Jogging V Walking to lose weight

castle

When I have tried keeping fit and losing weight, I would walk 1 hour 3 - 4 times a week,
I usually found that time would catch me out, hard to get an hour in so many days a week.
I was wondering how long would I have to jogg to start losing weight against walking.I used to walk 4 K in an hour so would that be the same as running the 4K rathar than walk.
Unfortunely I have an extra 39 hours free each week,so this is my chance once and for all to lose the 10 Kilo's I have so wanted to lose.
I know I have to eat better but this I will be able do without much stress.

What timetable should I set myself each week and what is best time to jogg,after, before meals,early,evening etc, thanks

911sc

Calories burned during exercise. Some info there

tunney

Despite popular misconceptions walking does not count as cardio vuscular exercise. If you don't break a sweat it's no good for your heart in short.

So good on you trying jogging. Regarding jogging and times - just don't try running right after meals. If you do you quickly realise why ( won't do damage but not pleasant) and don't run while starving.

Have fun and remember there is an assumption that running is easy and everyone should be able to run but if you are coming from a sedentary background the first few runs will be difficult. Very difficult but this is normal.

Pherekydes

tunney wrote: »

Despite popular misconceptions walking does not count as cardio vuscular exercise.

Wouldn't it depend on the speed?

OP: you need to walk faster. 4km/h is quite a slow walking pace. Up it to 6-7 km/h and you'll cover far more distance in the same time and use up more calories as a result (and more of these calories will be from fat sources).

thirtyfoot

Pherekydes wrote: »

Wouldn't it depend on the speed?

Big time. Robbie Heffernan can walk a 10km in 38mins, I'd say he'd burn a calorie or two;)

cfitz

Set yourself out a precise timetable and stick to it rigidly. Don't skip days, don't switch days around to suit your personal life. Make your schedule quite conservative to start off - maybe running 4 times per week for the first 5 weeks, then moving up to 5 times per week. Also, start out really small - the time you spend on your feet for the first few weeks is insignificant in the long-term, so just start out with 15 minute runs. Increase one or two of your runs by 5 minutes each week. Aim to eventually get to 30 minutes 5 times per week.

mloc123

tunney wrote: »

just don't try running right after meals.

Took me a while after I started to figure this out, terrible feeling.

As for starting out, the standard run - walk - run method is pretty good. Google couch to 5k and try and follow it.

Speedy2009

walking regularly is good exercise - but rather than trying to find an hour in the day to walk, make it part of your lifestyle. Why not walk to the shops or wherever you are going during the day instead of taking the bus/car or drive half the way and walk the rest!
I find cycling is brilliant for getting around the place (often faster than car/bus and cheaper!) and it helps you get fit!

From my own point of you, I started jogging/running last year and find this amazing for burning off excess weight. I started off with just a mix of walking and running and gradually pushed myself to try and run to the next corner or traffic light etc..then somebody convinced me to do the womens mini marathon and now i quite enjoy running - but like you find it hard to get time to run, so this morning i ran 10k to work!!

Freddie59

http://www.vhi.ie/hfiles/hf-157.jsp#1

tina m

I agree with Speedy2009. You could try to make walking part of your lifestyle. A pedometer might help with that. You could then start running/walkin on top of that. Do you know the Couch to 5k programme? That's a very good way to slowly start running. If you google it, you can find it on the coolrunning.com website and you should be able to get the podcast for free on itunes or online.

Mr. Skeffington

Walking is a form of cardio exercise, and if you are overweight walking can be a good starting point.

Anyway OP, loosing weight is 80% to do with diet and 20% about exercise, so get your diet right first and get on to your cardio, work out your heart rate training zones and do light intensity cardio and add in some resistance training 2 - 3 days per week this will get you down to your ideal weight.