Calories Burned

For today prepare for the introduction of calorie burning as a guide on the final days of this Walking to Lose Weight program.

The object is to use an extra 1000 – 1500 calories a day. Any food calories reduced are also counted i.e. calories burned 1250, calories reduced 500, total calorie reduction is 1750. As one pound of fat is approximately equal to 3500 calories, if you reduced calories at that rate daily you would lose a pound every second day.

Using minutes and activity.

For those without some recording device for this purpose you must record the minutes of each activity from walking to weight lifting, and find out the energy required (calories used up) by applying one of the various charts available which indicate activities and likely calories used during its performance.

Using a pedometer.

If you have been using a pedometer to record steps, time and/or distance, you may also have a feature which uses a motion sensor to record higher intensity activity. These are set by you to note movements which are higher intensity, say moderate and above. This will then show a number for the calories burned from your activity. Higher intensity activity burns more calories.

Have you enjoyed counting steps, distance or minutes? Now we’re going to look at the recorded calories burned during daily activity using your pedometer if yours tracks this or using the many guides which estimate calories used for each action performed. Walking is an easy way to track calories. Get an idea of how many calories you have burned through a simple multiplication process of the distance walked and your weight.

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