Comments on: How Walking Can Reduce Stress http://loseweightfindlife.com/2007/11/16/how-walking-can-reduce-stress/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:27:44 +0000 By: Kathy http://loseweightfindlife.com/2007/11/16/how-walking-can-reduce-stress/#comment-21 Kathy Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:59:11 +0000 http://loseweightfindlife.com/2007/11/16/how-walking-can-reduce-stress/#comment-21 The absolutely most EFFECTIVE method I have found to "establish" a walking habit was to begin taking my dog for a morning walk! They say it takes 6 weeks for a human to adopt a "habit" but it only took my dog 3 days to determine that this was something he LIKES and wants EACH AND EVERY DAY! Every morning, rain or shine, at 6:30 AM he begins barking and carrying my walking shoes around the house. There are a LOT of mornings that I don't FEEL like walking, but he can't be talked out of it (unlike my human walking companions). The absolutely most EFFECTIVE method I have found to “establish” a walking habit was to begin taking my dog for a morning walk!

They say it takes 6 weeks for a human to adopt a “habit” but it only took my dog 3 days to determine that this was something he LIKES and wants EACH AND EVERY DAY!

Every morning, rain or shine, at 6:30 AM he begins barking and carrying my walking shoes around the house. There are a LOT of mornings that I don’t FEEL like walking, but he can’t be talked out of it (unlike my human walking companions).

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