Anybody walking for weight loss?

HighlandPony17

I am walking between 30 mins and 60 mins twice a day, 6 days a week and the weight is dropping off slowly but surely and at 18 stone 5 my weight is too much to consider running on my arthritic joints...But I am enjoying and motivated to walk. I am using map my walk to help me know how long the routes are and how long and far I have been walking....combined with spotify music it makes it more interesting if I have no one to walk with.

I am also recording weight, exercise and food with MFP

firef1y72

I started off by walking and then as the weight dropped I added in other exercise including running. I think walking is great, I love to walk, heck I'll even walk for an hour instead of waiting for the next bus. It's great for the body but also great for the mind.

HighlandPony17

I dont think i will be running for awhile yet but I am loving walking

bbell1985

I don't "walk to lose" but I don't do cardio. I try to walk home from work a few times per week. Still, I only average like 12k steps. If I didn't take those walks I'd not be active enough.

firef1y72

I started at 20st 9, and could barely walk across the room. So I slowly increased time on treadmill and once I could walk for 30mins at 3km/hr started using C25K, with just increasing my walking speed in the "running" intervals. Eventually I could walk almost unlimited and so started running, doing my first 5k about 9 months after I first started going to the gym (I walked more than I ran but I still did it). I still prefer to jeff (run/walk intervals) but last month, 19 months after I started this journey, I completed my first half marathon.

I love running just as much as walking now, especially trail running.

Penthesilea514

I walk for my health and fitness, but not for weight loss. I could lose weight without exercising by monitoring simple calorie intake.

But I think walking is a fantastic and underrated exercise, and helped me immensely in the beginning to just get out and start moving when I started by being almost completely sedentary. I now walk everyday at lunch, just because I enjoy being outside and clearing my head, graduated C25k, completed multiple races, and now workout 3-5 days a week with lifting and cardio. It all started with walking.

krushal8880

walking like crazy! Using MFP & Fitbit

NightShadeMary

I walk for my cardio and I love it! My goal is to walk at least four days a week - usually weekdays. My time goal is at least twenty minutes, but I usually do between thirty and forty. The twenty minutes is my pep talk for unmotivated days. "Look, I know you don't feel like it, but we just have to do twenty minutes, then you can stop." Of course I'm usually feeling really good after five or ten and keep going past twenty! I'll walk on the weekends if I can, but I'm usually on my feet most of the day doing things around the house and grocery shopping, so I don't worry about any specific exercise because I'm active most of the day anyway. I'm just getting started on my weight loss - I'm nearly twelve pounds down so far, and I also track my food and stay plenty hydrated.

oldyogi66

I walk at least 3 miles per day as part of my overall fitness routine. I also do yoga and body weight exercises for strength and fitness as well. I'm sure the calorie burn I get helps but CICO is my weight loss program.

HighlandPony17

I sometimes just do 20 mins when I dont want to go but mostly try to do more I am down almost half a stone already in a month, so well happy with that.

Zinka61

I walk to lose; I know I could lose by just limiting calories, but I don't stick to it if I have to eat low. Walking helps me earn enough food to keep me happy in a day while still eating at a deficit. It's my main exercise, though I sometimes run (no more than a mile at a time max), lift weights, or do gardening work. I lost 28 lbs that way, though I backslid some over winter.

bluedevil_61

I started my lifestyle change Sept. 2016 at 276 lbs. I'm walking around 4-5 days a week. Today I'm 186 lbs and still walking for fitness. I'm a former triathlete but can't run now because of hip and back problems but my Dr. told me to walk as much as I could.

walking4me2day

I started walking after giving up those nasty Cigs. Best think I ever did for myself. I needed something to take the place of that horrible habit and began walking just 1 mile a day. After 1 year I noticed that I dropped some weight
and decided to CICO with MFP just to see if there were good results. I have dropped a few more pounds and am up to 3 miles a day. Next week I am going to start Stronglift 5x5 that I read about on this site. Wish me luck.

rainbow198

I've walked off 80+ pounds. I did other workouts, but power walking was and still is my main source of exercise and it keeps me fit.

I need to incorporate running intervals at times to get my heart rate higher, but I love how walking briskly doesn't making me hungry or stress my body, but I still get in an effective workout.

randilyn2013

My SO and I try to walk a mile before dinner every night. Sometimes we'll go to a park and walk/hike a couple miles. We never feel like lounging around after we eat and sometimes have the energy to do another mile after dinner if it isn't too hot. I think the concistsncy is what keeps us going with our other exercise a few times a week.

estherdragonbat

That was how I started. One 25-minute walk/day, come hell or high water. Now it's 2 hours if I can get it. If I can't, then an hour on the fitness glider or a weights-and-cardio routine, but I prefer walks. And now, I have a walking buddy on Saturdays!

watts6151

Walking my dog is main form of cardio,
She's a great motivator when I'm not really in the mood

R2che

I broke my knee last nov so a lot of exercise wasn't possible when I started in march. But I started walking... my knee is still painful at times but I push through it (physios advice!) and I make sure I get in 10,000 + steps everyday now. I've lost 29lbs since the end of march and I feel amazing.

Ive started to add in other exercise classes now too.

Give yourself little goals each week to walk slightly further...

Good luck xx

sawguoyi923

Me!! Definitely HUGE advocate of walking as cardio to get calories outta the way. Strap in some audiobooks and a couple rounds in the park

Erotyka

I walk quite a lot these days. I was a very heavy smoker, recently quit, so intense cardio generally means I can't breathe. I know it's good to work hard and feel a little breathless, but not dead-breathless. Walking is good for the time being until my lungs recover a little!

in_faith

I just started walking as exercise about a month ago and am loving it. I got a FitBit and was added as a friend to a small group of ladies who now do workweek challenges to see how many steps we can get it. It makes it fun.

I'm walking about 10-20k steps a day. (My trainer had challenged me to 13k per day avg/ 15k 6/7 days per week.) I'm a slowish walker so I do around 6-7k steps/hour now. I'll increase speed in time.

Walking is helping me lose weight past a point where I've been stuck at for years.

With all the walking my foot is showing a bunion now. Ugh. So my trainer told me about Altra wide toe box, zero drop running shoes. I tried some on locally but ordered the colors I wanted online and can't wait to get them. I am so over pointed toe Nikes which also have high heels, cramming the toes further to distort their shape. I was measured at running store as 8.5 women's, and since my feet are wide, was recommended to get Altra men's 8.5 .. which surprised me but the size is right (reconfirmed by manager at another running shoe store). Apparently several women runners with wide feet buy men's shoes.

Looking forward to normal toe splay and to stop bunion progression and hip pain with these proper running/walking shoes!

Any walkers please add me!

in_faith

Oh.. for variety what I do is..

Walking options:

* Walk one of 3 tracks at my gym (2 are outdoor and 1 is indoor)

* Walk nature trails

* Walk at home to Jessica Smith Walk On DVD set (bought on Amazon... LOVE it!)

Listen to:

*Music (upbeat playlist, slow relaxing playlist)

*Audiobooks (audible.com app)

*Podcasts

Recover with:

* Epsom salt baths
* Manduka massage roller (amazon)
* Lacrosse massage ball (amazon)
* Hoka recovery slides

FitBit:

* Join different challenges to hold myself accountable to getting steps in

* Set a daily step goal in the program and meet it

JeromeBarry1

Some of us lose weight without walking. I'm talking about you @Sweets_Ross , but since most of us losing weight do walk, yes.

firef1y72

Had a lovely 5km walk today, usually I'd run that distance but decided to enjoy the views this afternoon. Still manage to burn 370 Calories, it just took me over twice as long and was great for my mental health.

WanderingRivers

Me! As long as its not cold, raining, or snowing I'm out there getting my lunch walks in. (Foul weather messes with my arthritis and sidelines me on those days.)

HighlandPony17

I joined thee gym so walk to and from the gym and on the tread mill but must get walking again I was doing so well.

threec

I do! ( I have two reasons to run- I'm chasing it or it's chasing me....) I spend at least 90 minutes walking at 3.0+ mph on my treadmill or a 'brisk' pace outside

mktom29

Yes! I was out recovering from a hernia surgery and walking felt sooooo good! It helped me keep sane until I could run again!

Agent_Freckles

I walk a ton while playing pokemon go, and run about 3 times a week. I plan on using our small home gym in the winter plus walking if it's not TOO cold out.

Roobyzooby

I walk about 8km a day, monday to friday (taking my daughter to school and back) and I often add in an extra daily walk listening to audible. It has kept me looking trim and toned as the 80lb + has dropped off with calorie counting and I feel great.