September always feels like a time of new beginnings, somehow.
Even if you don’t have kids of your own to pack off to a new school year, there’s just something of that new-shoes feeling of anticipation in the very air. Perhaps that is why I’ve always had better luck with Resolutions launched on Labour Day, than those that are made on New Year’s Eve.
The people at Prevention must know that — they’ve set up some online tools and resources that make it easy to create a personal walking plan.
Whether you’re walking to lose weight or training to walk a full or half marathon, in about two minutes you can set up and print out a daily walking calendar that tells you exactly what to do each day. Read up on the best stretches for walkers, calculate the calories you’ll burn off, or learn why walking is such an efficient route to weight loss, health, and stress reduction.
In the United States, you can even find a walking buddy or hook up with one of Team Prevention’s organized walking events — while the rest of us get inspired by other walkers’ success stories.
And it’s all free — you don’t even have to give up your email address or register, if you don’t want to.
Like most North Americans, I could very easily stand to ramp up my fitness level and lose a few pounds, so I’ve chosen to do the 4-week Walk for Weight Loss program. And I’ve chosen to start it on September 1st, tomorrow, to take advantage of that new-school-year feeling…
Four weeks of walking, with the occasional day of rest? — yeah, I think that’s do-able!
Good luck. Keep us informed on your progress. Spring has arrived here so we are all starting to come alive again too. Might have to join you, I think.