i guess i'm calling to tell you about my exercise program which is a little bit lacking right now i've slacked off in the last six months but for several years i have walked three miles a day
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okay i'm a walker also um-hum
are you uh and that my walking was a fast walk uh to get the heart rate up to an aerobic level
right
and i in fact i was enjoying it so much uh that i was doing it like seven days a week and i i pretty much had to cut that back though to five
oh boy
how far could you how far did you walk i mean um i know time wise you need at least twenty minutes how many miles a day
uh i well it was about three
about three okay
um-hum um-hum and i walked thirty minutes i did the uh slow walk kind of a normal walk for five and the aerobic walk for twenty and cool down walk for the last five
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oh okay
oh yeah okay
but and and it was i was it was so much fun to watch the progress because
as i uh went along when i started uh at first i had to uh i didn't have to use my arms all that much to uh you know get the heart rate up but then after about uh
yeah
four weeks then i had to use them all the time and then i had to i found that i had to raise them above my head and kind of down my back to to get the heart rate up it was very progressive it was progressive
oh boy uh-huh
yeah i that's that's is very quickly also
yeah i thought well now i guess probably six weeks before i had to do my arms the whole time the whole twenty minutes
um-hum i see did you find that when you walked like after you you were getting this aerobic uh benefits did not just the heart rate but did you see a difference in in your body also
oh my gosh yes i have the cutest turned up tail you ever saw no no i did notice uh a lot of difference
oh is that right
yeah okay
yeah the reason i ask is i've always really enjoyed walking and i know um you know i i it doesn't bother me to take walks by myself i just
when i walk i just i i think i enjoy the scenery you know and i've always found it relaxing it's always something i've enjoyed doing
and for me i've found that as long as i try to take almost everyday at least say a twenty minute walk or a half an hour walk maybe more if i can that it's really makes a difference in my weight control
oh gosh yes
um in the winter months well here you know i'm sure down there the winter's a little better than here but in the winter months January and February are
are the hard months and you have some really cold days and i don't walk much at all in the winter and i really you know i i gain a little bit of weight but i think
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you know you really start to feel it as far as your clothes how you feel um and i i i was doing um
once in awhile floor aerobics uh i but i developed arthritis and and i had to give up the the floor aerobics for a while but walking is something that i continued to do
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and um i don't know i find for me that um it's just something that i never have gotten tired of whereas when i take an aerobics class by the end of the twelve weeks i'm glad to uh finish it
well i think may be you like doing it alone you like doing it on your own time too
yeah yeah it's uh it's uh i i you know i know my neighbor will go is very disciplined will get up six o'clock in the morning and and do rowing and aerobics tapes and i don't have that type of discipline but
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um i you know i found that it's not necessary really necessary to knock yourself out to that degree to keep fit and i really think walking is probably one of the best things because it's something if you live into your nineties you could continue to do
i think so to well and i i was very pleased uh when uh during cold weather and i haven't lived in Charlotte North Carolina a full year yet but uh
yeah
i see
when i lived in a colder climate i had access to one of those Schwinn bicycles
oh yeah
the ones that you you know you have to use your arms also and so on those days i did thirty minutes on the bike now that was a little boring because i did it alone
right
oh i see
yeah
and uh with you know you can't read very very well if you're using your arms and uh
you can't put a book on that type of arms but that was i was very lucky there but here i have dogs that i take uh on long walks
right right right
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and that makes it a lot better to have their company
yeah
but as i said i'm not doing quite it quite as well now because we're in a temporary situation and what i had uh also found that i guess it's like um certain addition um
once it well it it's easier to quit if you start uh
um stopping shall i say and if you skip some days then uh it's awfully hard to get back to a regular routine
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yeah i think that's true um you know i found that oh i used to be just a fanatic walker even when i was pregnant with with my first child i i walked two three times a day for
twenty minutes to half an hour i must have walked about five minutes a day and
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and um and then um
when i well then i had two kids and you know that makes it a little harder sometimes and then i was working and then when i i found when when i got arthritis one of the bad things about it that comes with it is is fatigue and
sure
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and and i found that i was tiring very quickly and i couldn't walk like a used to but i saw a big difference in my figure yeah and um i'm just i'm i'm doing better because i'm under control using medications so i'm getting back into
yes
yes yes
this walking everyday but it's really true once you haven't done it for a while it's very difficult to start back again but once you really are into it i was definitely addicted to walking i had to have my walk everyday
um-hum well and i well i had support from my husband too which was is very nice he felt that i needed to put that first and uh i don't believe a lot of woman always have that kind of support
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yeah yeah no i yeah that's true i um um fortunate enough that he doesn't travel that much and that whenever as soon as he gets home from work or whatever i'll say after dinner well you know i'm i'm talking off for my walk you know
hum-um yes yes
and uh yeah that's that's true and you know i've i've had his support there to anytime i've taken a class aerobics in the evening or something you know we've always been able to work it out um
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but right now i'm taking water aerobics also and that's a little bit different it's it's more strenuous then i figured it would be um
then you thought yes i've had those and i think they're excellent
yeah i think so i've i've talk and now i'm only talking it one day a week some of the woman there take it two and three days a week and they say that when you take it two or three days a week you will see a difference
um-hum oh i'm sure oh my gosh yes i i think it's wonderful i've had it and on a regular basis and uh
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i found it a lot more fatiguing than my uh walking program in fact
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yeah i agree i agree there's something about being in the water and exercising and you come out and you have a big appetite
yes yes well it's been fun talking to you and i wish you lots of luck with your endeavors
you you also
okay you you too and uh have a good summer then down there okay uh-huh bye-bye
thank thank you bye-bye
