Walk 10,000 Steps a Day
March 28, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Women's Health
I’m amazed at how great Valerie Bertinelli looks on the cover of People, aren’t you? Normally seeing a celebrity in a bikini just bores me to tears… like… who cares? But Valerie really has a likability factor, doesn’t she. And yeah, she wasn’t HUGE…. (172 pounds) but she clearly had body issues that we all can relate to.
In reading her shape up secrets, I saw that to lose the majority of the weight she simply walked 10,000 steps a day. That’s the equivalent of about 5 miles. To give you an idea what the rest of us usually walk, one site says that a “sedentary person may only average 1,000 to 3,000 steps a day.”
To find out how many steps you usually walk, start wearing a pedometer every day. Do things like park farther away from the store, get up to take a quick walk in between projects, walk over to another person you work with rather than send an email. In short, just move a little bit more. Don’t try to do 10,000 steps right out of the gate if you’re only do a few thousand to start with. Gradually add a few hundred week by week until you get to your target.
It’s also a good idea to go at things slowly. Valerie says she lost the weight in nine months. That’s just over 4 pounds a month! Make slow and steady changes that will last, rather than a quick fix. Remember, you’re aiming for better health, not just a thinner body.
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