Aggressive Walking to Lose Weight
Recently I had been wondering if I was doing enough fat burning exercise while walking to lose weight. Spinning class was tempting me. Trimmed down and toned abs and thighs was my ideal result from walking for weight loss. Was I getting it quickly enough?
I’d been there but not without interval training with intense calorie burning exercises while also walking to lose weight. I have done this a few times, with the same result. The voice of reason prevailed. The result from ‘urgent change’ exercises such as the high intensity calorie burning of spinning, is initial high fat loss which returns after giving up the exercise.
The implication is the same-whatever exercise is introduced must be maintained in some consistent way.
If you decide today to walk across America but haven’t done a day’s real exercise for several years, is it going to be successful? Read any account from those who have taken on a physical challenge which is out of the norm, and realize that they prepare.
Even walking for weight loss requires a period of adjustment for success.
You know you have made the changes necessary for success when:
you feel good about your body and the changes in it;
you enjoy looking after your body and grooming tasks more than ever;
the world has a soft glow which you feel when out in it.
Walking to lose weight is a lifestyle which suits many people to maintain consistently over time and one of the reasons is that it is so rewarding everyday.
Some of the ways you can make it enjoyable for everyday is to do fun, good feeling things when you are not walking. These are obviously ideas which also contribute to weight loss or feeling good about your body, or just being alive. You know what I mean!
This is the answer I give when asked about being aggressive with walking to lose weight: try to work up to this level of exercise at a slower rate which means that the new exercise can be maintained.
