Is walking enough...

EternalSnow627_

So I just started exercising and being on diet for 1 week and I'm currently doing 40 minutes of treadmill walking on.. 2.8 speed for atleast 6 days a week is this enough to loose 1 pound a week?

TavistockToad

Set mfp to lose 1lb a week. Weight loss is about your calorie deficit. Exercise for health.

chapiano

You should always slight increase speed/distance every time you get back on. If you don't the workouts will do less and less for you every time.

RoxieDawn

Exercise can and will help you lose weight. Avoid becoming adapted, and as you lose weight you will burn less calories doing that same workout. Your body will become quite efficient at doing that one type of exercise.

Perhaps consider increases volume and intensity ever so often. I am personal believer in setting exercise goals just like you do weight loss goal.

meritage4

O heck. Walk outside. Enjoy the view and your surroundings.

Walking, some biking and calorie counting helped me lose 45 lbs.
Sometimes I walk with friends. Often alone.
It has made a huge difference for me.

cwolfman13

Keep in mind that your diet is going to play a much larger roll in you losing weight...exercise and moving more makes things easier to be sure, but you can lose weight with your diet alone.

Walking is a good way to get into or back into fitness but it has a pretty low ceiling from a fitness standpoint...it's only going to do so much for your cardiovascular fitness. That said, that's how I started back into things...just walking and then I started jogging and did a C25K program...I hated running though and ultimately discovered that I really enjoy cycling...I've been a pretty avid cyclist for about three years now. Walking doesn't do a whole lot for me these days...but it does provide me with a good low impact activity on rest days.