tailoring my workout to suit me - not what the standard advice seems to be. i just can't walk 3 1/2 mph - i feel like i am hanging on for dear life and its too much. i think at 5'2" i am too short to do a standard pace.

so i knocked it down to 2.8 which is not too easy but a decent quik pace. then for shorter bursts i increased the incline to 3.0, 4.0 and 8.0. then i decreased the incline and then increased again. i did this for 60 mins. i burned 318 calories, felt great when i was done, stretched and felt in general more accomplished than in the past.

i had gotten a book from library - walking by prevention. they talk a lot of low-fat diet crap, but i can ignore that and take the exercise info and hope that is good info. they recommend the shorter bursts and walk at a pace more suitable to my body. there is a section on stretching and yoga.

my sister just mailed me 2 books and a video on yoga - i will start it soon. maybe this afternoon