Have you been looking for an easy, fun way to get fit? One that doesn’t involve costly equipment or a ton of time?

Would you like to:

•Lose weight? •Improve endurance? •Tone muscles? •Enjoy long range health?

Did you know that you can reap these benefits (and more) just by walking? You can! But, what most people don’t know: in effort to achieve a certain result, you need to use a specific program (or a combination of them).

When first making commitment to a walking program, you’ll need to establish your goals--ask yourself: “What’s my main fitness priority?”

Next, you need only match up your goal to one of these five programs. Choose from: weight loss, cardio conditioning, muscle toning, long term health or a combination of all of these.

Here’s a thumbnail sketch of each simple program:

* Weight Loss

Benefits: Flatten tummy, shrink hips, tighten thighs, reduce excessive fat.

Type of walk: Moderate; 45-60 minutes, daily.

Calories expended: 2,000-2,500 per week.

*Cardio Conditioning

Benefits: Strengthens heart, improves aerobic endurance, helps you perform better during other aerobic activities, and helps you recover more quickly from physical exertion.

Type of walk: High intensity, brisk pace; 20-30 minutes 3-4 days per week.

Calories expended: 800-1,000 calories per week.

*Muscle Toning

Benefits: Improve muscle strength, endurance, body firmness and increase metabolism.

Type of walk: Moderate, with resistance; 20-70 minutes 2-3 days per week.

Calories expended: 500-3,000 calories per week.

by Nancy R. Fenn

The emphasis today is on working from home with an internet business. We’re talking today with Margaret Loris, Sunhealer. Margaret has an international healing practice based out of Chicago. She markets and promotes her business on internet and has for years. A successful entrepreneur and gifted healer, Loris travels around world presenting workshops with latest healing techniques, explaining to people how they can change their basic DNA programming to bring more success and happiness into their lives.

Fenn: Margaret, in a day and age when so many people would like to have an international business that is successful on internet, how did you get started?

Loris: I’ve been a healer from day I was born. Ever since I was a child I would automatically know things that would help and heal people. When I reached six years of age, I loved God so much that I wanted to be a priest and give everyone Holy Communion.

Fenn: You didn’t think about becoming a nun? You must have a clear relationship with your own power.

Loris: Yes, I’m a woman who’s not afraid of power. I use my power to help others.

Fenn: Did you find support in your childhood environment for your healing gifts?

Loris: I could see auras and thought that everyone else could too. I never really paid much attention to it, so nobody else made a big deal of it either. Later when I began studying healing techniques, that's when everything finally started to fit together and I could use my inner talents more beneficially.

Fenn: How did you start your healing practice?

Loris: I didn’t start it right away. I was a registered nurse specializing in transplants for about twenty one years. I worked in Florida at that time. The work was demanding and satisfying in a way, I mean sometimes we could save someone’s life. But I couldn’t help thinking, what if these people could have healed themselves? What if they didn’t have to go to this extreme in surgery room?

Fenn: You sound like a healer all right. Did doctors and other nurses know your powers?

Loris: Yes, they certainly did. I remember as an operating room nurse in a trauma hospital, a neurosurgeon called me Nurse Lazarus, because he said I could bring back dead. Others would comment on how easily their surgeries went and quickly their patients healed when I worked with them. This is when I knew for sure I was a healer. All my years as an operating nurse plus my healing studies have all given me a complete view of all types and methods of healing techniques. I saw an article this week about God and healing on a national magazine. The world is getting ready for breakthroughs in healing and we're ready, too!

Fenn: What other healing techniques and methods did you study?

Loris: I graduated from Barbara Brennan’s four-year training program in 1995.

Fenn: For readers who don’t know Barbara Brennan, can you tell us a little about that?

Loris: It’s a school that teaches you how to clean, balance, repair, and center a person’s energy field.

Fenn: I know that must have been a very fulfilling experience. What else did you train in?

Loris: I’m certified in Australian Living Flower Essences Academy and am trained as a Rapid Eye Technician.

Fenn: Tell us more!