Walking for Weight Loss
Walking to burn calories for weight loss is an intense way of walking to lose weight. I much prefer to concentrate on the many benefits walking brings into my life. These are: a healthy habit; extra energy during my day; better sleep at night; discovery of new people, views, areas, information from the foot perspective; the opportunity to build fun into every day; a good level of general fitness; a feeling of vitality and interest in life; oh and losing weight!
Healthy weight loss requires a balanced approach to both the goal (weight loss) and the means (walking). Hating what you are doing can transfer to negativity about exercise and weight. Focusing on the detail of calorie counting can suck! Resources for doing this can be found on Burning Calories Walking. It can be easier to make a game of exercise, keeping track of each day. I use one of the many tools available on the Internet to do this. It is something you can share in a forum, for instance, or keep to yourself.
There are some basic rules which ensure walking to lose weight works! It must be done regularly and often. As your body adjusts to the level of exercise take it up a level by walking longer, increasing its intensity or adding in other exercise options such as wall push ups. However as it requires burning about 3500 calories to lose a pound it is helpful if you don't increase your eating and substitute healthier choices for obvious bad food choices. Walking will sharpen those curves into lean muscle over time unless cutting calories drastically and loading walking into several hours of your day, is your inclination. In which case the results arrive much quicker. It's not my inclination. Particularly because I am happy to know that I have developed a healthy metabolism which manages my weight on an ongoing basis.
