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Posted April 3, 2006 · April 3, 2006

Hi Everyone,

I was inspired to join this group when I read about Steve's fantastic

journey.

I started walking in earnest last summer when i realised my weight was

interfering with every aspect of my life. my knees and hip hurt like heck.

In the meantime I have lost about 30lbs. i need to lose about another 20 or

so. My knees and hip no longer hurt!

I live in Germany and since nordic walking is all the rage here, that is

mostly what I do.

I do about 20-30kms per week (sorry i don't know the miles, i guess about 15

or so, more when the weather is good. I am the mother of two kids and have

a more than full-time job, so finding the time is hard. I do two longish

walks on the weekend and usually go 2-3 times in the week for shorter

stretches. For years I made excuses about my time, but somehow you have to

incorporate it into your life. I'm going to be 45 in July.

Since my weight is dropping, I have started jogging some as well, but I get

tired easily and my heart rate goes up too high, so I need to shed some more

pounds before I really start running.

I have an overweight 11 year old son and a very overweight husband. I need

to set a good example and hopefully this will encourage more activity in my

family. It breaks my heart that my son is fat because I know what he is

going to go through when he gets into his teens. He has not gained weight

now for almost a year so I'm still hoping he will grow into his weight. I

am going to do everything to make sure my little girl stays within a healthy

weight range and more importantly stays active.

I use a garmin 301 to track my distance. it's a bit of an expensive gadget,

but it really does inspire me to walk and try to beat my times. Plus I can

see my tracks on google earth. I started out with a pedometer, trying to do

10,000 steps per day.

I mostly walk alone because I can't find anyone who goes at my speed after

all the practice I have had and the couple of girls I used to walk with quit

as soon as the weather got bad.

Here's hoping to give and get some inspiration in this group.

Kathie

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