How Easy is Walking to Lose weight?

Walking to lose weight is easy enough. It just needs a pair of good boots and a waterproof. But it all depends on how much weight you want to lose and how fast you want to lose it. To lose one pound a week you must burn five hundred calories a day less than you are burning now. That means walking at a fairly brisk four miles an hour for one and a half hours or a slightly less demanding three miles an hour for one and three quarter hours each day. You can, of course, double those figures to lose two pounds in a week, which is the maximum you should be aiming for. Unless you are desperate to lose pounds for an event fast weight loss is something best avoided and unlikely to be achieved just by walking.

To lose weight you must balance calories out against calories in. Burn more than you eat and you will lose weight. Eat more than you burn and you will gain weight. If you have the time, and live somewhere nice, there is nothing better than a long walk in the countryside, the park or even around town each day.  That would do it. But if you have as little time as most of us walking to lose weight has to be part of a calorie controlled diet.

To lose one or two pounds a week you do not need to count calories. Just throw out the high fat, high sugar, fizzy drinks and processed food from your fridge. Keep away from fast food outlets, give up snacking and drink plenty of water. Then try to eat meals incorporating plenty of fresh vegetables, whole grains, lean meat and fish. Make sure you eat some fresh fruit every day. Do that and your walking to lose weight program can drop to thirty minutes a day. You can even do this by walking fifteen minutes morning and fifteen minutes evening if it is more convenient.

There are two ways of losing one or two pounds a week. You can walk a lot and only make small changes to your diet, like giving up the obvious junk food items and snacks. Or you can eat a healthy diet and do less walking each day. It is up to you – walking to lose weight is not difficult, the important thing is to make sure you get some exercise and eat as healthy a diet as possible.