Pam Sherman

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Starting a Streak to Boost Weight Health and Weight Loss

In my latest issue of Runner's World, there was an article on streaking. This helped people cope with divorce, cancer treatments, having kids, staying sober and the list literally goes on and on.

I read it and thought, Nah. I don't want to. I love running but don't want to HAVE to do it every day. Then my daughter read it. She's got 3 more super intense weeks of school left. She said she wanted to run a mile every day for the rest of May. Of course, I had to jump on board to support her.

It's only a mile. It takes less than 9 minutes. But it's something. It is stress relief. It is a perfect way to start any day. (If it was December, I wouldn't be doing this—I am a weenie in bad weather!) But, after my initial "I don't want to," I'm really enjoying it!

Because I'm an old running geek, I'm keeping track of my time daily. I get pure pleasure out of seeing how fast I can go! As well as those days it feels like I'm running through water :)- I call those days slogging=slow jogging.

Think about starting a streak of your own. It could be 10 counter push-ups a day. It could be 10 squats a day. Something doable that doesn't take a lot of time! Why- because you are worth it!

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