I enjoy talking on the phone especially because now that I am out of college a lot of my friends live far away. When my friends and I chat we can talk for an hour or even longer. Instead of chatting to them while laying on my bed, whenever someone calls for a talk I take my phone with me and go for a walk. I tend to walk at a faster pace when I'm talking too, yet I barely remember I'm exercising because I'm so interested in the conversation!
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Whenever someone calls me on the phone, instead of sitting and talking, I walk around my apartment while I'm talking. This morning, someone kept me forty-five minutes on the phone 128 and at the end of the conversation, I looked at my pedometer and it marked over 2000 steps. Not fast ones of course, but it does beat sitting in my couch! 334
Sometimes it is hard to get your exercise done. If you are talking about walking...make it a family walk. Good time for all.182186311332200Others can even walk the dog or ride a bike.332
Several Days a month I have to travel 2hours away for my Dr's appointment. ( I live in a small area without good Dr's) I always leave early for my appointments. I stop half way to talk a walking break 5-10 minutes. Once I am at the Dr's office I take a good 10-20 minute walk in the area.
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I sometimes have more than one appt. so I repeat the walking as time allows. I will also do shopping while I am in town. This gets me execsizing when I cannot go to the Y.
