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Loosing weight by walking

  • 28-09-2014 5:59pm
    #1
    Hollister11
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    Hi
    Is it possible to loose weight by walking ?
    I currently walk to the train station to college and back which is about 20 minutes. I am going to start walking intensely for about an extra 30 minutes a day.
    If I do this and have a clean diet would you loose weight.

    Also what heathy VEGETARIAN options would be quick and easy to make for lunch.
    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Daemonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,510 ✭✭✭Daemonic


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Hi
    Is it possible to loose weight by walking ?
    I currently walk to the train station to college and back which is about 20 minutes. I am going to start walking intensely for about an extra 30 minutes a day.
    If I do this and have a clean diet would you loose weight.

    Also what heathy VEGETARIAN options would be quick and easy to make for lunch.
    Thanks.
    Only if the additional calories burned by the increased walking tips the balance in favour of you having a calorie deficit. Any exercise is good, but it isn't a magic bullet.


  • #3
    Lee_Torre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Lee_Torre


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Hi
    Is it possible to loose weight by walking ?
    I currently walk to the train station to college and back which is about 20 minutes. I am going to start walking intensely for about an extra 30 minutes a day.
    If I do this and have a clean diet would you loose weight.

    Also what heathy VEGETARIAN options would be quick and easy to make for lunch.
    Thanks.

    As was pointed out above it's all about calories consumed, versus calories burned.

    There are plenty of great online calorie calculators you can use to figure a round about number of calories you are burning per day and then YES use walking to help you burning more calories than you take in.


  • #4
    Rosy Posy
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    Fast hill walking carrying a weight (backpack or baby) will up the calories burned by walking.

    Healthy veggie lunch options:
    Salad with roasted veg and hummus
    Soup! Lentil based not creamy or cheesy
    Pan fried chickpeas with spices lemon zest and lemon juice
    Scrambled eggs with wilted greens
    Fruit with nut butter
    Homemade granola with low fat natural yogurt and fruit (make the granola in large batches in advance- no oil maybe a little honey)
    Millet porridge with stewed fruit
    Nut loaf (avoca have a good recipe- make in advance and take a slice for lunch cold or toast it)
    Veg sushi


  • #5
    Lee_Torre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Lee_Torre


    Rosy Posy wrote: »
    Fast hill walking carrying a weight (backpack or baby) will up the calories burned by walking.
    This is EXACTLY what I like to do,hill walking with a backpack and some jogging mixed in. AWESOME workout, go home and eat right afterwards and repeat and repeat.


  • #6
    tenifan
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    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Hi
    Is it possible to loose weight by walking ?
    I currently walk to the train station to college and back which is about 20 minutes. I am going to start walking intensely for about an extra 30 minutes a day.

    The only thing about walking is it's a bit boring, and doesn't burn that many calories. If you get a pedometer or GPS that accurately measures calories, you might be a bit disheartened to see how few calories you burn while walking.

    Instead of a 30 min "intense" walk you could do a 15 min moderate run and burn the same amount of calories.. or alternate between walking and running. It can be fun to do the same amount of kilometres and each time trying to do it a bit faster. It's that element that will keep your workout interesting.

    You should also consider doing some weights.. it's not just for body builders. When you work on your muscles, you burn calories even after you stop exercising as your body has to rebuild the muscles. So you'll burn more calories, and be more toned. Only thing about gaining a bit of muscle is it weighs 4x more than fat, so rather than having weight loss as your exclusive goal you should use another measure like measuring your waistline using a measuring tape (in cm, easier to see progress that way)

    Good luck!


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  • #7
    Hollister11
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    tenifan wrote: »

    You should also consider doing some weights.. it's not just for body builders. When you work on your muscles, you burn calories even after you stop exercising as your body has to rebuild the muscles. So you'll burn more calories, and be more toned. Only thing about gaining a bit of muscle is it weighs 4x more than fat, so rather than having weight loss as your exclusive goal you should use another measure like measuring your waistline using a measuring tape (in cm, easier to see progress that way)

    Good luck!

    Thank everyone for the advice.

    In relation to this one, it's not exactly weight loss in after it's lossing the the belly and tonning up


  • #8
    Rosy Posy
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    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Thank everyone for the advice.

    In relation to this one, it's not exactly weight loss in after it's lossing the the belly and tonning up

    If you watch tv in the evenings try hula hooping with a weighted hoop instead of just sitting on the couch. It will help tone up your belly if you keep at it and is low impact ie not sore.


  • #9
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,713 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Rosy Posy wrote: »
    If you watch tv in the evenings try hula hooping with a weighted hoop instead of just sitting on the couch. It will help tone up your belly if you keep at it and is low impact ie not sore.

    You can't target exactly where you want to drop fat from.


  • #10
    Rosy Posy
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    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    You can't target exactly where you want to drop fat from.

    No, but the op says she doesn't necessarily need to drop fat, just tone up and hula hooping is a good gentle way to tone your tummy muscles.


  • #11
    Alf Veedersane
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    Rosy Posy wrote: »
    No, but the op says she doesn't necessarily need to drop fat, just tone up and hula hooping is a good gentle way to tone your tummy muscles.

    The OP said they wanted to lose the belly and tone it up, which involves losing fat.


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  • #12
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,713 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    OP, best way to lose any unwanted fat is get a good diet in place. If you like walking or running, then some interval stuff like tenifan outlined is a good way to get more value out of your time.


  • #13
    Dravokivich
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    Hollister11 wrote: »
    Thank everyone for the advice.

    In relation to this one, it's not exactly weight loss in after it's lossing the the belly and tonning up

    In a lot of those weight loss shows on tv, the main reason they encourage the people on the show to walk more, is mainly due to their size that can't do too intense a work out within being monitored at the time, but also to show what can be done in the amount of time spent while doing that walk itself instead of wasting it in front of the box, as opposed to it being a healthy exercise activity.

    You should start thinking about how much time you can put aside, and then what you can do within it. Especially if you are looking to Lose the belly and tone up. You'd wear out your feet walking before you get anywhere close to that target.


  • #14
    cabla
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    I think it depends on the size of the individual and weight. As Dravokivich said the extremely large can only walk as walking alone is even a challenge to these people.

    I'm assuming the OP is not in this bracket as they walk to the train every day for 20 minutes. My thoughts are on it, we're basically born walking, well we start to move within a number of months, crawling etc etc... So walking isn't pushing ourselves much, we're used to it and have been doing it for 99% of our lives. As the other posts mentioned, the best way to burn the calorioes is get the heart rate up and push yourself, there's no easy way unfortunately. Watch the diet and try intermittent jogging with walking. 1 minute face passed run followed by 3 minute fast pased recover walk- you'll also be surprised how long you can go for.


  • #15
    ShadowHearth
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    Well, I am losing weight by walking and it gets two thumbs from me. I am no expert though, but I would not put down walking as lower/inferior excersise. If you already fit as an ox, then yes running is the option for you.
    Running is better, but not as much as some people might want it to look. There were a few things posted in this forum about it before. Calorie burning is not that much bigger too, but problem is that walking takes longer then running. ( I wonder if I just opened a can of worms... )

    On the other hand like any excersise it should go hand in hand with healthy diet. You can run every day like a stabed rat for miles, but it will mean feck all if you stuff your face with pizza burger ( look it up, it's awesome!) after each run.


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