[speaker001:] I guess I'm calling to tell you about my exercise program which is a little bit lacking right now I've slacked off in the last six months but for several years I have walked three miles a day
[speaker002:] um-hum okay I'm a walker also um-hum
[speaker001:] are you uh and that my walking was a fast walk uh to get the heart rate up to an aerobic level
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] and I in fact I was enjoying it so much uh that I was doing it like seven days a week and I I pretty much had to cut that back though to five
[speaker002:] oh boy how far could you how far did you walk I mean um I know time wise you need at least twenty minutes how many miles a day
[speaker001:] uh I well it was about three
[speaker002:] about three okay
[speaker001:] um-hum um-hum and I walked thirty minutes I did the uh slow walk kind of a normal walk for five and the aerobic walk for twenty and cool down walk for the last five
[speaker002:] um-hum oh okay oh yeah okay
[speaker001:] but and and it was I was it was so much fun to watch the progress because as I uh went along when I started uh at first I had to uh I didn't have to use my arms all that much to uh you know get the heart rate up but then after about uh
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] four weeks then I had to use them all the time and then I had to I found that I had to raise them above my head and kind of down my back to to get the heart rate up it was very progressive it was progressive
[speaker002:] oh boy uh-huh yeah I that's that's is very quickly also
[speaker001:] yeah I thought well now I guess probably six weeks before I had to do my arms the whole time the whole twenty minutes
[speaker002:] um-hum I see did you find that when you walked like after you you were getting this aerobic uh benefits did not just the heart rate but did you see a difference in in your body also
[speaker001:] oh my gosh yes I have the cutest turned up tail you ever saw no no I did notice uh a lot of difference
[speaker002:] oh is that right yeah okay yeah the reason I ask is I've always really enjoyed walking and I know um you know I I it doesn't bother me to take walks by myself I just when I walk I just I I think I enjoy the scenery you know and I've always found it relaxing it's always something I've enjoyed doing and for me I've found that as long as I try to take almost everyday at least say a twenty minute walk or a half an hour walk maybe more if I can that it's really makes a difference in my weight control
[speaker001:] oh gosh yes
[speaker002:] um in the winter months well here you know I'm sure down there the winter's a little better than here but in the winter months January and February are are the hard months and you have some really cold days and I don't walk much at all in the winter and I really you know I I gain a little bit of weight but I think
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know you really start to feel it as far as your clothes how you feel um and I I I was doing um once in awhile floor aerobics uh I but I developed arthritis and and I had to give up the the floor aerobics for a while but walking is something that I continued to do
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and um I don't know I find for me that um it's just something that I never have gotten tired of whereas when I take an aerobics class by the end of the twelve weeks I'm glad to uh finish it
[speaker001:] well I think may be you like doing it alone you like doing it on your own time too
[speaker002:] yeah yeah it's uh it's uh I I you know I know my neighbor will go is very disciplined will get up six o'clock in the morning and and do rowing and aerobics tapes and I don't have that type of discipline but
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um I you know I found that it's not necessary really necessary to knock yourself out to that degree to keep fit and I really think walking is probably one of the best things because it's something if you live into your nineties you could continue to do
[speaker001:] I think so to well and I I was very pleased uh when uh during cold weather and I haven't lived in Charlotte North Carolina a full year yet but uh
[speaker002:] yeah I see
[speaker001:] when I lived in a colder climate I had access to one of those Schwinn bicycles
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] the ones that you you know you have to use your arms also and so on those days I did thirty minutes on the bike now that was a little boring because I did it alone
[speaker002:] right oh I see yeah
[speaker001:] and uh with you know you can't read very very well if you're using your arms and uh you can't put a book on that type of arms but that was I was very lucky there but here I have dogs that I take uh on long walks
[speaker002:] right right right um-hum
[speaker001:] and that makes it a lot better to have their company
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] but as I said I'm not doing quite it quite as well now because we're in a temporary situation and what I had uh also found that I guess it's like um certain addition um once it well it it's easier to quit if you start uh um stopping shall I say and if you skip some days then uh it's awfully hard to get back to a regular routine
[speaker002:] um-hum um-hum yeah I think that's true um you know I found that oh I used to be just a fanatic walker even when I was pregnant with with my first child I I walked two three times a day for twenty minutes to half an hour I must have walked about five minutes a day and
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and um and then um when I well then I had two kids and you know that makes it a little harder sometimes and then I was working and then when I I found when when I got arthritis one of the bad things about it that comes with it is is fatigue and
[speaker001:] sure um
[speaker002:] and and I found that I was tiring very quickly and I couldn't walk like a used to but I saw a big difference in my figure yeah and um I'm just I'm I'm doing better because I'm under control using medications so I'm getting back into
[speaker001:] yes yes yes
[speaker002:] this walking everyday but it's really true once you haven't done it for a while it's very difficult to start back again but once you really are into it I was definitely addicted to walking I had to have my walk everyday
[speaker001:] um-hum well and I well I had support from my husband too which was is very nice he felt that I needed to put that first and uh I don't believe a lot of woman always have that kind of support
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah yeah no I yeah that's true I um um fortunate enough that he doesn't travel that much and that whenever as soon as he gets home from work or whatever I'll say after dinner well you know I'm I'm talking off for my walk you know
[speaker001:] hum-um yes yes
[speaker002:] and uh yeah that's that's true and you know I've I've had his support there to anytime I've taken a class aerobics in the evening or something you know we've always been able to work it out um
[speaker001:] hum-um
[speaker002:] but right now I'm taking water aerobics also and that's a little bit different it's it's more strenuous then I figured it would be um
[speaker001:] then you thought yes I've had those and I think they're excellent
[speaker002:] yeah I think so I've I've talk and now I'm only talking it one day a week some of the woman there take it two and three days a week and they say that when you take it two or three days a week you will see a difference
[speaker001:] um-hum oh I'm sure oh my gosh yes I I think it's wonderful I've had it and on a regular basis and uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] I found it a lot more fatiguing than my uh walking program in fact
[speaker002:] um-hum yeah I agree I agree there's something about being in the water and exercising and you come out and you have a big appetite
[speaker001:] yes yes well it's been fun talking to you and I wish you lots of luck with your endeavors
[speaker002:] you you also okay you you too and uh have a good summer then down there okay uh-huh bye-bye
[speaker001:] thank thank you bye-bye