How often and how far do you all walk each day?
The average person burns a hundred calories per mile, even more if you are overweight of course. Meaning you can burn an extra pound of fat ALONE by walking at least an extra 5 miles each day given you aren't going over maintenance. So it only makes sense to squeeze AS MUCH WALKING AS POSSIBLE into your day if the goal is fat loss.
Today I walked my dogs two miles, and later walked roughly 5.5 miles about the lake. An estimate of how many calories that is burned for a person of my weight (196lb) would be 937 calories. Given that's even remotely correct, that is a HUGE return for only a couple hours taken out of your day.
It seems so obvious but I so often forget that the time any time you spend walking is worth its weight in gold. Today I REALLY slipped up on my diet, and ate an entire 1000+ calorie meat lover's calzone for lunch. Oops. But combined with walking a ton and fitting my dinner roughly to meet maintenance, and my body feels like it made progress today. The upside to this, I feel, is that unlike jogging or running, you CAN do 5+ miles every day with no downsides or risk of getting injured, or having it interfere with your recovery from strength training.
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