Walking To Lose Weight

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Using calorie control while walking to lose weight ensures that the energy expenditure is greater than calories consumed in a given period, say a day or week, and the net result is weight loss.

There are many fans of the kick-start approach which hits while motivation is high with an intense effort whether exercise or diet, with the idea that this large weight loss results in continued motivation to make the ongoing changes necessary to keep it off, or keep going if more weight loss is necessary.

A review of the book Lose Weight in a Flash, prompts me to ask the question, does losing 65 lbs count as success if you then put 40 back on even if you maintain that net 15 lb loss? Lose Weight in a Flash bases it’s direction on an “impressive” result where participants started their weight loss program with a 900 calorie a day diet and 2000 calories burned in a week exercise program. They then move to a more moderate diet for the longer term. The initial loss of 65 lbs resulted in a net loss of 15 lbs after 5 years. Because sustained weight loss is statistically unlikely, medical opinion considers this 15 lb net result remarkable, but is it?

At what point in this 5 year study did they maintain anything? Or has it been a slow return of 40 lbs? And then would you call putting on 40 lbs in 5 years slow?
Once again this is is proof that the super-charged, quick start diet does not have the long term effectiveness of slower weight loss with ongoing modified lifestyle.

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