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How To Walk The Weight Off
By Patricia Zelkovsky
Perhaps the cheapest and most expedient way to lose weight is to walk it out.
Most people can lose at least one pound a week by walking at a moderate pace for
at least thirty to sixty minutes a week.
Not only is walking great for weight loss, but it also cuts your risk of stress
related mood disorders, heart disease, colon cancer, stroke, breast cancer and diabetes!
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you need to walk 35 miles to burn off 3,500 calories to lose one pound
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Every individual is different when it comes to how long it will take for him or
her to burn the fat off. To put it simply, a pound of fat equals 3,500 calories.
In order to lose that one pound a week you will need to burn off 3,500 more
calories than the total calories that you consumed for that week.
Time does not matter as much as distance. However the faster you walk the more
calories you will be burning per mile.
Walking your weight off is not the same as strolling. You can stroll weight off
but it will take a lot longer then if you walk at the optimal fat burning pace.
This determined pace means that you are breathing a little hard but not so hard
that you cannot carry on a conversation in full sentences.
It helps to pretend that you are walking fast, like you would if you were a bit
late for an important appointment. When you are walking at this speed it means
that you are exercising at sixty to seventy percent of your maximum heart rate,
which burns calories efficient, helps create lean muscle and elevates the
efficiency of the metabolism.
So how do you know how many calories you are expending? A simple rule of thumb
is 100 calories per mile for a 160-pound person.
However to treat walking your weight off seriously you will need two tools, a
pedometer which can be acquired for about twenty dollars at a drug store and
some way of counting the calories of the foods you eat every day. This can be as
simple as an online site with lists of calorie values for different foods and a notebook.
Most pedometers automatically calculate the amount of calories that you have
burned based on your weight, height and other values. Most of them measure the
distance you have walked in both miles and calories burned. This allows you to
easily see how many calories you have burned during a walking session.
By keeping track of the calories you consume during the day you can easily calculate
how far you would need to walk to burn off the 3,500 calories that you would need
to burn off in one week to lose just one pound. If you wanted to lose two pounds
then you would increase your walking to burn off 7,000 calories a week.
Patricia has been interested in health and fitness since the early 70's and
knows how to seperate hype from fact. [Dieting & Fitness Articles & Tips]
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