Today we're going to talk about one of the most important things needed to keep moving forward with fitness.

In fact, some would argue that it is the most important thing.

Welcome to Walking as Fitness.

This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to help you

keep that fitness promise you made to yourself. Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since

2013, averaging about 21,000 steps a day. I'm walking right now and would love to have you

join me for the next 10 minutes. I want to read a message that I recently received from Stacey.

She says, came across your podcast trying to find something to motivate me after a long,

slow recovery from COVID.

So fantastic.

Thank you, Stacey.

I've listened to every episode and feel so motivated.

Went from my first walk today, not far, but still, it was a walk. Now, you hear me read this,

and you probably are thinking, oh, I know what this thing is. I heard that word in there.

Motivation. Motivation. And no, that's not it.

Because motivation is a feeling that sadly is like vapor. Here one moment, gone the next. That's why so many fitness goals, fitness-based

resolutions at the beginning of a new year fade. Because the motivation feels super strong

when you get started on January 2nd, you are ready to take on the world.

And after about a week, that motivation, like vapor, starting to fade, to dissipate.

And by two weeks, for most of us, it's completely gone.

They've actually done research and discovered that the day when most people will have given up a goal is 19 days in.

If you are still moving forward with the same intensity that you began with on January 1st, if you're still doing that on January 20th,

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