Want to feel better and live longer, lose weight, or both? You might consider walking more if you want to lose weight, feel better and live longer.
Walking can be a simple and effective way to lose weight and improve your health.
This blog post will discuss why walking can help you lose weight and how to incorporate it into your daily routine.
Walking to Lose Weight
When it comes to weight loss, walking has many advantages over other forms exercise.
Here are some advantages to walking:
Walking burns calories more than you think!
Walking up to 880 calories can be done by a person who weighs 180lbs and walks 10km (6 miles). This is equivalent to two pizza slices, or 4 chocolate chip cookies. It’s not bad at all, is it?
Walking burns more fat than high intensity exercise.
Walking uses more energy than sprinting or running (a process known as beta-oxidation). You’re preserving more muscle and burning more fat, which is good for your metabolism.
Walking can help you maintain a deficit in calories.
Walking helps control cravings and excessive eating.
Walking is low-stress and does not trigger your fight-or flight response. It relaxes and helps you to focus on something else other than food.
Walking can create a significant calorie surplus to promote fat loss when combined with the right nutrition.
Consuming fewer calories than your body burns is the key to weight loss.
Walking can help create a calorie deficit over time, as long as your diet is balanced and meets your nutritional requirements.
Walking can reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes and other diseases.
New York, London or Paris are cities where walking is encouraged, as opposed to those cities which rely more on cars, like Houston, Atlanta or Los Angeles.
Walking is not just about the calories you burn, but also the social and environmental factors that affect your walking behavior.
Walking-friendly cities are more likely to have green spaces, public transport, and social interaction, all of which promote physical and mental well-being.
Walking can also reduce the risk of diabetes, without regard to obesity, by 30-50%. This is because it improves blood sugar control and insulin responsiveness.