Why are you walking? And more importantly, how do you stay motivated when it doesn't feel like it's working?

Whatever that reason is that motivated you to start, how do you stay motivated when it doesn't feel like it's working?

We're going to talk about that during today's walk.

Hi, I'm Dave. Welcome to Walking is Fitness, a daily podcast to encourage you and provide a little extra motivation to create and sustain a habit of walking.

And we'll get started with today's walk in just a moment.

Here in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the skies are, I would say, partly cloudy, but the clouds right now are thin enough, and there's some blue sky. The clouds right now are thin enough that even though they're in front of the sun,

it still feels brighter rather than gray.

So maybe the optimist in me should say it's partly sunny

because I'm feeling more of the sunshine than I am feeling of the gray clouds.

Now if I correctly interpreted the forecast for today, these clouds are eventually going to thicken, the wind is expected to pick up, and we may be getting some rain.

Question for you, why are you walking?

What's the motivation for taking this walk today?

What's the motivation for creating a habit of walking consistently

or even every day? I would contend that most of us, our answer would fall in one of three

buckets and probably more likely a little bit in each bucket.

We want to look better.

We want to feel better and we want to do more.

So losing weight is probably a very common motivation, reason for starting a walking habit.

Changing your health, maybe changing it right now, maybe changing it in the future, an investment in the future you.

You want to do more.

You want to have the strength and the endurance to keep up with family members when they go

for a walk together.

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