[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] All right, well, I'm not a big exerciser, but I kind of had to start after I had my baby because I wanted to lose that extra weight.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And so basically at this point I'm, I'm a real walker.
[speaker001:] I am, too.
[speaker002:] Are you?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] I don't do that, oh, I guess I'll call it that fancy type walking where they kind of move their hips, you know, and
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] keep their arms up. I don't do that. I mostly just take a, a walk around the block or with my baby or, you know, and I have to do that at least once a day. If it,
[speaker001:] Oh, that's good.
[speaker002:] If it's going to make any effect on, since I have to eat the same as I did before. I can't neglect that because of the baby either.
[speaker001:] And how old is your baby?
[speaker002:] She just, uh, well, she was premature, so she's about nine months now, though. Goll-, times goes fast.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Well, I walk two and a half to three miles every night.
[speaker002:] Oh, that's great.
[speaker001:] My husband and I were on Nutrisystem about eighteen months ago
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and he lost sixty-two pounds
[speaker002:] [Breathing].
[speaker001:] and I lost twenty-one.
[speaker002:] Oh, my goodness.
[speaker001:] [Lipsmack] So we've decided to maintain our weight, that we will do this exercise walking program and we walk our dog every night
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and go up around the elementary school. We have a little path that we do.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And, uh, except if it's raining or real cold
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] which it hasn't been
[speaker002:] Exactly.
[speaker001:] we try to get out, uh, every, every night.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] And he plays racquetball twice a week, but I'm not into that, so
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I think the walking is enough to help us stay in shape and toned.
[speaker002:] Well, I think that is just wonderful. Now, as far as I'm concerned, I have several other children and so, uh, I think at this point to fit it into, to other things, it's kind of a task.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] You know. Uh, it's not to where I'm just so freed up that I, I just go, oh, this is wonderful, let's go [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Right [LAUGHTER], that's right. I know my kids are into sports and a lot of times, tonight we won't finish with the football game till around nine thirty so we will just go out after that.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] So, my kids, luckily, are old enough I can leave them at home alone while I go out and walk.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Now, does your husband usually go with you, then?
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] Oh, see, now that's really nice.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] Because mine's at meetings sometimes and, and he's not really into it so
[speaker001:] No
[speaker002:] I have to,
[speaker001:] my husband never was either until he lost the weight.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] That was his decision. He had arthritis in his hips and his doctor said he needed to lose weight and exercise.
[speaker002:] I think that is so wonderful.
[speaker001:] So once he got motivated, now he's ready to walk every night. And our dog has lost a little weight. He walks every night, too [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] So, he gets excited when he sees us put on our, our shoes, our walking shoes.
[speaker002:] I bet. I think that's really, really good. And, and, you know, I think this, after you've done it a certain amount of time, it kind of does get to be a routine.
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] It's not, like when I first started, it, you know, that was the hardest thing was
[speaker001:] Making time for it.
[speaker002:] to get ready and get out there. But now if I haven't done it in a day or two or something, I really notice that I haven't done it in a [LAUGHTER]...
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] You know. And I like the time because my kids, sometimes they come with me and sometimes they don't. And when they don't, I, I really notice, you know, how fun it can be when they come. So, uh, I like to have somebody come with me.
[speaker001:] I know, I do, too.
[speaker002:] Uh, I know most of, enough of the people that if anything ever happened I could go to a home
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] around this block area. So it, it's not real dangerous, but still, I don't like to go alone.
[speaker001:] No.
[speaker002:] So [faint].
[speaker001:] I never do either. Even if I have my dog with me.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] You know, it's nice to have another person there, but...
[speaker002:] Yeah. You know,
[speaker001:] Mostly, it's my husband and sometimes it's my kids.
[speaker002:] Well, I think that's great. I, and, well, sometimes when I, I take my kids to the playground that's the only other exercise I, I really think I do. I was on an exercise program before where it was more like an aerobics type thing.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Uh, I found real quick that wasn't for me.
[speaker001:] Me, too. I did the dance step when I lived up in
[speaker002:] Uh-huh [very faint].
[speaker001:] Michigan and it just wore me out. I would leave totally exhausted. I never lost any weight, and I got to the point I dreaded going in.
[speaker002:] Yeah, yeah.
[speaker001:] So walking seems to be a good solution for me and it doesn't cost anything [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Right [LAUGHTER], right. And it gives me time to think. So I think, not only does it help my body, but I think it helps my mind
[speaker001:] Yes.
[speaker002:] too. So I like that.
[speaker001:] That's the one time in the day my husband and I can get away and talk
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] without having the kids jump in and...
[speaker002:] Yeah, need something and,
[speaker001:] Yep.
[speaker002:] They can wait until you get back home.
[speaker001:] Yep.
[speaker002:] Well, I think that's great [lipsmack]. Well, that's what I do for [LAUGHTER],
[speaker001:] Yep, that's all I do, too.
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] Okay.