Participants: Paula and Curtis Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL00160A
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00:01 Okay, I still have a problem.
00:03 I'm not eating past six. 00:05 I'm reading labels trying to lose weight, 00:08 I'm not consuming any liquid fat or soft drinks, 00:12 but the weight is still slowly coming off. 00:14 Today's program maybe entitled is, 00:17 "What you need walking with Paula." We'll be right back. 00:52 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:54 This is Curtis Eakins and this is my beautiful bride 00:58 of 13 glorious years, Paula Eakins. 01:01 Paula Eakins and it's called walking with Paula. 01:03 Walking with me. 01:05 Walking with Paula. Walking with me, walking with me. 01:07 Oh, walking with anybody, okay. Okay, right. 01:08 Well, physical activity. Physical activity. 01:11 'Cause you know, we don't use the word exercise anymore. 01:14 That's a lot of blood, and sweat, and tears. 01:16 And so, let's do some physical activity, 01:19 but today's program is entitled, walking with Paula. 01:22 We'll get more into that later on in today's program, 01:24 but again dealing with the winning weigh series 01:27 and this is one of the last series of this program. 01:31 And so, walking with Paula is very important 01:33 that people need to also include some type of 01:37 physical activity into their daily routine. 01:40 Speaking about walking with Paula, 01:41 I was wondering, does the Bible 01:43 have anything about walking also? 01:45 Well, about walking or exercise in general? 01:47 Yes. Well, the Bible has a lot to say about exercise, 01:50 it really does, folks. 01:51 And again, we're using God's word as the standard of truth. 01:55 And health is without exception. 01:57 Exercise is without exception. 02:01 First Timothy 4 verse 7, the Bible says that, 02:04 "We should exercise Godliness." 02:09 And if a person just exercised Godliness 02:11 and this would be great, I mean, exercise Godliness. 02:14 So doing things that are the attributes of God, 02:18 well, God is kind and He's gentle, and He's merciful. 02:22 So if we exercise Godliness, 02:24 this would be a wonderful world to live in. 02:26 What do you say, honey? Absolutely, absolutely. 02:28 Well, not only that, but Jeremiah 9:24, 02:31 the Bible also says, we should exercise 02:35 with love and kindness. 02:37 Well, now that's another good exercise we should do, 02:39 what do you think, honey? I mean, anybody can do that. 02:40 Absolutely, absolutely, probably... 02:42 So we exercise loving kindness, 02:44 that also would be a nice world to live in, 02:46 to be kind, and to be gentle with one another. 02:49 All right. Now also the Bible emphasizing 02:52 that we should also exercise Hebrews 5:14 02:56 to discern good from evil, 03:00 and it's always good to exercise that. 03:02 Definitely. So we know what's right from wrong, exercise... 03:05 So the Bible has a lot say about exercise, 03:09 but you maybe thinking about another type of exercise, 03:11 the spiritual exercise. 03:13 What about physical exercise? 03:16 Well, let's go to our first graphic 03:17 and let's see what the Bible have to say 03:19 about physical exercise. Here it is, folks. 03:22 This is God's way, Genesis 2 verse 15. 03:25 The Bible says, "The Lord God took the man 03:29 and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it 03:34 and take care of it." 03:36 Now again, as God made our first parents, 03:39 Adam and Eve, He put them in the Garden of Eden. 03:42 The Bible says, to work it and to take care of it. 03:47 So that means that we are designed by God the Creator, 03:52 to engage our bodies in some type of physical activity. 03:56 To work the Garden of Eden and to work it now, 03:59 doesn't mean that they had rototillering 04:01 and you know, the plow, 'cause they didn't have 04:03 those tools back then. 04:05 But I think one of writers said that they had to use 04:08 their physical abilities to train 04:11 the vines and the branches. 04:13 And so they really had to work the garden, 04:16 so they were engaged outdoor physical activity. 04:19 So we're designd to do that, and that's God's way. 04:22 What is the best exercise? What is the best exercise? 04:27 Well, we have a graphic, but before we go to our graphic, 04:30 let me just first preference this particular author. 04:33 And we mentioned this author before. 04:35 This author is the most translated author 04:38 in the United States, 04:40 according to the Library of Congress. 04:42 And also now the second in the world. 04:45 And this author's wrote, 04:47 written many volumes on health. 04:49 Exercise is without exception. 04:53 And here is what this author says about the best exercise. 04:57 So let's look at this next graphic, 04:59 this will be profound. 05:00 Number 1, here it is, "There is no exercise 05:06 that can take the place of, there it is, honey, walking" 05:12 Now, of course, I know there is a lot of people out there 05:16 who are the runners and the joggers. 05:19 They have, well wait a minute, now all those who swim 05:21 and those who do bicycling, okay. And that's good. 05:24 Don't forget golfing. 05:25 And golfing, okay. 05:27 Now that's if you walk the 18 holes 05:28 instead of going into the buggy, okay. 05:31 So my brother's walking the 18 holes, he loves to golf. 05:34 Right. But this inspired author says that, 05:39 there is nothing that can take the place of walking. 05:44 For those who can't walk, let's include that as well. 05:48 And why is that? When we walk, 05:51 our whole body is engaged in some type of activity 05:55 because the legs are moving, 05:57 the arms are moving as well. 05:59 And also by walking we also exercise internal organs. 06:03 Now again when we walk, 06:06 And of course, we walk as well, 06:07 we go morning to what you do with your program, 06:10 but again, speed walking is even better 06:13 than just brisk or just strolling down the parks. 06:16 So but again walking is the best exercise 06:19 according to this author. 06:20 So we're emphasizing walking for those 06:23 who can walk would be the number one exercise. 06:26 Now there is a national exercise registry out there. 06:28 And they talk about exercise as well, 06:31 talk to us a little bit about that. 06:32 Yeah, and we mentioned this before, 06:34 this called a National Weight Control Registry. 06:37 And again let's mentioned this again, 06:39 you just type in those words 06:40 and a Google search on the Internet 06:42 you'll come up with it. 06:43 And now to be a part of this registry, 06:46 you have to lose at least 30 pounds 06:50 and keeping it off for at least one year, 06:53 then you can be a member of this registry. 06:56 Now the average person have lost 70 pounds 06:59 and keep it off for six years. 07:01 But to be a member lose 30 pounds, 07:03 keep off for one year. 07:04 Now, if you lose 30 pounds 07:06 and let's say you lost 35 pounds, 07:09 you gained 5 pounds back, 07:12 you'd still be a member 'cause you still have 07:13 lost overall 30 pounds in a course of a 12 months period. 07:17 Now the people in this registry, 07:20 going with the winners now. 07:22 The number one exercise that these people 07:25 engaged in was walking. 07:28 Now some did bicycling, some did aerobic dancing, 07:32 but the number one exercise that these people 07:34 and they burned on an average 2,800 calories a week. 07:42 Wow! All right. 07:44 So this is going with the winners. 07:45 This is what people have done in this registry thereby 07:48 we want to emphasize walking would be number one. 07:51 For those who can walk that's the best exercise out there. 07:54 And why is that important in weight loss? 07:57 Well, now walking does a lot of things 07:59 for weight management, weight loss, 08:00 having to try to shink those fat cells. 08:02 Number one, walking increases ones metabolism. 08:06 Again, the faster you walk, the harder metabolism. 08:08 Well, just get out there and just start walking, 08:11 some type of walking program. 08:13 It does that. Number two, 08:14 walking also helps to aid in digestion. 08:18 This is something that a lot of people may not understand 08:21 or may not even be aware of, it also aids in digestion. 08:24 Particularly after we have eaten a meal. 08:27 Number three, walking also have to eliminate waste 08:29 in toxins from the system that also can add weight 08:32 to the body as well. 08:33 So walking, brisk walking in particular can have 08:37 some very profound effects on weight management 08:40 and to shrink those fat cells. 08:43 Well, now there are some people 08:44 out there saying Curtis. 08:45 First of all, I'm just too old too walk. 08:47 Too old to walk. And I'm too tired to walk. 08:50 Too tired to walk. 08:51 So how do you address the individual 08:53 that's sitting there thinking and watching this program 08:54 and saying, he is not talking to me. 08:56 No, he is not. No, we're not talking. 08:58 You're talking about somebody next door to you. 09:00 Yep. Now if you're too tired to walk, 09:02 that maybe an idea for you to walk. 09:05 Absolutely. Because when you walk 09:06 you're less tired, it's a catch 22, 09:08 but just stay with me on this one. 09:10 Yes, yes... 09:11 Now let me do some personal experiences here. 09:13 Now my mother, we play tennis. 09:17 Now when I say tennis, we play tennis, 09:20 we don't just hit the ball over the net one or two times, 09:22 sit down and drink ice tea. 09:24 All right, or have water, whatever the case maybe. 09:27 I mean, we workup a sweat. 09:29 That's my mother and we play tennis quite often 09:32 not more than I should, but we're pretty way 09:36 out there at least an hour or so. 09:37 Plays quite a bit and play quite about. 09:39 Yeah, now that's my mother. Yes. 09:41 Now my grandmother. Now she also has an exercise program. 09:49 Yeah. And in her garage, 09:52 she has a workout station where she has a machine 09:55 that does her ab work. 09:56 She is trying to work on a six pack. 09:58 And we're not talking about poolside, 10:00 but you know, you got three muscles 10:01 on the inside of her abdominal wall. 10:03 And she does that, and then she goes and rotates 10:06 to the treadmill, she's on that for a while. 10:09 And then she does the bicycling and then she gets 10:12 the two pound weights and lifts them up. 10:15 Yes, she does. From time to time. 10:16 Yes, she does. 10:18 And then on the outside of course, 10:19 she walks up and down the street as well. 10:21 Oh, I failed to mention, the age of my mother, 10:23 sorry mama, I will tell your age so, 10:25 you know, get over it. 10:26 But, she's 77, my grandmother according 10:31 to the time of this program is 100. 10:34 One hundred. All right. 10:36 And she is still pumping iron. 10:38 All right, so again, it's too old 10:41 and it's not just weight management 10:42 because both of these ladies, my mom and grandmother, 10:44 they're not overweight. 10:45 But the point is that, the muscles also attach 10:48 to the skeletal system. 10:50 Therefore, it strengthens the body because my, 10:52 I've a picture of my grandmother 10:53 actually having a mallet, 10:56 lifting it up and splitting logs, okay. 10:59 so therefore she does a lot of manual labor 11:02 in her area outside of her home. 11:05 Therefore it strengthens her whole total system as well. 11:08 Not just weight management, 11:09 but also to increase her independence 11:12 and her strength and also she feel less tired as well. 11:16 So again you're not too old to anything, folks. 11:19 Just get out there and start doing 11:20 something that you enjoy. 11:22 Seriously, she is quite a lady, 11:23 100th birthday and she was as, we had all that. 11:26 On her birthday party we had all the graphics 11:28 and everything to talk about what was going on with her. 11:29 And she really is the person that encourages all of us. 11:32 That's right. If you think about the fact 11:33 that she is at a 100 exercising. 11:35 We surely need to be doing something. 11:36 She showed me a box, when I was just a young guy, 11:39 I guess a few years ago 11:41 and that would be over 40, about 45 years. 11:43 She purchased a box, 11:46 a kit that had a pulley from Jack LaLanne, 11:50 now those who are probably under 30, 11:51 probably don't know who Jack LaLanne is, 11:53 but he is a exercise person, guru. 11:56 Guru. And she still has the same box 11:59 that she purchased at pottery farm. 12:01 And she still uses that pulley system, 12:04 over 45 years old. So again it's not never 12:07 too late to exercise. Now what about you? 12:09 Let's do some personal experiences with you, 12:11 honey, about exercise program. 12:12 And you're on a unique program, 12:15 that you've been part of for 7 or 8 years. 12:17 Isn't that right, honey? 12:18 Yes, as a matter of fact I've been always a walker. 12:21 But this particular program I enjoyed because, 12:23 I was on a airplane and USA Today had put a big 12:26 article out there, the whole front page 12:27 had a woman walking, it was talking about 12:30 the obesity factor in America 12:31 and how we, the exercise was not going on. 12:34 And I got to reading it and it very, 12:36 very small caption at bottom of the paper was a website. 12:40 Okay. americaonthemove.org 12:44 So let's do that again, americaonthemove.org. Okay. 12:51 And I said, when I get home, 12:53 I'm gonna actually go to the website 12:54 and see if anything is there. 12:55 Sure enough it was a website, an active website. 12:58 Okay. And on there it actually talked about walking. 13:01 All right. And the importance of walking 13:03 and it has stuff on it about calorie density 13:05 and weight loss, everything was on there. 13:08 And my thing is about the walking 13:09 is I just love to walk. I love to walk. 13:12 And so I said, well, why don't I get on there. 13:13 Because what can happen is as you get on the site itself, 13:16 you get your password in there. 13:18 And then you have a big calendar 13:19 and you put your name in and then you actually 13:22 chart on a journal. You actually have a journal 13:24 and you chart your speed, your speed and your steps. 13:28 Okay. Now in order to be able to do that, 13:30 I had to have a pedometer, 13:32 and so I got me a pedometer and my pedometer I like, 13:35 because this pedometer was one, 13:36 it's one that actually does distance, steps and calories. 13:40 All right. It talks to you. 13:41 And so it's very exciting to me, 13:43 because it gives me a challenge. 13:44 So I will actually go about a whole week 13:46 by putting my numbers in my journal 13:47 and at the end of week I'll go on the site 13:49 and I'll put my numbers in. 13:51 Now, guess what? If I miss a couple days, 13:54 it will let me know, because there will be 13:55 a big old blank spot on that calendar day. All right. 13:58 You have to walk more to... You've to walk more. 14:00 Make up the difference. Because I'm on a program. 14:01 That right. The first program was a six week program. 14:04 Okay. The second program was a six month program. 14:07 And now I'm on a continuously six week programs. 14:11 And Curtis, there is, people are always 14:13 asking me question. How many steps do you have to take? 14:16 Yeah. Now... To be active or... 14:18 In order to be considered as an active person. 14:20 Yeah. So.. 14:21 Now this pedometer will count your steps... 14:23 It counts your steps. You program it. 14:24 Right. You put it right on your waist. 14:25 It has to be right in front of your knee. 14:27 Right in front of your knee. Right there. 14:28 All right, direct line right. Okay, and just walking out. 14:30 And you just start walking. 14:31 Okay, let's look at, I think we have a graphic 14:33 about the steps and based on one's activity level. 14:35 Let's go to that graphic at this time. 14:37 Here it is folks, our steps now. 14:39 At least less than 5,000 steps, 14:41 you're basically inactive. 14:43 And if you're just walking around the house whatever, 14:46 you'd probably get about two, three, 14:47 four thousand whatever. 14:49 Five thousand steps to 7,499 is slightly active, 14:54 7,500 to 9,999 moderately active. 14:58 Now 10,000 steps to 12,499 is active. 15:04 And then the very active is over 12,500 steps. 15:09 Now your goal is, on your program, 15:13 you've several...you've been on several programs. 15:15 I've each one, when you on the site 15:17 you can pick your trails. 15:19 Okay. And so on this site, 15:20 I tried to do 10,000 and above. Okay. 15:22 All right, and ten thousand above steps a day. 15:24 Now, in order be able to do that, 15:26 you really have to get out there and walk. 15:29 You have to walk. Yeah. 15:30 Many people say I can be around in my house, 15:32 and I'm gonna get those steps in. 15:33 But unless you really, really commit yourself to walking. 15:36 That's how the steps begin. 15:37 So I tried in the beginning of my day 15:39 as we go out in morning to walk, 15:41 I tried to start then by getting in at least 15:43 five or six thousand in the morning 15:45 before I even begin my whole day. 15:47 Like this morning before the taping of this program, 15:49 we did a walk. We did a walk. 15:51 And we took in I think over 3,000 steps already. 15:54 We actually... Before they taping this... 15:56 We are actually almost close to 5,000. 15:57 Oh, five thousand, just by walking around the studio 15:59 we got another 2,000 steps, yeah. 16:01 and I think my wife puts it on in the morning folks. 16:04 And I tell you, I tell you this that, 16:07 if she is, let's say her goal is 10,000 steps a day, 16:10 if she is like a 9,000 steps at night, 16:13 she would actually walk aside her bed... 16:17 Right next to the bed. Right next to the bed. 16:18 Walking around the bed until she gets her 10,000 steps 16:21 and then she gets in bed. 16:23 Now the thing... It's a motivator. 16:24 Is so exciting, is that we had camp meetings in Huntsville, 16:26 and at those camp meetings we had a program called 16:29 'Walk It Out with Paula.' That's right. 16:30 So early in the morning 5:30, 16:32 the campers came to a specific site 16:34 and we actually walked it out. 16:36 Now, everybody came. 16:37 We said, don't make a difference. 16:39 You know, if you slow if you're whatever 16:41 is going on with you, this is an ideal time 16:43 to socialize with individuals 16:45 and get it in and all we asked them to do was 2,500 steps 16:49 to go to their destination 16:51 and then 2,500 steps to come back. 16:53 So we walked 2,500 together as they were talking. 16:56 Two thousand five back which meant 16:58 they got their 5,000 steps in. 17:00 That's right. All right. 17:01 Now I think we have a picture, 17:02 this is a South Central Conference 17:05 of Seventh-day Adventist in Huntsville, 17:07 that covers five states. 17:08 I think we've a picture of that, 17:10 let's go to our last graphic 17:11 about this picture those walkers out there. 17:13 And there you are. 17:14 And there was quite a few them that actually were there, 17:16 and this is our very first walk 17:17 that was so early in the morning. 17:18 And all of them came and not only that, 17:20 at the end of the four days they were walking. 17:22 They wind up getting certificates 17:23 and also their own pedometer. 17:27 Oh, I like that lady in the front of the picture 17:29 on one knee, who's her? 17:31 She looks pretty good to me. All right. 17:32 And so that graphic is finished now and we'll be... 17:35 You could just say. Thank you very much. 17:37 Thank you very much. 17:38 Okay, you're welcome very much, okay. 17:39 Now the other thing is at the end of a time frame 17:41 on a program that I'm on, 17:42 you wind up getting a certificate. 17:44 Oh! Let's show that. 17:46 If you stay faithful, okay. 17:47 And so that certificate actually shows up online, 17:49 you can actually copy it and when you, you know, 17:52 I mean, otherwise download it, print it. 17:54 And you get, how many steps you've actually done? 17:57 How many miles you actually walk? 17:59 And a big old congratulations and everything 18:00 from 'America on the move.' All right. 18:02 Now, honey, and you have what about may be... 18:04 This is about... May be 8 or 9 certificates? 18:06 I'm coming up to my 9th one. 18:07 Ninth one, and you've walked 18:08 around the United States about 3 or 4 times? 18:11 Yes. Yeah and so... 18:12 I have done a walk around America. 18:14 When you're putting your steps, folks, 18:15 each day there's a boot or shoe, 18:17 that will walk around United States, 18:19 and go all the way around as you put in your steps 18:22 from your pedometers. 18:23 So it's a good motivator, this is six weeks 18:25 there is a six month and this is excellent for that. 18:28 What do you have there, honey? 18:29 Now they also have on that site too. 18:31 One hundred ways to get 2,000 steps in, 18:32 and so you actually 18:34 get lot of material on this site as well. 18:35 But you know, the name of the game is to really 18:38 just get out there and walk. 18:40 Sometime when we made a comment 18:41 about I may feel like I'm too old 18:42 or I'm too tired or I'm too sick. 18:44 But the name of the game is to get that body moving. 18:47 You got to move the body 18:48 and we are so hooked on walking until when I get up 18:51 and start my day and I haven't got my walk in. 18:53 Oh, I'm like, I got to get outside, 18:55 I got to get outside, it's calling me. 18:56 Plus the Creator God is there outdoors, 18:59 nature, flowers, butterflies, 19:02 everything is available to us and you know... 19:04 Now one thing, that I need to mention before 19:06 we go into that kitchen that, when do you walk, folks, 19:08 God also blesses us as well. 19:10 Absolutely. Now lets just mention one blessing, 19:14 one blessing, in addition to the walking benefits, 19:16 or the weight management and circulation blood pressure 19:19 and diabetes, blood sugar... Good attitude. 19:21 I mean all the kind of things 19:22 but now some of other things 19:24 that are going to face when you walk. 19:26 You are not going to believe this 19:28 and but what happened to me is when I go walking, 19:31 Curtis and I walk together. 19:32 The Lord blesses me with money. 19:33 I mean I've found money in the street. 19:36 Pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, 19:38 nickels but wait a minute. A dollar. 19:40 I found ten dollars? Ten dollars. 19:43 I found one day twenty dollars rolled up 19:45 in a ball across the street, I could not believe it, 19:47 I saw something green, I said, Curtis, 19:49 there is something green across the street. 19:50 That day I got a twenty dollar bill. 19:53 And it was nice and crispy. I always say God... 19:56 Thank you, Jesus. God pays me to walk. 19:57 Let's go out and walk. 'Walk It Out with Paula." 20:00 So you on the website, 20:01 and I think they can even sign up, 20:03 you get a code name. It's a good motivator. 20:06 It's not just weight management folks 20:08 but walking is again as that one author said, 20:11 is the number one exercise. Absolutely. 20:14 And lot of times and sometimes, you know, 20:16 some people are joggers out there. 20:18 I know there is one of us out there that they are listening. 20:20 But also running it also impacts the skeleton system. 20:26 And so you are compromising that, 20:27 but walking you can walk all day long without 20:30 compromising the skeletal system. 20:32 I can really walk faster than mostly people jog. 20:36 Because I do speed walking, 20:37 the goal is to walk one mile in fifteen minutes. 20:41 That's your goal, so you may not do that at first, 20:43 but that will be your goal 20:45 to walk one mile in fifty minutes. 20:47 We'll walk about five miles per hour. 20:50 Four to five miles per hour, 20:52 and that's a pretty good clip. 20:53 So you wanna build up to that, 20:54 or just walk it out with Paula you'll be just fine. 20:56 And talk about walking out with Paula. 20:58 We're gonna walk into the kitchen. All right. 21:00 We're gonna actually do a Fruity Brown Rice Pilaf. 21:03 So get your paper and pencil and meet us in the kitchen. |
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