Where is the picture of your Honey Glazed Chicken Wings ? for some reason, I can see it. Please don't "mislead" us. :))
Not mean to add more pressure on you, I'd tend think that your goal of 6000-step-walk-per-day seems being set far short. Using lingo you'd be familiar with to say it would like this “The serving size is too small.” :)
Here is a thing, mathematically, 6000 steps can be roughly translated into about two miles of distance. Under fair condition which excludes bad weather and uneven terrains, an adult may walk a mile in 18-20 min; many fit ones are able to finish a mile in 12 min or less. Assuming you'd walk two miles each day, the total benefit you could get from it might be not as much as that you'd have expected. For example, the calories burn through such mild exercise would be less than a piece of Blueberry Muffin you'd buy from Starbucks even you'd walk in a brisk speed for 2 miles.
Although technically speaking any regular physical exercise would better than none, the types of exercises, duration, and intensity make big difference in terms of the supposed benefits.
My point is that if you decided to make investment of your time and will-power, in turn, hoping to achieve healthy and mental fitnesses, you might be well to factor in all possible scenarios in order to capture the best possible total-return. One approach I'd suggest you to contemplate is that starting with your 2 miles walk routine for few weeks of time. After you get comfortable in a couple months for the distance, you may push yourself bit more by increasing the intensity. Three months later, you may move your target a notch higher - the territory of cardiovascular exercises such as jogging, biking, swimming and running. That is where you hit the sweet spot.
From my personal experience, I found the strenuous exercise like running in fast pace between 7–10 mile regularly make me less likely fail being the prey of any format of stresses, in addition, because of endorphin produced during the running exercises, I have been able to maintain fit and being relatively happy than that otherwise.
In summary, I strongly recommend you to aim higher and don't write off cardiovascular exercises too quickly. :)) In fact, I am really hoping that you may run your first marathon someday.
Oh, BTW one of my observations through years is that the female runners appear to be looking much younger and fitter than the counterpart who don't run.
