Weight Loss By Walking

Running can be a way to help you lose weight , but running too often can cause injuries, so walking is a good alternative. How can you lose weight walking? It is not rocket science: if you burn more with walking than you ingest, you lose weight. We explain how walking can help you lose weight in between your running training sessions. Burn calories with walking Weight loss is all about calories. The more calories you burn, the more you lose. Of course you burn fewer calories with walking than with running, but you still lose them, and that is the point. And walking can be just during the break - with running that is just a little more difficult. 10,000 steps per day are recommended for starting hikers. This is approximately equal to 12 kilometers per day. That sounds like a lot, but combine walking with your dog, walking or shopping and you are amazed how quickly you get your steps. Do you want to go a step further? Then walk up the hills. This costs your body more energy and so you lose weight faster. Do you not live in a hilly area? You can set an incline on the treadmill, which has the same effect. The steeper the better, of course. Another possibility is to tie weights around your ankle and walk with it and make the movements a little heavier. However, we do not recommend the latter to anyone. To lose weight? Watch your diet You can still walk so much, but if you eat more calories afterwards than you have burned, the walk was less profitable. So the trick is to burn more than to get in , and you can only do that if you eat healthily (or you have to walk a lot!). To bring down the calorie consumption, a few simple adjustments can already help. For example, you can try to remove all liquid calories from your diet . Bye soft drinks, bye sugar in your coffee, bye saturated fat. The benefits of walking While walking, your heart rate goes up - especially if you walk faster. This ensures that your heart pumps more oxygen through your body, giving you more energy. Your metabolism also speeds up, so your body burns more calories for the rest of the day: double the profit! Walking also seems to reduce the chance of high blood pressure and even the chance of Alzheimer's, in other words: put on those walking shoes and go for it.