Anybody just walk?

Yep, that's the only thing I do now, I'm still too heavy to jog/run it kills my joints, but just from walking (and staying under calories) I've lost almost 50 lbs so I'm sticking with it

I HATE exercising!
So I walk...and use an ab wheel sometimes.
But mostly just walking.
And now my hubby joins me when I walk :0)

Hello, there! Yes, I primarily (re: 98%) of the time, walk. I've been using MFP and walking for 105 days and have lost 30lbs. I walk 8km in 50 min (so I *am* power walking at a quick pace) and work up a fabulous sweat

I lost almost 70 pounds just walking... I joined the Y this summer and shook things up to loose the next 20... on the home stretch with 13 to go!

I started out just walking. Lots and lots of walking. Gradually increased my speed, then my distance, and soon I was going for over an hour at a fast pace barely breaking a sweat. Lost the first 20 pounds walking. Then for a challenge I added a 1/2 mile hill. Once up, I had to go down the hill, and one day ran it slowly. Next day ran it a little faster. And next day kept running after the hill ended. Fast forward, after a year of moderate running (3-4 miles at a time) I decided to go for my dream. And last November I ran my first marathon. Lost another 20 pounds in the process. Ran my second in June and will run my third again in November. All this to say keep walking, you never know where your feet will take you.

When I first started, I tracked food and walked. I walked everyday, about 5km. I lost 50 pounds. Then I started C25K. Then I a joined a gym. Yadaa yadda yadda a Gym Mouse was born.

When I realized weight loss was like... 80% diet, everything else just clicked.

For my first 50 lbs worth of losses, all I did was walk, and stick to my calories. It works!



However, if I could go back and tell myself some good advice, I would go back to that time and insist I begin weight lifting sooner.

The changes I have seen in my body composition in the last 7 weeks have been thrilling, and it hasn't been difficult! I am using Strong Lifts 5x5 program, and I really can't say enough good things about it. I really really like it soooo much.

It has a free app! DOOO it!

Ugh, I hate walking. Probably a symptom of my "type A" personality, but I can't stand to walk when I could run (and when running, I have a compulsion to run fast...well, relatively).

Before i got MFP all i did was walk. Then i got more into losing weight.. joined a gym and got MFP. Before i did all that i was losing weight pretty consistently. Just wonder if there is anyone that just walks? And how much have you lost and how long have you been doing it?

Pretty much all I've done is walk over the years...not so much for losing weight, but for what it did to my lovely pear-shaped hips/thighs...(and belly, post 2 c-sections) I've never been one that gravitated to exercise because I'm passionate about it (yes, I realize there are people out there I've just offended!) but more if I enjoyed it? Certain activities I would do every do - given the opportunity (ping-pong, volleyball, etc...) but, I made a commitment to myself last mid-October to clean up my diet, and to walk when I could (no pressure)... My goal weight was 120lbs (what I weighed when I married) and I hit 120.5lbs by early January (21lbs lost)

As the weather warmed up (and we got a puppy) I added walking to my weekly activities (again, when I could) and dropped down to 116.5lbs...I also started jogging/walking intermittently...hubby can't believe my legs (in a good way!)

Along the way I had a short-term gym membership where I met with a trainer and got lots of great tips (and activities that I could do at home) with my little dumbbells...

I have since added in the Leslie Sansone Walk at Home (fat-burning dvd) and love, love, LOVE that I can do 2 miles in the comfort (and warmth or cool of my kitchen, as the case may be) in 24 minutes! It is a gentle walking/jogging/light aerobic workout that leaves me in a sweaty puddle!

I would say that if you're happy with a toned and slim body, you can definitely look good just walking (I would throw in some upper body/arm exercises)...

edit: I try to do .5-1 mile with puppy walking/jogging, and 2 miles in my kitchen at least 5x weekly.


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I walk about 4 miles/day about 5-6 x week. I started at about 2 miles/day for a couple of months with a lot of pain until I changed shoes. Now I can do 4 miles pain-free, now to work on my speed...

I've lost 31 lbs since March.

Here it is, October 18 of last year.
I hope this posts
By the way, I don't like walking now, It makes my legs hurt and gives me shinsplints.
I'd way rather run.
But you have to start somewhere, don't you?

Ugh, I hate walking. Probably a symptom of my "type A" personality, but I can't stand to walk when I could run (and when running, I have a compulsion to run fast...well, relatively).

You should sprint with my greyhound mix. lol. He doesn't run often but when he does.......he is just a blur

Thank you so much for Just walking! I am 64, trying to lose weight so badly. I am STUCK at 150 to 155. I walk at least a mile each morning..not weekends, but 98% of the rest of the week. I so badly want to get down to 139! At this point, just hitting 149 would be a big treat! I can't seem to crack that 150 line!

Walking is excellent exercise and everyone should walk at least 30 minutes a day, even if they do it in ten minute sessions. But walking alone isn't enough. You need to do strength training or you'll have flab when you do lose weight. You can lose weight without any exercise - including walking. Just cutting calories will do it. Of course, trouble with that is you lose muscle more than fat. At any rate, you need muscle. The only way to get it and keep it is strength training. That can be lifting weights, isometrics or bodyweight. But it has to be done. And the younger we begin doing it, the less muscle we lose as we age and when we lose weight.

I tend to just walk but I mix it up. I walk for 30 minutes on the treadmill but every minute I up the incline 1% until it reaches 15% and then I start taking it down 1% until it gets down to 0 for a total of 15 minutes up and 15 minutes down. I walk at a 3.5 pace, too. Its a great fat burner.