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#<strong>WALK</strong><strong>1000</strong>MILES2019<br />
DO IT FOR WEIGHT-LOSS<br />
From<br />
22st to 13<br />
Munros!<br />
The best thing about<br />
this year was climbing<br />
hills for the first time!<br />
I climbed my first-ever hill in January and<br />
I climbed my 12th and 13th Munro (Scottish<br />
mountains over 3000ft high) this last<br />
month. It’s something I never thought<br />
would be possible a year ago.<br />
When I first did this challenge in 2017<br />
I was over 22st and a size 26. I lost eleven<br />
and a half stone in 15 months and I’m now<br />
a size 10/12. I was also really unfit, getting<br />
out of breath even climbing the stairs.<br />
Now I’ve even taken up running to improve<br />
my stamina for hill-walking. I’m a lot fitter<br />
than I used to be. I walk faster and have<br />
so much more energy.<br />
Getting out in the fresh air, exploring<br />
new places and meeting new people has<br />
done me the world of good. If I am feeling<br />
anxious, just getting out and walking up<br />
my local forestry track helps clear my head.<br />
I think it’s the mixture of the fresh air and<br />
the exercise. Getting to the summit of<br />
a hill is a fantastic feeling, both in terms<br />
of an achievement and the views you<br />
get when you’re up there. Incredible!<br />
For anyone who’s either looking to lose<br />
a bit of weight or just get a little bit fitter<br />
it’s a great challenge. Three miles a day is<br />
an easily achievable<br />
goal, even if you<br />
have an office job<br />
like I do. And you<br />
can choose to do<br />
it based on your<br />
every move, or<br />
planned walks only<br />
if you’re looking for<br />
a bigger challenge.<br />
Eilidh Scammell,<br />
37, Isle of Skye<br />
BEFORE<br />
99%<br />
said it’s<br />
a better<br />
New Year’s resolution<br />
than joining a gym<br />
‘Amazing!‘<br />
Down three stone<br />
and two dress sizes.<br />
And I did my first<br />
ever solo walk!<br />
I was feeling<br />
trapped in the<br />
house, my hubby<br />
didn’t feel like going<br />
out and my dog was<br />
sleepy, so I grabbed<br />
a bottle of water and a snack and drove<br />
to a local lake. I was able to walk at my own<br />
pace and appreciate the peace and quiet.<br />
It was liberating!<br />
Emma Dickson, 36, Swadlincote<br />
‘Feel as young as my<br />
23-year-old daughter!’<br />
I knew as soon as I saw #walk<strong>1000</strong>miles it was<br />
exactly what I needed to start feeling healthy<br />
again. I used my Christmas money to buy<br />
walking shoes, subscribed to Country Walking,<br />
and now I’ve got line after line of weight loss<br />
in my diary. Feels so good! I’ve lost 3 stone<br />
and more importantly booked to walk The<br />
West Highland Way<br />
with my two daughters<br />
at the end of May 2019.<br />
I climbed Goat Fell, Arran<br />
(my first time) in June.<br />
I would never have been<br />
able to do this six months<br />
previously! I felt as young<br />
as my daughter, who is 23!<br />
Lorraine Bücke,<br />
53, Ayrshire<br />
BEFORE<br />
100%<br />
AFTER<br />
‘5½ stone in a year’<br />
I started my <strong>1000</strong> miles on 1 January and joined<br />
Slimming World a week later. To my amazement<br />
I smashed my mileage and weight targets –<br />
5½ stone and nearly 2000 miles! I think weight<br />
loss and exercise go together, so walking is the<br />
obvious first choice for exercise. Walking keeps<br />
your mind focused and<br />
is a great escape. It’s<br />
become so important to<br />
me, both mentally and<br />
physically, helping with<br />
confidence, walking<br />
speed and distance.<br />
Helen Thornley,<br />
49, Cumbria<br />
‘Two stone<br />
and counting’<br />
I feel amazing!!! I wake<br />
up every day with more<br />
of a spring in my step<br />
than the day before! I’ve<br />
been overweight most<br />
of my life, yo-yo dieting<br />
for years. Now I make more of an effort<br />
to walk places instead of getting the bus<br />
or a lift, and here I am, I’ve already walked<br />
my <strong>1000</strong> miles and lost over 2 stone in<br />
weight and counting!<br />
Charlotte Clarke, 34, Stockton on Tees<br />
said #walk<strong>1000</strong>miles made their<br />
experience of weight loss a happier one<br />
‘Finally divorced my TV’<br />
Lost<br />
6 stone,<br />
climbed<br />
hills, felt<br />
exhilarated,<br />
ate cake!<br />
Deborah<br />
Fox, 51,<br />
Sheffield BEFORE AFTER<br />
I started my <strong>1000</strong>-mile journey because I was diagnosed<br />
with pre-diabetes and high blood pressure. Being a TVaddict<br />
chunky monkey this challenge was such a gamechanger<br />
– it gave me a purpose to get up and be active and<br />
not wallow in my diagnosis. After 3 months I had reversed<br />
my pre-diabetes back into the normal range and the same<br />
with the high blood pressure. I’ve started to lose weight,<br />
which is amazing, finally divorced my TV and found out I love trig points I’m not stopping this<br />
train any time soon! In fact the change has been the start of a revolution: I’ve made new friends,<br />
been new places, walked up hills I would never have tried before and given me the get-up-andgo<br />
to indulge in more exercise and sport. Wouldn’t have happened before the challenge!<br />
Holly Wilson-Walker, 30, North Wales<br />
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