Melanie Toye’s walking for health

Image by luxstorm from Pixabay My story You know some of my story if you read my blog. Basically, I needed to lose 24 kilos. I walked 10,000 steps a day every second week and lost 14 kilos. I am a huge advocate that walking works. Uh oh  Then I put back on my weight.  I was dealing with something pretty hard and was in survival mode so stopped looking after myself. It was between a 3-6 month period of survival mode and then another 3-4 months of healing mode. And I put all the weight back on because I stopped walking. What’s the result?  So that’s my history but what I have realised is. Yes, I have proven that if you want to lose weight and not go hard at the gym etc, you can lose weight by walking. Walking a lot.  You need time to walk. So if you have time and enjoy the outdoors or you have a treadmill and can watch movies or listen to music then give 10,000 steps a day a go.  Important information about losing weight What I really need you to know is and this...

Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay So I had this brainstorm moment. I have put on weight and I need to lose weight. I have had a gut full. (Mind the pun). Walking is becoming hard to fit into my schedule. Because I basically have to walk 1-2 hours a day and I just can’t fit that time in. It’s also swooping bird season, which I dread.  So I did some brainstorming.  1. Ask ChatGPT for a fitness plan  First, I went into chatGPT and asked for an exercise program to lose weight over a year. It was pretty standard, nothing fancy. However, I was still impressed it did give me a fitness workout. But it was boring and not something I really wanted to do. Maybe if I was a bit more detailed in my question, maybe I would have got a different answer.  2. Find a local gym  Then I went to look for local gyms but seriously the price a week was just out of my price range and again I would face the “time” problem. I leave early in the morning and get home late most nights so ...