Count Your Steps To A New Goal

Short-term goals are important for success.  By reaching short-term goals, you create a positive momentum which causes you to stay motivated.  Setting short-term goals for exercise can keep it interesting and help push past plateaus or where limits are right now.

Thanksgiving is just a few days away.  A great way to combat the additional calories is to trot that turkey!  Workout before the big day and/or even after your meal.  Create a new Thanksgiving tradition by enjoying a walk after your meal to trot off some of those additional calories to combat extra pounds.

Walking is a great thing.  You can do it virtually any time and it produces fantastic results.  No expensive equipment and can be done anytime that you’d like.  You can walk additional steps anywhere you go.  Make it a challenge to get in your recommended 10,000 steps per day and during the holidays to bump them up even more.  Holiday eating is about checks and balances.  If you indulge, all you need to do is increase your walking.  Rather than sit in the break room during your lunch breaks or mid-day breaks, walk around the block, walk up/down the stairs.  Remember, every single step counts.

Here are some walking equivalents you can use to set new short-term goals:

* 1 mile = 2,000 average steps.
* 1 block = 200 steps.
* 10 minutes of walking = 1,200 steps on average.
* Bicycling or swimming = 150 steps each minute.
* Weightlifting = 100 steps per minute.
* Rollerskating = 200 steps per minute.

You can use these equivalents to figure out where you are now and set a new fitness goal for yourself.

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, CLC
Certified Life Coach, Weight Loss Surgery Coach
Certified Back On Track Facilitator

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