Best Exercise To Lose Weight - Part 3

In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, scientists examined the independent effects of walking on long-term weight control and found that walking reduced the amount of weight gained by the participants over a 15 year period of time. The greatest benefits were to women who were the heaviest at the beginning of the study.

In addition to those results the examiners also found that the greater amount of time walked, on average, yielded better results in the women’s lives. The authors reported an association between walking and weight change and found that the higher walking levels – or amounts of time and energy expended – were associated with a greater likelihood of weight loss and maintaining that loss. (1)

Fast paced walking with healthy eating is hugely effective to lose weight – no matter who you are, how much weight you have to lose, or whether you can only manage to walk 1 or 2 blocks before being completely out of breath. It doesn’t take an Olympic sized exercise program to lose weight, but it does take a bit of time and some effort.

If you’ve already been taking daily walks then it might not be the walking that’s the problem, but rather the pace at which you are walking. Daily strolls are far different from fast paced walking. You don’t need to be a race walker, but you do need to raise your heart rate.

Reference:

(1) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Further Evidence for the Benefits of Walking

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/89/1/15.full

Resources:

fitSugar: How to Walk off 10 pounds

http://www.fitsugar.com/How-Lose-Weight-From-Walking-29205542

Woman’s Day: Weight Loss Transformations: How I walked Myself Slim

http://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/workout-routines/weight-loss-transformations-how-i-walked-myself-slim-111676

Prevention: Walking

http://www.prevention.com/fitness/fitness-tips/walking

Reader’s Digest: 16 Ways to Lose Weight Walking

http://www.rd.com/slideshows/16-ways-to-lose-weight-walking