It's December 1st. Are you getting on the struggle bus? Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to walking as fitness, a daily 10-minute podcast that provides a little added motivation for you to get out and take the walk. Today's 10-minute walk starts right after this.

So yeah, it is December 1st.

It's also the first day of winter, according to the weather scientists of the world.

Meteorologists, they look at the seasons differently than the rest of us, different from what is on our calendars.

I think part of it is based on temperature data. I also think it's just

a cleaner way to look at the seasons. So for them, winter is December, January, and February.

That feels very clean. And I have adopted the meteorological calendar when it comes to season.

So for me, December 1st is the first day of winter.

It's also, for many, the beginning of a challenging couple of months

when it comes to walking, not last week, but the week before, put a poll up to the walking friends community on Patreon,

and I said, so what is the most challenging month of the year for you to walk?

And of course there were 12 options.

And I said, and if you would care to, explain why in the

comments. 24% said December is the most challenging month of the year to walk. 41% said January. So 65% say this month and next month are the most challenging of the year

as far as a walking routine, a walking commitment is concerned.

I'm still a little curious why February didn't get a whole lot of love in this and I wonder if the reality is by

that point it's no longer a challenge I've just pushed pause I'll wait until the weather warms

back up some said the holidays a lot of stuff going on and so that makes December a real tough time to stick with a commitment.

But most people who picked December and January pointed to the weather.

The weather is a challenge.

Now it's going to be different depending on where you live.

There was a question on the Walking his fitness YouTube channel recently. Someone, they didn't say where they live,

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