Judgements you say silently to yourself



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On your walking for health journey, it’s really easy to tell yourself silent judgements throughout your journey. 

Silent judgements aren’t real but they feel real. They put us down making it hard to even just go for a walk. From being too fat, too big, finding suitable workout clothes for your body, your face is bigger, your legs are thicker, you have to walk slower because you’re not used to walking. All these silent judgements we place on ourselves is ruling our lives. They hold control over not continuing our journey. 

Remember it might take 1-2 years to lose the weight you are seeking to lose and it might take longer but if you keep trying that’s one-2 years that you will be your ideal weight or just weigh less! Isn’t that better than never starting the walking journey because of the silent judgements winning?

And then there is the silent judgements on others. They are thin, they are younger, they have more energy to walk and live life. I will never be like them. 

Your body is so capable and that’s why I like using walking to lose weight. It’s the best type of exercise for most body types, ages and weights. Walking takes longer to do than a thirty minute aerobics routine but if you are over 40, who wants to be doing an aerobic session anyway? Not to mention, the heavier you are the more stress on your joints it causes. So that’s why I like walking.

Plus I can carve out time for walking and my health. I can let my mind get clear or focus on training my mind on a new subject for growth through podcasts and courses etc, while walking. So my bind and mind are at one after the walk and I am ready to face the world. Walking can be very powerful and healing.

I have always walked. Since I started high school in grade 11, I would walk 3km home. Then when I had babies, I would walk them everywhere to the shops, library and local swimming pool. As my children grew up, I walked them to and from school. Allowing time for them to tell me things. Sometimes it was playing an imaginary game made up by them and other times they would tell me about what they loved learning that day.

On weekends, we would walk to parks and the local swimming pool. Walking was just engrained in my life and my family’s life. 

Now, I have to find time and where to walk. So if you lose a routine then you have to create one! So I walk 30 minutes to my public transport on work days. People at work say to save time why not just drive to public transport? But I sit down all day and I would come home late and barely walked a step. By doing it this way, I am forced to walk an hour every work day. It’s just the weekend where I have to find ways to walk.

And it really depends on how the week is and my energy levels and most likely how I have eaten this week and how much sleep I have had. This depends if I want a stay at home weekend or a going out one. Obviously if I go out there will be walking involved. But I understand the need to  also have down time so having one day a week not walking as much is okay. 

Find what works for you and make a walking routine! Your health will thank you.

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