Losing Weight With Walking 

Walking is a cardiovascular exercise which works the heart and build muscular strength in the abdomen, buttocks, thighs and calves and also prevents osteoporosis or as it's better known brittle bone disease which is a degenerative diseases which can affect us all in older age.

Walking is more advantageous than jogging or running because it works the abdomen too. Just feel your stomach when you walk it's tense, the same muscles aren't used when running so there is the added benefit of knowing that you're helping to build that six pack underneath that layer of fat and that can only be a motivating thought.

Walking not only helps with weight loss it also helps to prevent cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease. It also helps to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol and gives the skin a healthy glow. 

Experts estimate that everyone should take an average of 10,000 steps per day which is around 30 minutes of walking, obviously that depends on the speed of the walker but on average that is walking at a speed of around 2-3mph.

Power walkers can cover maybe 5-6 miles walking at a pace of around 7-8 mph. You can expect to burn off around 100 calories per mile with walking and if walking is done everyday as part of a healthy lifestyle programme after a few months the resting metabolism will have raised so will burn extra calories at rest.

A pedometer is an easy piece of equipment which you can pop into your pocket or wear on your person and it actually tells you how many steps you have taken. If you walk for around 30 minutes per day a pedometer is not necessary because the average number of 10,000 steps will probably have been covered. 

Teaming walking with calorie controlled diet keeps the metabolism high and when the metabolism is high the more calories will be burned.

Sometimes when people start a diet and reduce their calorie count at times the body can really feel starved so the metabolism will slow and that person may find it difficult to lose weight and some people give up and think that weight loss will never happen for them but teaming a weight loss programme with walking makes it a lot easier to reach your goals.

Adding exercise give an advantage to the dieter because when exercise is performed the metabolism is working to burn calories and there is always an after burn for around 60 minutes after any form of aerobic training such as walking so you will burn extra calories even at rest. Walking is an effective and easy way of losing weight.