Can I lose weight just by walking.

witchy_wife · February 2013

Absolutely! I just did a 5 mile walk tonight and burnt off 500 calories! Walking is fabulous

__Di__ · February 2013

Hi I've been ill for like 5 months, getting dizzy and sick when do anything strenuous and start to fill rough. Nearly always get lightheaded most of the day. Been doctors everything is fine just trying to change some tablets I'm on and see if that works.
Anyway can I lose weight just by walking....is it possible. Till I get myself sorted out.
Normally when I try lifestyle changes I hit the gym ,play football and stuff.

You can lose weight by just walking providing your calorie intake is at a deficit.

letjog · February 2013

I take him out walks anyway, I just need to stop eating crap soon.

You need to stop eating crap NOW!

Kerrio247 · February 2013

Yes! I've been mostly walking, and I have a HRM. I burn about 300 calories an hour with walking. If you're eating healthfully, and drinking a lot of water, then walking can help. It's all calories in, calories out.

mfoy94 · February 2013

youre certainly lapping everyone on the couch just by walking.

ckmama · February 2013

You can lose weight just by eating right. But the walking will help. Bodies are made in the kitchen and they say you can't outtrain a bad diet. I am a great example of that.

If your doctor says it is okay to walk then I would walk.

Amanda82691 · February 2013

Yes, I know a lot of people who lost weight by walking as their only form of exercise, however they did eat healthy and they ate right. They also were very heavy to start with and they eventually turned to other exercises.

rmchapman4 · February 2013

Do you have allergies?

pholbert · February 2013

YES

RobinvdM · February 2013

I did. Started off a year ago doing about 3 miles in an hour (sad, I know.) Managed to increase it to 4miles in an hour and kept at it every day til spring when I stretched it out to nice long walks, 7-8 miles in 2 hours with lots of elevation change (hiking trails.)

I haven't ever not walked. I think about jogging, then Im like NAAAaaaahhhh.

A good caloric intake and pushing yourself when you can either by distance or pace, will yield you results.

Good luck! :flowerforyou:

karabasik · February 2013

Absolutely ! I watch my calorie intake and WALK. I walk everyday, 6 to 10 miles per day. Before work (walk extra 3 stops to the subway station and 30 extra min just before work, instead of lunch, getting 3 stops earlier to walk home, walking my dog...). It cost no money , you need no equipment , great stress reliever!
Good luck! I think that it makes no difference what you do, as long as you stick with it. We should not look for excuses NOT to do. It is very easy to find them (that's why we have this problems with extra weight , poor health , etc.)

777Gemma888 · February 2013

Anyway can I lose weight just by walking....is it possible. Till I get myself sorted out.
Normally when I try lifestyle changes I hit the gym ,play football and stuff.

I did. About 70 pounds of my losses are attributed to walking.

All the best@restart.

cwolfman13 · February 2013

You don't need to do any exercise to lose weight. A calorie deficit is baked into the calorie goal MFP gives you. I lost almost 15 Lbs before I ever lifted a finger in exercise just by eating to my MFP goal calories to lose 1 Lb per week. Don't get me wrong, exercise is good, but it's not necessary for weight loss...and you don't have to be doing...and shouldn't be doing hours and hours of cardio, etc...way to many people over do it with their training because they think they need to in order to lose weight...in the end, they end up sabotaging themselves because they don't fuel that much activity.

Exercise for fitness; use your diet for weight control

nuttyfamily · February 2013

I lost 50 pounds and the only exercise I did was walking. I'd do anywhere from two to four miles a day. I'd push myself to walk as fast as I could.

But calorie deficit is really key for losing weight....

MaraDiaz · February 2013

Sounds like exercise induced asthma (no I'm not a doctor, just guessing).

Anyway no you can't lose weight with just any form of exercise. But you can lose weight by exercising and being in a calorie deficit. In fact you can lose weight without exercising at all, but the times I have it made me feel awful!

dargriff60 · February 2013

Weight loss is about calories in and calories burned, any exercise that burns calories can reduce weight as long as you eat less that you use daily. This site is great, you must be accurate and honest when you enter food and exercise, but just walking a dog is burning calories. So hang in there. Make sure you have have your sugar numbers checked. I got like you, found out I was severely Hypoglycemic, very low sugar! Fainted a lot! Now I know how to manage the intake of food and know that if I exercise the numbers will fall, so get a quick bite after a workout.