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11. March Everywhere
If you can stand in place, you can march in place instead. You don’t have to go all out and bring your knees to your chest or even hip level, but while you are brushing your teeth or combing your hair, even while you are getting dressed, keep those knees moving and shuffle those feet!
12. Make Inconvenient Choices
Sounds strange, but this works. Don’t opt for the bathroom that is nearest to you, walk to the upstairs bathroom, or use the restrooms that are located on the opposite side of the mall or park. Don’t walk three blocks to your nearest bakery, walk 10 blocks to the one you don’t frequent as often. Don’t enter the mall through the entrance closest the store you want to shop at, park a block away, on the street opposite where you want to go shopping. Don’t walk around your grocery store in an organized circle, get items from one side, then walk to the other side, and then back again. Don’t clean the upstairs, then go downstairs, clean one room upstairs, then walk downstairs and clean one room, then go back upstairs. You get the idea.
13. Make Commercial Time Walking Time
Watching your favorite program, yes, you could just zip past the commercials or change the channel, but what a great excuse to get up and walk. Even if you don’t want to leave the house, simply stand up and walk in circles or walk upstairs and then back down. Twice.
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14. Tell a Friend or Co-worker
You might be surprised at how many more steps you can add into your day when you tell people what you are doing. Show off your pedometer and explain that you are trying to break your step goal. Watch how many people will be more than willing to help you out. Your neighbor, for example, might immediately suggest that you two take the kids on a walk to the park each morning or your co-worker might suggest that you both take walking lunch breaks.
15. Walk Your Dog
Then walk him again. Dogs can literally walk almost all day long and we don’t give them anywhere near the amount of exercise they need. So if you walk Muffy in the morning, do it again in the evening, and then again before bed. Even just a quick 10 or 15 minute walk around the block will go a long way. Seriously, have you ever seen a dog say “no” to a walk? (Well, ok, maybe during a blizzard!) If you don’t have a dog, perhaps this is a good time to hit up your local shelter or rescue organization and get one. If you can’t have a dog for whatever reason, borrow your neighbor’s dog. Or create a virtual dog that you need to “walk” three times per day. Find a cute picture, post it on your door or fridge or where ever, give him a name, and offer to take him walking. Come on, have some fun with it! Because if it isn’t fun, why do it?
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