Take two cookies with you every time you go for a walk.... Eat one at the first 30 minutes and the second one 30 minutes later. If you make it home after a full hour walk, do it again the next day.
I'm not a doctor, and don't play one on TV but I just made that advice up; and may try it myself...!! Good Luck and keep walking.
J.
Not to bad of an idea, but...average person walking might burn about 110-120 calories per mile. Depending on the cookies
and how fast you walk it might wash out? If they were good cookies you better just eat one every hour.
Seeing Jim's post above I have a fat doctor story.... Leaving off a bunch of details... My cardiologist has me do at least once a
year a max effort stress test, basically go until you think you might die and quit when you need to. This usually also creates
a fair amount of stress on the tech running the T-mill and the waiting ultrasound tech. A Bruce protocol test usually involves
7 levels. The techs get worried when an old guy gets north of about level four and heart rates gets in the 160 range. This time
they went to grab a cardiologist at about 15 minutes into it. Young FAT doc wearing a Yakama waddles in and proceeds to look
at the EKG trace then sits down a plays with his phone. I got through the 21 minute mark and quit with a heart rate in upper 170s
and my lungs on fire. He made some sarcastic comment about effort and taking it easy. I suggested seeing as he was half my
age he get his fat ass up there and show me how it's supposed to be done, he turned a bit red but said nothing and started to walk
out, between gasps for air I may have suggested he wasn't much of a model for coronary health and called him a porky ^&*%.
Usually about the 19-20 minute mark I keel over, so was feeling really good about making the 21 minute cutoff and didn't
appreciate his comments. Asked the techs to go get him as I wanted to apologize for being rude...no way, not happening ... turns out
all the staff hated the guy.
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