Hey friends, you ready to take a 10-minute walk. Welcome to Walking is Fitness. This is a podcast where we walk together for 10 minutes. That's what I'm doing right now. I am doing my regular morning walk, which usually lasts about an hour or so. And I always connect with you for the first 10 minutes of that walk.

If you are looking for a podcast that will inspire you, motivate you, maybe even entertain you,

uh, this is really isn't it. This is a podcast of action as we walk together, holding each other

accountable for creating and maintaining a lifestyle of fitness. Hi, I'm Dave. Yesterday, a little

more than 17,000 steps. That's what I finished with on my Fitbit Inspire 2. And this morning, a little more than 17,000 steps. That's what I finished with on my Fitbit Inspire 2.

And this morning, a little bit of a,

a little bit of a wake-up call.

So I checked the weather before I headed out.

I perceived that it was a chilly morning,

and sure enough, 42 degrees. The winds are light, which is good.

There are some clouds in the sky, more blue than clouds, and there is no rain, but here's where the wake-up call happened.

So it's 42 degrees, and I've been thinking that here in South Carolina we're in a bit of a cold snap.

This is kind of an unusual situation and soon enough the temperature is going to warm up, the weather is going to warm up.

And I'll once again be able to brag to my friends and family who are stuck in cold, wintry Maryland about how tropical it is here in South Carolina. And I checked the history on my weather app and sure enough 42 degrees. That's normal.

That's normal for this time of year here in South Carolina. And we haven't even hit the

coldest part of, well, we're still in fall. I haven't even had winter yet. So I guess I'm going to have more chilly mornings than I had

anticipated. But nonetheless, I'm out, I'm walking, I'm appropriately and properly dressed,

and looking forward to our time together. So I got a question, got a question from a listener.

The question is,

how do you make the transition to healthy walking? And I love this question for a couple of reasons.

Number one is that it implies a certain intentionality. You know, exercise and fitness doesn't just happen.

It's something that we have to be intentional about, to plan for, to make a commitment to.

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