New to walking (in any predictable manner)...

I've been walking since I was about 13 months old, but other than periods
where I lived close enough to work (say, within 5 miles) to walk regularly,
it's not been very scheduled or anything like that.

I'm almost 6' and about 220 these days, and although I'm "big-boned," I'd
prefer to be a good bit lighter than that.  My schedule is such that I don't
have the time to go walk for 10 miles, either.  My lungs are in pretty good
shape, so I go hiking (crazy places, like by lava flows, and above 10,000
feet) when I can, but that's not regular enough to have an impact on weight.

So I used my bike to measure the distance around the block, which nicely
turned out to be right about a mile (1.01, minus a smidge due to my feet
cornering tighter than my bike) and have decided to walk around it in the
morning and at night.  This morning I walked with my wife and it took 15:08;
this evening before dinner I walked solo, went as fast as I could, and it
took 13:20.  (I'm not "speedwalking," "racewalking" or whatever that I
*know* of.)

I'll probably see what I can accomplish weight-wise with just walking for
a while -- I really don't want to subject my knees to running with this 
much excess weight.

Anyway, just figured I'd say hi and stuff.

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