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By now you will have found the best way to monitor the amount of higher intensity activity you are doing while walking to lose weight.

Using a pedometer which measures this you will also get a reading on the calories this activity has used. The calorie burn is satisfyingly high for this fast paced exertion.

Alternatively you are timing various exercises or activities and checking the appropriate chart to calculate the calories burned.

In summary from the 31 Ways to Lose Weight Walking:

1. Day 1- Start from where you are, working up over time to 10,000 steps per day average and a minimum daily level of 6,000.

2. Day 25 – earlier if possible, add in higher intensity walking/exercise to increase the regular calorie burn.

3. If higher intensity activity is not an option increase the daily steps up to 15,000. To do this use every opportunity to walk.

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