Walking for Weight Loss

Walking is so beneficial for many reasons. First it gets your blood circulating and gets your heart pumping. It's good safe exercise that almost everyone is capable of doing. Walking doesn't take long, and can be relaxing as well as beneficial to your overall health. You can also lose a lot of weight by walking daily. It's free to do, and if you have a walking buddy it's fun also. Take your dog along for the walk they could probably use the exercise also.

To lose weight with walking you will need a good location. Any location that will have some hills and some level spots will be ideal. The variance of the hills, which will get your heart beating faster and burning more calories, then the level area will give you a slight break till the next incline. You will need good shoes to walk to protect your feet and will keep you walking. If your shoes hurt your feet you will not walk as much as if you felt good.

You won't want to walk 5 miles the first few times you go out walking you will be sore the next day, and will give up walking quickly. Start out by walking 15 to 20 minutes then gradually work yourself up to an hour a day. Walk a moderate pace. Moderate pace is where you can still talk to someone without being out of breath. This will increase your metabolism and burn calories quicker.

Walking 3-5 days a week will burn off calories and make you feel better overall. Increasing the distance and the speed of your walking will be easy once your start a routine of walking.

Using a pedometer will help you stay motivated. Getting a pedometer is a great way to keep track of how many steps you walk every day. To lose weight you want to walk at least 10,000 steps a day. To lose even more weight, increase the steps per day while your heart rate is increased. The pedometer is a great way to monitor how many steps you actually did everyday and is easily chartable. Keeping a chart record of how many steps will keep you on track with your goals.