Hey!! I would love to join this!! I've actually been walking but this week I kind of fell apart in the exercise departament.. I do love to walk though. How do I know how many miles I walk/jog outside? A pedometer?
This really sounds great!! I'd love to be a part of it!

Hello everyone! I was reading this forum and I think it sounds very motivating! I'm not sure that I can do 5 miles but i think I might ba able to do at the least three.I do alot of walking and lifting at work so some days I barely can walk when I get off. I will also count my elliptical in too. Well i'm off to kick boxing for 45 minutes , does that count?K, be back....after class.

Stacey, it's a bummer that malls in your area are outdoor. Can you go to Nordstrom and walk there? It's a fairly large store... I can see that you are very motivated. So happy for you Stacey. Omron pedometers are the best. Good luck in finding one.

Zina, I don't count inside miles either. Only on a treadmill and walking outside.

Don, great job on adding a ticker. Yes, it is a challenge to incorporate walking into your DAILY routine for three weeks. You can do it!

Marie and Dawn, welcome to the challenge. The secret of creating a new habit is consistency. Dawn, if you want to commit to three miles a day EVERY day, it's great. It's up to you to decide what to count. You can count steps like Annia who uses a pedometer, you can count miles on treadmill or elliptical, or walking outside like Don, Zina, Lara, and I. It is really up to you as long as you commit to your goal for three weeks.

FYI: 2000 steps equal one mile if you use a pedometer.

I'll update my Day 1 walking in this message throughout the day.

3 pm: Elliptical for 30 mins for 2.40 miles.
6 pm: Elliptical for 20 mins for 1.56 miles.
10pm: Elliptical for 15 mins for 1.16 miles

For the day I covered 5.12 miles and burned 944 calories.

I just discovered what Don put on his ticker. He is AFRAID that I am trying to KILL him. Oy. Worry not Don.

“Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.” Yoda

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda

May the force be with you serious walkers!

OMG I get here and you guys have 4 pages already? Hi everybody. I want to lose 15 pounds. I am walking 3 miles a day. My goal is 3 miles a day. Anything else is gravy.

Tatiana has me doing an extra mile in the morning and at night. So far, I am up to 4 miles. My goal is 5 miles a day.

Tatiana, you're tough! But I love ya. Hi Zina, and everyone else!!

I LOVE my Nike+ iPod for keeping track of miles and calories. It is much more accurate than any pedometer I have tried, and I have tried plenty of them. It is a little receiver that goes in your shoe.

Happy to be here. Thanks everyone!!!!

The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.
Charles Dickens

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish.
Charles Dickens

“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
Henry David Thoreau, US writer and naturalist

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.
Katherine Hepburn

Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast.
Harry Truman (His advice on how to live to be 80.)

Make your feet your friend.
J.M. Barrie

There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.
Even a bicycle goes too fast.
Paul Scott Mowrer

If you want to know if your brain is flabby, feel your legs.
Bruce Barton

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.
Raymond Inmon

I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Abraham Lincoln

Above all do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness.
I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill…if one keeps on walking everything will be alright.
Soren Kierkegaard.

People say that losing weight is no walk in the park.
When I hear that I think,yeah, that’s the problem.
Chris Adams

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
Jacqueline Schiff

Walking would teach people the quality that youngsters find so hard to learn - patience.
Edward P. Weston

Of all exercises walking is the best.
Thomas Jefferson

The longest journey begins with a single step.
Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching

Hi I got 11,104 steps for exercise today. That's 5.5 miles for me. I didn't count the walking at the carnival tonight just the walking I did for this challenge. Wow what a group of motivated people. Remember keep at your goal every day for 21 days. We can do this....
Welcome to all the new walkers.

i cant just do 5 miles im so uster to doing 6 so i want to change to 6 miles a day and count my miles ,that so funny i got usted to walking 6 miles a day i cant just do 5 miles, thats 13.100 steps i think that right i delted my peotmeter by accident befor i wrote down my steps

I just finished the other challenge today. So do I count those miles towards this too or just start with my miles for this challenge tomorrow? Let me know.


Ok I will do 5 miles a day on the treadmill or walking around my neighborhood with a pedometer.

This is great! thank you ladies