Jodechi's blog

Monday 28th 2008f April 2008

A great weekend.

I just had a great weekend. The sunshine on Saturday and the mixture of rain and sunshine yesterday- it was so invigorating. We saw different friends over the weekend and that was a lot of fun. Just a lovely weekend.

We went for a long walk yesterday in the Surrey Hills and seeing the buds on the trees and the blossoms- the magnolias are gorgeous. It was sunshine one minute and pouring rain the next but no-one seemed to mind. As we were walking and talking I realised that my focus shouldn’t be on losing the last of this weight but more on having fun and being healthy. The walk was challenging with a few big hills and they were really hard work but I didn’t notice because I was with friends chatting and the scenery was very beautiful.

One friend mentioned recently that her personal trainer has told her to take up running and that she should do this at least three times a week. But the thing is, she hates running. So guess what- it has already been set up to fail. If you hate running then don’t run. Find something else. I suggested what I do- the combination of yoga and then hill walking. The yoga strengthens and elongates the muscles and the hill walk gives a great aerobic exercise.

I have developed a new way of walking that I call conscious walking- a way of using the mind, body and spirit at the same time while exercising. I teach people to be very conscious of their thoughts- many are negative- and then while walking we work on releasing these negative thought patterns. I have been teaching clients to do this and it has proven very effective. Its fun and because its fun, people enjoy it and it will entice them out to exercise. Find something that you like to do and just do it. It is a good idea to exercise at least 3-4 times a week. Have fun with it.

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