Walking To Lose Weight

Can Walking Aid The Weight Loss Challenge?

Walking to lose weight is a very effective fat burner and is one of the most overlooked forms of effective exercise.

So what are the benefits of walking?

You can do it at your own pace and gradually keep building it up to a desired pace.  No matter what your fitness level is you can start your exercise regime by walking.

Walking helps you burn fat effortlessley.  It slowly raises your heart rate which experts believe to be the most effective way to burn significant amounts of fat.

The more walking you do, the more fat you willburn.  If you combine walking with breathing techniques to lose weight, then you'll significantly burn more fat.

What You Need To Do

Start off slowly.  Have a good posture with your back tall and straight.

Breathe deeply, inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth.  Make sure you breathe deeply enough to get air into your lungs.  Your stomach should expand indicating you're inhaling enough air.

Get up to a pace that is challenging for you.  You will feel your heart rate rise a bit - but not too much, don't over do it.

Aim to walk for 30 minutes between 3-5 times a week.  Vary your walks, don't stick to the same routine everytime - you'll get bored.

Also if you vary your walks to eventually include banks and hills, you'll increase your fat burning and weight loss significantly.  You'll also feel the muscles in your bum, legs, thighs and calves get much more tighter.

It has been proved that walking for 30 minutes a day, five days a week can help you lose up to 4 lbs in a month - and that's without dieting!

So walking to lose weight is a very significant activity to weight loss and fat burning.  You never know, eventually you might want to try running to lose weight instead!

True Case Study

Joan, A neighbour of my mother-on-law needed to lose some weight as she needed an operation.  The heavy weight was putting a strain on her knees.

Joan didn't like any form of exercise at all and she was in her sixties.  She decided to go for a walk every evening before it got dark.  Joan set off at her own pace (which was slow) and walked from her house to a local landmark and back. 

Joan just lives around the corner from me and I have done this same walk many times and it takes me half an hour at a fast pace.  So I think it took Joan about one hour for the same walk.

Anyway, after a few weeks of doing this walk and watching what she was eating, Joan lost about 7 lbs in weight.  This was enough for her to have her operation.

So this just goes to show that walking to lose weight is very effective even for people in their senior years and with health problems.

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