Walking for weight loss

Suppose you need to lose about 30 pounds and your preferred physical activity is walking.

This is a common situation and the question is – can you expect to lose weight by walking and how many calories you can burn?

Positive, you really can burn extra calories with walking. But exact number of calories to burn is hard to tell, as it depends on how fast you walk and how much you weigh.

It is possible though to calculate energy expenditure for different physical activities based on your weight.

30-minutes walk burns about 127 calories for a 140 pound person if he walks 4 miles per hour. The same walking speed can burn 182 calories for a 200 pound person in 30 minutes of walking.

Scientific researches tell that you need to burn 2000 - 3000 calories per week from physical activity to successfully manage your body weight. That means 60 to 90 minutes workout daily. 30 minutes of walking are great for your health improvement, but are unlikely to result in significant body fat decreasing.

To get as many possibilities of physical activity, you can spread your time – several 15 minutes bouts of walking during the day, parking your car in the far end of the lot, taking stairs instead of escalator will count as a moderate physical activity.

Theory says that 1 pound of fat equals 3500 calories. If you walk about hour daily, you are about to lose 30 pounds in 7 months. You can boost your weight loss by making calorie cuttings in your diet (avoiding desserts for example) or adding weight loss pills that affect your metabolism and reduce calories. Perfect choice is ProShapeRX weight loss system, which works best with physical activity, as many people’s experience proved.

If you cannot do a lot of exercising, start from 10 minute sessions and add several minutes every 2-3 days.

Realize that physical activity must become your choice for the whole life. You can effectively exercise and shed excess weight now, but if you stop tomorrow, the weight might be back next week. Remember that every time you move, your fat is burned and the healthier you become.

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