walking...?

Question

I have decied to start walking daily for 30 minutes to help lose weight. Will it work... or will it work gradually?
Does walking actaully make you lose weight?

Answer 1

Yes it can help you lose weight and build muscle. It is also good for your health.

Answer 2

Walking is great exercise. The key to losing weight during a workout is the heart rate you reach, and also body temperature, so keeping warm will help too (sweat more). As you get in better shape and increase the pace, maintain the same time (30 min) but increase the distance. Most important for me is, I enjoy my walks---tunes, different parks, and hikes in the Rockies when I have time! Peace

Answer 3

Yes.Dont increase your food intake.Even otherwise walking does a whale of good. Weight reduction is gradual and by decrements.In other words if u lose 3 kgs in 15 days it is not another 3 kgs in another 15 days.,may be 1.5 kgs.Then walking must be more with no increase in food intake. And so on till u no longer lose wt.

Answer 4

Walk at a fast pace...in the beginning it will work but as you start getting used to it it will stop working. Try to start small distances and than increase them gradually this way you will never get used to walking a particular distance. Wish you best of luck, having lost 20 pounds myself last month, i know how hard it is to lose weight!

Answer 5

Yes but you more than likely wont see results very quickly if you try incorporating a few 1 hour walks in a week that might help speed up the process. But remember any exercise is beneficial for your health. So keep up the good work and good luck.

Answer 6

Yes it does, my mum lost heaps of weight by walking everyday..When you start to feel like you are up for a challenge, hills are an excellent way of loosing it aswell.

Answer 7

Yes it does, and u need to take 10,000 steps a day at least to live a healthy life. 10,000 steps or 3 miles. It will help u tone aswell bc u use more than just one muscle too. remember to keep ur abs tight when u walk that will help the process.

Answer 8

Yes walking is a part of exercise... but if u want to loose weight there's also other solutions.. as eating healthy.. nd exercising which u want to start doin!! good luck wit it!!!

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Answer 9

This will surely help.
Walking for Weight Loss

Walking helps you shift your attitude toward health, fitness, and weight loss.Take a year to move through the following 3 steps to make gradual but positive lifestyle changes.

Walk : weight loss
1. Just get out there and walk a little. Build a daily habit. Let’s call it being active. Don’t think about changing clothes, going to a gym, jumping around for an hour, or changing clothes.
Just take a short walk to the bus stop, the corner mailbox, or the convenience store for a gallon of milk. Find ways to add an extra 2,000 steps into your daily routine.

Buy and wear a pedometer to measure your steps. A 20-minute walk is about 120 steps per minute, or 2,400 steps. You can break that up into 3 walks of 800 steps each.

How far you walk or how fast you walk aren't important. It’s simply walking in short spurts most days of the week. Be careful. Once you start paying attention to walking, you’ll want to walk farther.

Add a simple 4-minute stretch routine a few days a week after your walk to maintain your natural range of motion. Just stand up, even if you’re at work fully dressed in work clothes. Put one leg back, bend the front knee, and lean forward to stretch the calf muscle. For thighs, grab your ankle from behind, keep your knees close together. Lean forward to stretch your lower back.

Eventually add a simple 2-minute warm-up before you walk: Hold on to a railing for balance and circle your ankle, one leg at a time. Then swing each leg, forward and back. Put your hands on your hips for a circular trunk rotation. This gets the blood flowing and leaves your muscles less prone to injury.

Goal: You’ll realize you don’t have to hurt to feel better. After a walk, you’ll feel invigorated and happy.

2. Walk longer, build strength. Start increasing your walking distance, and you’ll begin to see weight loss. During this second phase, increasing distance means increasing time to 45-60 minutes 2 days a week.
Walking for weight loss

You can cover serious distance in an hour of walking and walk even longer on weekends. Build up to a half-day or day-long hike. This increase in duration increases weight loss, burns more calories, and builds strength as you get off the beaten path and hike up and down hills on a challenging course.

Hike 2 miles somewhere and back at a brisk pace. Ask at any outdoor shop about the best places to hike, such as conservation land, state parks, a waterfront, or rail trail. Go for a full-day trek through a bird sanctuary, take a picnic to a waterfall, or go on an organized hike with a group.

When the weather outside is frightful, many people turn to treadmills. Admittedly, treadmills are boring, but spice up a complete treadmill workout by using elevation to give the sense of a trail. You don’t have to follow the preprogrammed courses. Create your own interval training with hills. Make it a mental game. Life isn’t automated, and your treadmill workout shouldn't be either. Ascend and descend by varying your elevations and speeds.

Pick 5 of your favorite CDs for your portable Walkman – classical, country, rock and roll, even rap. Hit random play, and whatever song comes up, go that tempo. Start and end with an easy one. Put a fan in front of the treadmill to create natural cooling from the wind you’d normally get on a trail.

Keep an activity log. Noting your daily activity is a great motivator, especially when you see those miles start to build up. Tally your daily, weekly, and monthly totals. You’ll hate to write down “0” for any day.

Goal: Walk vigorously for a longer period of time twice a week. If you don't see dramatic weight loss, it may be because you are building muscle.


3. Walk faster and seek variety. In this 16-week segment, you’ll find the athlete within. Speed up your walking and you’ll see total body fitness improvements. A couple days a week, go fast enough to break a sweat and breathe hard.
walk for weight loss
Use the 1-to-10 scale of perceived rate of exertion to measure endurance. Think of 1 as watching TV; 10 is sucking air (you can’t go any farther). Daily walks, for example, are 5 or even 6-6.5 sometimes. Twice a week, crank it up to 7, 8, or 9 on a steep hill for a few minutes. Now you’re burning serious calories and building real aerobic fitness through interval training.

Need variety? Complement your walking with a counterbalancing exercise such as martial arts, yoga, water aerobics, or a court sport like tennis.

Goal: Walk in a 5K or 10K event such as a corporate cup run/walk, a fund-raising race for the cure, or other organized community activity.

Answer 10

Yes walking will help. if you are a couch potato, you will see a big difference. if you already are a little active, you have to beef up your walking to see a bigger difference. Walking definitely helps and you will lose weight