When you exercise, enjoy the walk

Whenever you take a walk in the park next time, try and see if you can notice what I've been seeing. I have noticed that some of the larger folks on the exercise path just keep their eyes fixed on the ground.
Imagine on a cool morning on my routine walk; there are fingers of sunlight poking diagonally down through the dark green foliage, birds singing their who-knows-what. It's lovely out here, except...

It's as if some of us are burdened carrying ourselves along unwillingly. Despite the pain in the joints, take time to enjoy the scenery, listen to the birds, give the squirrels a fleeting glance, even.

Don't entertain the thought that the passersby may be thinking how grossly overweight you are. Take the challenge; if they last for the next 12 months they are in for a surprize when they see you then. But I've got to tell you this...

You have got to be consistent. Don't stop. Don't be like the hare either. Be the tortoise. It's consistency that counts in weight loss. It took a long time to put it on, it can take a relatively long time to convince your metabolism that you are different now. But it works, no matter how old you are. So whe you go walking int he park, in the neighborhood, or whereever you exercise, just enjoy it.