Burn more calories than you eat or drink to lose weight. Once the diet part is planned, get to stepping. This means 30 minutes a day seven days a week of aerobic work. Walking is a tolerable, low impact way to accomplish this goal and more importantly to stick with it for a long time. Here are some walking tips.
Walking for 30 minutes a day every day of the week is a great start. In fact, it’s much better than the five day, or even three day, plan that many gurus recommend. 30 minutes of exercise 3-5 times a week just isn’t enough. The body needs work every day. That means seven days a week and if walking is the way to make that tolerable every day for the rest of your life, then walk.
But then more can be added. Additional physical work, outside that 30 minutes a day seven days a week, is easy. Park the car further from the store or office, then walk. Instead of gobbling a bagel while riding the elevator up to your floor, enjoy a banana while walking up the stairs. When it’s time to rid the yard of leaves use the old fashioned hand rake rather than the leaf blower. Muscle power is exercise. If you have kids get involved in their games of tag, or chase. They’ll love it and so will your waist line.
Intervals can be added once you’re walking every day. After a short period of walking run, then walk again, then run. Start out running once or twice in a 30 minute walk, then up it to more often until you’re walking 4 minutes then running 1 minute It’s not that hard.
Walking to lose weight is healthy, no doubt. But it’s also a great way to get around the neighborhood, meet neighbors, and see things you probably miss while driving around everywhere you go. If it gets boring you can ask a spouse or family member to exercise with you. Make it a family affair, or get the whole neighborhood involved.
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