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"I was very, very excited to read a recent study that found when it comes to your heart, frequent, moderate exercise may be better than sweating it out two or three times a week. See, in my pre-child life I was a super-duper exerciser: I jogged or took a 50-minute hard-core cycling class at least three times a week, if not more. But as any busy mom knows, in post-child life, squeezing in time to take a few deep breaths can be a challenge! For a while I agonized over not being able to do those long, intense sessions. Instead, I made a concerted effort to weave exercise in my daily schedule\u2014including getting up 30 minutes earlier so I can walk my son to school instead of hopping on a bus. Now, the study showed that women who walked 45-60 minutes five or six times a week lost twice as much body fat as those who did more intense exercise less often (like brisk walking or biking three times a week). Sounds like a lot, I know, but remember, you don&amp;#039;t have to do that all at once and ANY walking counts: walking down the aisles of the grocery store, out to the mailbox, even around the mall for a little shopping. And hey, if you load up those shopping bags, carrying them around even counts for a little strength training! -Amy Brightfield, Health Director "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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