Keeping that fitness promise you made to yourself is hard.

In other words, right now, you're choosing to do a hard thing.

Welcome to Walking is Fitness.

This is a podcast of action providing a little extra motivation to keep that promise you made to yourself.

Hi, I'm Dave. I've been walking for fitness since 2013, averaging just under 21,000 steps a day.

I am walking right now and would love to have you join me for the next 10 minutes or so.

It is a cool morning in South Carolina, temperature of 51 degrees,

a little breezy, you may hear that from time to time like right now, and that wind is

knocking what it feels like down into the upper 40s.

So I'm layered up, actually wearing the magic hat this morning,

because I hate, hate it, when my ears are cold.

I have, I guess I have tender ears.

So a few days ago I mentioned that I posted a question in the Facebook group Fitbit Friends.

The question, what is your biggest challenge walking for fitness?

And I talked about one of those challenges a few days ago, which is finding the time. I did mention that there were several answers from folks saying that weather was their biggest challenge.

And, I mean, the reality is weather can be a determining factor, whether to get out and walk,

to move, or to stay inside where it's comfortable.

And, you know, we all have our own unique individual weather tastes. You know, for me, I would much rather be hot than cold.

I hate it when it's chilly or cold, and my ears, my head is exposed.

And while I've reached a place, a fitness momentum that, you know, that won't stop me.

I don't look at the weather forecast or walk outside and go, yippee, this will be great.

So weather can really be a factor.

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