I know knowledge is power and the plan you linked is probably good advice, but for my personality type I don&#x27;t think that would&#x27;ve worked. It&#x27;s simply too much work :).<p>During the first month I did 5 min of stretching and then 20 min of jogging in one shot for the day. Every 3 days I would try to add 5 min. Sometimes I could, sometimes I had to back off and try a few days later. After a month I got to 45 min. I then did only 30 seconds of stretching before the jog. I did&#x27;t think I needed it anymore (probably should have).<p>As I understand it the first 20 min of jogging doesn&#x27;t really help you lose much weight, it&#x27;s every minute after, for the session, that really burns fat.<p>As for miles walked, this was 14 years ago I didn&#x27;t think or care about miles walked.<p>Probably not helping you, but that was my experience.