Walking To Lose Weight
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Physical activity is essential in a complete weight loss
program. You get to achieve at least two benefits. Exercise will
help to tone flabby muscles and you also get to burn calories.
The best activity to burn fat is aerobic exercise. One of the
best ways to get an aerobic workout is by walking.
Walking is the easiest and most effect form of aerobic
activity. The nice thing about walking is that it is low impact
and available to almost everyone. There is just a little bit
more to walking than placing one food in front of the other.
The first thing to know is you need to increase the speed while
walking. This is because of how the body draws on the stored fat
as opposed to other stored energy sources. Normally, when
working out, 30 minutes of exercise is sufficient for burning
fat. When you walk it should be a minimum of 45 minutes.
Ideally, you should increase this to an hour over time.
At first you may think that you are too busy to walk an hour
everyday. The secret to this is to start your day out with a
walking regimen. Yes, it does mean getting up earlier. The
results are worth the effort. Besides losing weight, you will
begin to feel better with increased energy levels.
A leisurely stroll will not give you the aerobic workout that
your body requires. Kick it up a bit and at the same time do not
over do it. The rule of thumb is that if you can not talk and
walk at the same time, you are over doing it.
Weight to a large extent is determined by the balance of
calories. That is, how many calories you burn versus how many
you consume. Losing weight is largely a matter of either
increasing your activity to burn more calories or eating less
calories, or both.
One pound of fat is the equivalent to approximately 3,500
calories. In order to lose a pound per week you need to expend
3,500 more calories than you eat in that week. As mentioned
above, this can be either through increased activity, decreased
eating, or ideally-both. A sensible goal is to lose between 1 to
2 pounds of fat per week.
Approach your walking regimen in the following manner. Increase
the amount of miles you walk over time. Focus your training by
increasing the distance before you increase your speed. Walk a
minimum of five days per week. The calories that you burn by
walking a few extra minutes far outweigh any other changes that
you implement.
One last thing. Walking outside is preferable to walking
inside. However, if the weather does not permit, a treadmill is
helpful, and useful, until the weather improves.
Walking an hour per day is also associated with other health
benefits. Walking helps cut the risk of heart disease, breast
and colon cancer, stroke and diabetes. Taking this into
consideration it is worth the effort to include a walking
program into your busy day.
Approach your walking regimen in the following manner. Increase
the amount of miles you walk over time. Focus your training by
increasing the distance before you increase your speed. Walk a
minimum of five days per week. The calories that you burn by
walking a few extra minutes far outweigh any other changes that
you implement.
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Physical activity is essential in a complete weight loss
program. You get to achieve at least two benefits. Exercise will
help to tone flabby muscles and you also get to burn calories.
The best activity to burn fat is aerobic exercise. One of the
best ways to get an aerobic workout is by walking.
Walking is the easiest and most effect form of aerobic
activity. The nice thing about walking is that it is low impact
and available to almost everyone. There is just a little bit
more to walking than placing one food in front of the other.
The first thing to know is you need to increase the speed while
walking. This is because of how the body draws on the stored fat
as opposed to other stored energy sources. Normally, when
working out, 30 minutes of exercise is sufficient for burning
fat. When you walk it should be a minimum of 45 minutes.
Ideally, you should increase this to an hour over time.
At first you may think that you are too busy to walk an hour
everyday. The secret to this is to start your day out with a
walking regimen. Yes, it does mean getting up earlier. The
results are worth the effort. Besides losing weight, you will
begin to feel better with increased energy levels.
A leisurely stroll will not give you the aerobic workout that
your body requires. Kick it up a bit and at the same time do not
over do it. The rule of thumb is that if you can not talk and
walk at the same time, you are over doing it.
Weight to a large extent is determined by the balance of
calories. That is, how many calories you burn versus how many
you consume. Losing weight is largely a matter of either
increasing your activity to burn more calories or eating less
calories, or both.
One pound of fat is the equivalent to approximately 3,500
calories. In order to lose a pound per week you need to expend
3,500 more calories than you eat in that week. As mentioned
above, this can be either through increased activity, decreased
eating, or ideally-both. A sensible goal is to lose between 1 to
2 pounds of fat per week.
Approach your walking regimen in the following manner. Increase
the amount of miles you walk over time. Focus your training by
increasing the distance before you increase your speed. Walk a
minimum of five days per week. The calories that you burn by
walking a few extra minutes far outweigh any other changes that
you implement.
One last thing. Walking outside is preferable to walking
inside. However, if the weather does not permit, a treadmill is
helpful, and useful, until the weather improves.
Walking an hour per day is also associated with other health
benefits. Walking helps cut the risk of heart disease, breast
and colon cancer, stroke and diabetes. Taking this into
consideration it is worth the effort to include a walking
program into your busy day.
Approach your walking regimen in the following manner. Increase
the amount of miles you walk over time. Focus your training by
increasing the distance before you increase your speed. Walk a
minimum of five days per week. The calories that you burn by
walking a few extra minutes far outweigh any other changes that
you implement.
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