exercise, perhaps even to lose weight. Unfortunately, they had become so enthralled in their conversation, that their pace had slowed down to a more casual walk, than a brisk walk. I commented that that’s why people don’t lose weight, they’ve been misled into thinking that a walk is good exercise (Which is a whole ‘nother rant that I won’t go into here). My hubby summed up my thoughts perfectly with one simple statement:
“You need to sweat to lose weight.”
Genius – pure genius! Because it’s such a simple statement yet so very very true! Who cares what you do to sweat – you can run, walk very fast, ride a bike, roller blade, lift weights, do a bot camp class etc.
AS LONG AS YOU’RE SWEATING YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT!
Today, I’m going on a 4k walk doing the Fitness Cheerleader’s Walk N Tone Workout. What will you do today to make yourself sweat?
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Awww hugs! Brookie boo is home sick today too. She has a stuffy “node” and a fever. I hope you feel better soon!
Today sadly I am doing nothing, well unless you qualify making homemade applesauce. I have ran 16 miles so far this week, with a half marathon on schedule for tomorrow. I will agree with your husband, sweat and proper diet yield a weight loss. Running /exercise plus a little tweaking in the eating has yielded me a 20 lb weight loss since this January. When I started running in Feb of 2008, I dropped 20 lbs without trying. Crazy to think back to just a mere 2.5 years ago that I weighed 40lbs more than I do right now.
Wow! Great job Christa! I feature moms who’ve lost a lot of weight on my Fitness Cheerleader blog, can I feature you?
Sure- I would be honored. You can contact me via my email address.