Could just be buying shitty shoes. I bought a shitty pair of nice looking but cheap shoes recently and they started falling apart at the heel in a few mo  31dc  nths. Fuck cheap shoes. (On the other hand she says "$100-$200 minimum" which ought to get you a not-completely-terrible pair of shoes, definitely at the top end.) If you run a lot you can go through a good pair of shoes in six months. But if you run a lot, you're not a big fatass.  “Walking. Yeah walking is free.” Except shoes. And appropriate clothes.  So otherwise you'd be shoeless and naked? And what the fuck is inappropriate clothes for walking?  Look, it's true that exercising isn't completely free. But geez, it's money well spent. And you can always save some money by eating less fucking junk.