Lose Weight Walking

We are not talking about a leisurely walk in the park folks. This needs to be a serious, power walk where you pick up the pace, swing your arms and focus on your stride, not on your conversation on your cell phone.

You need a new walking habit. It doesn't matter if you are walking to work, walking to lunch, walking to pick up your kids, walking the dog, joining a new trail club, walking with your neighbor or your husband....just DO IT!!

Brisk walking is considered moderate exercise and to be effective it must be done daily or at a minimum 5 times a week for at least 30 minutes. This cannot be something you do when you have time or just whenever you happen to think about it. You cannot lose weight walking unless you are serious about it. This must be an ingrained habit that you can't live without!

It will take some consistent effort to get to that point but it WILL happen and when it does you will not have to think about your weight anymore. You will be managing it. It's a great feeling of freedom. I know that if you are this disciplined you are eating low glycemically because you are losing fat, you are feeling great and you want to get out there and walk.

Calories Burned Walking

Start slow and walk for a mile the first week which will take you about 20 minutes and will use up about 140 calories. To get started you could even walk a bicycle so if at first you are tired you can ride a bike home. Gradually increase your distance, half mile a week or more until you are walking at least 2.5 miles. This will take about 45 minutes and you will be burning 310 calories. At this point you will lose weight walking as long as you are also following your low glycemic plan.

When you walk you are building your heart muscle and getting more blood flow to your extremities. The body's cardiovascular system improves when you get more blood to your muscles. Thirty minutes a day of brisk walking can reduce the risk of stroke by about 40%.

It’s a fact, people who exercise regularly, even walking, lose more weight and keep it off than people who do not exercise. Exercise increases the metabolic rate of the body for hours after you exercise. You will “wake up” your sluggish metabolism and burn more fat. Exercise improves your health in every way from digestion and elimination to adding lean body mass while burning fat.

Regular walking improves digestion and elimination and increases your endurance and energy. Brisk walking on a regular basis lowers overall blood cholesterol while increasing the good HDL cholesterol and reducing the "bad" LDL cholesterol. When you lose weight walking you are relieving stress and anxiety, you are in a better mood and you have increased your feeling of well being.

The more you walk the stronger your heart and legs become and the more addicted you will be to walking every single day. The fat does not have a prayer if you walk 2 miles a day. You lose weight walking and you gain fantastic health! Combined with a low glycemic eating plan you WILL reach your ideal goal weight. It's only a matter of time. When the daily power walk becomes a habit you cannot live without....you are there.

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