| Like millions of other people, we used to be
overweight and unfit and we were tired of trying
every exercise and diet routine under the sun -
jogging, cycling, swimming, squash, skipping, exercise
bikes and a dozen other exercise and diet routines
available in print and video. We were part of the
90 per cent of people who continually fail. We were
tired, bored and we had made little progress in
losing weight and getting fit.
Until we discovered fitness walking.
We had always loved walking, but we had tended
to walk at weekends when we had more time. Discovering
fitness walking was like finding the Holy Grail
of fitness. Instead of waiting for the weekend,
we decided to get out and walk four or five times
a week, starting at our own front door and doing
a circuit around the block and back. And we set
out to walk at a brisker pace, stepping up our
speed to 3.5 to 4 miles per hour.
Within a month we were regularly doing 30 minute
walks several times a week, and we had more energy
to get through the day. We felt fitter and more
alert and with the healthier diet we had begun,
the pounds were beginning to drop off.
The rest, as they say, is history. We put our
fitness walking experiences down on paper and
they became a popular bestseller THE WALKING
DIET.
Everywhere we have travelled, people have wanted
to know more and more about fitness walking and
what it can do for them. The World Health Organisation
has referred to walking as 'the forgotten art'.
Increasing numbers of people throughout the world
are now re-discovering for themselves the fitness
and weight-loss benefits of regular fitness walking.
This is what walkers
have said who have followed our fitness walking
plans: 'The walking was excellent. After
a week you felt so good, much fitter with endless
energy. You wanted to get up in the mornings and
get going.' - Teresa
'I loved the walking. I had great energy.' -
Julie
'I was always tired before I started walking.'
- Val
'I have had more energy. I feel better because
I am walking.' - Barbara
'Two months ago I could not run up a hill with
my grandchildren. I can now. Climbing stairs was
difficult. Now it's easy.' - Beryl
'I have more energy now than I've ever had.'
- Jan
And on the subject of WALKING OFF WEIGHT:
'I have seen the pounds come off - more so than
with other diets.' - Val
'At long last my weight is slowly coming down
and I don't feel the restrictions of other diets.'
- Jan
'I was very overweight. Tried all sorts of diets,
but this time the pounds are falling off.' - Patrick
This is what the experts
have to say about WALKING OFF WEIGHT:
'Walking is my top recommendation for weight
loss.' Suzanne Beyea, nurse practitioner, Laconia
Clinic, New Hampshire, USA
'Walking is excellent for getting rid of and
keeping off weight.' Ruth J. Lerner, Ph.D, psychologist,
Los Angeles, USA
'Walking is a great way to shape up and lose
weight without risk of injury.' Deepak D. Chabra,
M.D., Sacramento, USA
'I recommend walking to all my patients who
need to lose weight.' Dr. Neil Scheffler, Baltimore
Podiatry Group, Maryland, USA
'In our weight-reduction clinic in Beverly Hills
we have frequently found walking to help our patients
to take off their weight and to keep it off.'
Howard Flaks, M.D., Beverly Hills, USA
Walking has worked for all these people and their
clients and it will work for you. |
