Rev It Up! Move to Lose

Posted by Judith

I live in the Pacific Northwest, near Seattle. It’s been dry the past few weeks. The weather is calling me outside. Everything is budding. Daffodils are out and strutting. Fruit trees — pink cherry, and white apple blossoms, stand strong and tall. They know they’re glorious, because they turn heads everywhere.

Red-breasted Robins look for worms at what seemed to be a Robins convention in the park. Spring beginnings are all around. Nature calls, seductively whispering *come walk with me.*

Did you know?

Sedentary, overweight or obese women can improve their quality of life by exercising as little as 10 to 30 minutes a day, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s Conference on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism.

All participants in the exercise groups reported a statistically significant improvement in social functioning compared to those in the control group of women who didn’t exercise. However, women who participated in more exercise, from 135 to 150 minutes a week, also showed significant improvements in general health, vitality and mental health.

After exercising six months, the women improved almost 12 percent in emotional health and more than 5 percent in social functioning.

Rev up your activity level. We must move to lose and firm. I’ve ramped it up. I walked four days last week. As I walked, my body said, *Girl, where have you been? I’m so glad you’re back!*

I completed 2 miles yesterday. It feels great to move and stretch; to remember my body is alive and well. To feel my life. To know I am blessed by it.

If we start now we will have six months of relatively good exercise weather before next fall.

What about you? How does movement make you feel? Let me know. Share it here.

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Judith