Today, I'd like to readjust expectations.

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 I would love to have

you join me for the next 10 minutes. Recently, JM posted on Facebook that he walked 10,000

steps a day and lost 130 pounds.

This post was accompanied by a before and after picture.

It was an amazing transformation.

One of my favorite walking stories ever involves a woman named Jessica Slaughter, who was in her late 70s.

She had a doctor's appointment.

Doctor said, you are heading towards diabetes.

Jessica didn't like that.

So she determined to make some changes.

And she began walking in her apartment, small apartment, one or two bedrooms,

3,000 steps a day,

back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, three thousand steps a day. Jessica lost 120 pounds and did not become a diabetic.

Both of these stories are amazing, and they grab our attention, as they should.

J.M.'s post garnered hundreds of comments and questions.

Jessica Slaughter's story was picked up by People magazine. Years ago, Ava was having some computer problems. I think the problem was simply her computer wasn't working. It was dead.

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