how many miles do you walk a day?

[markio26]

i was walking 2 miles a day on my tm... then last weekend, i had company.. i am walking 1/2 to 1 mile a day, this week.. can't get back into it.
i have been doing strenuous chores, gardening, vacuuming, etc. i read somewhere, that you must walk 2 miles a day, to lose weight... i must say, that i am in much better shape from the walking......i try to walk at am and pm.. they say to vary your times of exercise.

[Ima saver]

Re: how many miles do you walk a day?

When I lived on the river, I walked 6 miles or more a day. I use to always do at least 3 a day when I moved here. Now that I have this computer, I only get in about a mile a day. I need to do better.

[Fern]

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i've been a 'walker' all my life; last summer, the goal was to walk 60 minutes 5 days a week, and i did a decent job of meeting that goal.

Unfortunately, i seem to have inherited my dad's bad hips. He had hip replacement surgery years ago and needs again, but doesn't want to go for the surgery. I'm only in my 40s, but lately the hips have been bothering me more; used to be that they'd be the first thing to feel 'sore' after anhour's walk; now i feel much sooner than that, and now, haven't really been walking at all.

I've heard that most people don't have hip replacement surgery til their 60s, so i can't imagine what i'll do if this gets worse as it only lasts for ab out a decade i think.

it's my favorite form of exercise; i like walking to work, takes about 15 minutes, just down my road which leads into Main Street.

[eisor]

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Well, I was running 3 times a week, but I have really weak ankles. It doesn't help that I have sprained both of them and had many other minor injuries to them. So, when i was running, I'd have to stop 1.5 - 2 miles in because my ankles were hurting so bad. Then, I'd hope on the bike at the gym. But, then midterms, papers and finals hit...and sadly I haven't done either in at least a month. But, for Maymester I'm taking Walking as my PE requirement and then after that, I hope to keep up the habit.

[abowers]

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I have a little pedometer I got for free from Blue Cross Blue Shield in part of their campaign for everyone to "step up" - They say 10,000 steps a day is a good goal to shoot for, which is equal to about 5 miles.

This is not just exercise, this is wearing it all day and keeping track of all your steps.

I wore it for a while when I was still in college, going to my internship, and working on the side and I would get close to 10,000 steps, without intentional exercise.

I'm not sure what I get now, but I'm a preschool teacher so I'm pretty busy running around all day after the kids. Plus I go to the gym about 3 times a week now, with the warmer weather -- On the Elliptical machine I do anywhere from 3.5 miles to 5.5 miles. Plus I'm out riding my bike a lot now -- I Biked 12-13 miles last Friday, and I biked 9 miles on Sunday.

[Ima saver]

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[PrincessPerky]

Re: how many miles do you walk a day?

In summer I prolly get 3 miles outside (plus chores and such), but in winter I am lucky if I get 1 all day! I need to work on that next winter.

[veronak]

Re: how many miles do you walk a day?

Sad to say the only walking I do is at work, which is enough...lol but probably totaling 2.5 a day

[JoyJoy]

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I spent 20 minutes on our Gazelle yesterday when I usually walk 10 minutes on it. My blood sugar fell so low that my husband had to call the doctor early this morning. Some orange juice helped to bring my sugar back up. Soooo I had better say that I safely walk 10 minutes a day on our Gazelle.

[robex]

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I power walk with weights almost every morning between 2-4 miles. I walk as much as I can during the day when the weather is nice. On nights when I'm supervising the restaurant at work, I generally walk between 5-10 miles...I wear a pedometer to keep track.
Luckily, dh and our kids are big walkers, too. We generally do family hikes on the weekend!

[fine]

Re: how many miles do you walk a day?

2 miles

[Ima saver]

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I wore a pedometer when I was a waitress, I adveraged about 10 miles a day.

[nanamom]

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Not enough!! I enjoy walking but never seem to do it. Once in awhile we (DS2 and I ) will walk to the playground. I alwyas intend to walk to the post office (2 miles one way) but never seem to.

[Tree0164]

Re: how many miles do you walk a day?

I am not a big walker these days but try to incorporate a lot of exercise such as videos etc

A good walking video for those winters months is Walk away the Pounds and it can be done with little ones around since it mostly marching in place and knee lifts. Many times I had a child in my arms.

[shelbylovesmelby]

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Seeing I'd prefer not to get hit by a car around here, 8 lane on one side & 6 lane hwy the other direction + no side walks = no walks 4 me & the dd's!!!

But I've been walking a mile while dd1 is in speech class.