Get your body moving: adventure led to a new life and a new waistline


        GET YOUR BODY MOVING: ADVENTURE LED TO A NEW LIFE AND A NEW WAISTLINE
What do maps, compasses, and bug repellent have to do with weight loss? If you're Sharon Evans, a 38-year-old accountant from Redwood City, California, the answer would have to be "everything." Back in 1992, Sharon took up orienteering and finally shed the 20 extra pounds that she had been carrying on her 5-foot-5-inch frame.
Orienteering is a cross-country sport where people find their way through unfamiliar terrain using only a compass and a map. Sharon got involved in it as a way to improve her skills in another sport—backpacking. "I'm what you might call geographically diallenged," she explains. "I wanted to learn how to use a compass when I blaze trails."
So when Sharon joined the Bay Area Orienteering Club, weight loss wasn't even on her mind. But it sure turned out to be a fabulous perk. Instead of spending time munching on junk food in front of the TV, she was out in the fresh air learning navigational skills that called on her mental and physical faculties. Better fitness would contribute to better competition times, so Sharon finally had a reason to stick with a jogging program. Her club's social network gave her support not only as her orienteering skills grew but as her waistline shrank. "They were all so excited to share their experiences; it was very contagious and inspiring," she says.
Today, Sharon is a seasoned orienteering veteran. Moreover, she has maintained her fit form and taken on other outdoor challenges. "Through the skills I've learned in orienteering, plus the better fitness level I'm at, I feel more confident to do things like backpacking, repelling, climbing, even working on a horse farm," she says. She's even training to be a volunteer firefighter.
For Sharon, navigating her way to successful weight loss has been a life-enhancing experience.
WINNING ACTION
Find an activity that suits your personality. Weight loss can happen with no effort at all if you can make fitness a hobby as Sharon did. You don't have to take up orienteering or rock climbing. Any activity that involves a social network can make getting fit a lot of fun.
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