I’ve come up with a cheap memory aid — the 3415 logo you see near the center of the screen.
We all know that walking regularly is a great way to get exercise. I’ve found that the more often I walk, the less I eat. I start thinking that I don’t want to “waste my walk” on a high-calorie snack. And sometimes I even take another walk to distract myself from my distructive craving. In fact, that was the first “thing” on my list of 6 things you can do to avoid snacking for the rest of the day!
Keep it short
I think the trick is to keep the walks to as close to 15 minutes as you can. We expanded them a little yesterday so we actually walked for over 1/2 hour each time. And it did seem to take a lot of the day. It was a holiday, the weather was good and we had fun — but if I was doing that on a work day, I probably would have felt guilty. The point of the 15 minutes is to make it something that can fit into your break or lunch hour.
Hey! Look at the time — I’d better take my first walk. Can you join me?
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I work in a tall building, of which a few floors are unoccupied. They have windows all around, and since a floor is pretty large, make a nice space for walking, with a view ! Some of us have talked about doing this from time to time, but I think I’m going to start.
The 3415 thing should work pretty well in that sort of space when the weather’s not fit for man nor beast outside, and nobody has a treadmill in this office– unless you want to count the work we do somedays !
catdog — YOU are SO luck!! I had access to a space like that for a couple of years. It was a huge empty room next to the room with our cubicles. And I’d come to work a little early to walk & walk at break & lunch & afternoon & for a little while before going home.
It was my best exercise situation.
That room’s filled with cubicles now and I don’t have access to anything quite as good.
But the place I’m at now does have a couple of big hallways and I walk there on days (like today) when it’s just too cold out.
(giggling about your treadmill)
I’m thinking about making 3415 buttons or stickers….
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