Is walking even excercise? can you lose weight

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  • booboo68
    booboo68 Posts: 302 Member
    My neighbor has lost 65 pounds by just walking and watching what she eats.
  • tphil58
    tphil58 Posts: 89 Member
    Walking is definitely exercise. More for some of us than others. Ha! Both my knees are arthritic so I don't know if running will ever be a good option for me. I have been walking regularly and logging on mfp religiously and am down 16lbs in 6 weeks. Good luck on your journey to health!
  • readeramm
    readeramm Posts: 23 Member
    walking is my primary exercise. I started with 1 mile at a time and now I walk 5-9 miles 6 days a week and have been losing steadily for 9 months.
  • NancyJeanSmith
    NancyJeanSmith Posts: 31
    Walking is definitely an exercise that you can lose weight when you do it!!! Walking is about the only thing I can do right now, and I'm doing great, with the weight loss!!! DON'T QUIT WALKING!!!
  • ncmedic201
    ncmedic201 Posts: 540 Member
    I've lost 15 lbs walking. Not only has it helped my weight and blood pressure, but it has helped my hip tremendously! I have tendonitis and bursitis. Last year I could not even walk a block without extreme pain. Today I walked 9 miles. Start at a pace that you're comfortable with and add from there.
  • Shadowcub
    Shadowcub Posts: 154 Member
    Bump to read more thoroughly later.
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    Check out the video (on YouTube) called 23 1/2 hours for the health benefits of walking. Calorie burns from walking are not high, but combined with a caloric deficit and maybe some weight training will help you reach your goals.
  • murdledoe
    murdledoe Posts: 98 Member
    You will lose weight walking. I walk at a park designed for this. At the beginning there is a board that tells has a chart that specifies how many calories will be burned at certain points at what pace and how long it should take you to get to the next point to achieve this goal. Love it! Once you get use to it. Step it up and use small hand weights and work your arms while walking. This will give a wonderful cardio. work out.
  • kendunn579
    kendunn579 Posts: 391 Member
    All I've done for the last year is walk, do sit ups and push ups. It's worked for me!
  • evg1972
    evg1972 Posts: 3 Member
    Yes walking is great. I have lost 7 lbs in 3 weeks and my only exercise has been walking; I walk early every morning during the week and try to do some with the family over the weekend. Don't underestimate it, it is great to get out into the free air every day. Good luck
  • dlanoux
    dlanoux Posts: 112 Member
    Walking will do it! I'm just really getting started, but all I was doing for cardio (until two weeks ago) was walking. By walking, strength training with weights, and dieting, I dropped over 20 pounds in about 6 weeks. Now, I am alternating between walking and the elliptical for my cardio. :smile:
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    Walking is definitely exercise. I do over 20km of just walking each day. I can eat what I want cause I actually walk so much, and I'm not gaining at all.

    I started off by walking. I walk so much all day cause of a back injury that wont let me sit down at all. Walking is great, plus it means if you walk everywhere then shopping is a breeze, I walk 23km to get mascara, 17km for a light globe, 10km just to grab some sushi.
  • purplepiggy1
    purplepiggy1 Posts: 66
    It's all about the numbers, as long as you control your cal intake it will work well.
  • GrannyGwen1
    GrannyGwen1 Posts: 212 Member
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  • pjones239sld
    pjones239sld Posts: 9 Member
    Walking really does work, at least 30 minutes a day at a pace high enough to raise you pulse rate,that and good diet helped me lose 50 lbs last year.
  • JasonT1973
    JasonT1973 Posts: 229 Member
    I have lost weight so far with calorie counting, walking and light weight training.... so yes you can.
  • mellyish
    mellyish Posts: 253 Member
    I have chronic pain in my knee which has reduced a bit over time with my 35lb weight loss so far.

    And guess how I started getting active and dropping the weight?

    You guess it yet?

    Walking!!

    But you can't walk like you're walking around a store, actually move with a purpose and you'll break a sweat for sure :)

    Edit: And now that my endurance is higher I'm getting into running, something I never though I'd do!!!
  • kbeech06
    kbeech06 Posts: 328 Member
    Definitely! I have rheumatoid arthritis so I'm very limited with exercise. I would love to be able to run, but my knees and ankles just aren't strong enough. So I walk...and I try to walk every day. I love it, put my headphones on and I'm off. Walking combined with eating at a calorie deficit and I have lost a total of 43 pounds (I know my ticker says 37 but I actually started out 6 pounds heavier before I started MFP). I've done this since January...and I'm VERY confident I can keep it up!
  • reach4thestar
    reach4thestar Posts: 174 Member
    Bump....I love walking too.....
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    Walkingis good for the heart! I walk six miles a day! Fresh air and free exercise, what more could you want?!
  • LivDiz
    LivDiz Posts: 8 Member
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  • blt0087
    blt0087 Posts: 115
    I lost around 50lbs just by walking in 2011 (then gained some back and only recently lost it again). I had two jobs and no car so I would walk close to 10mi everyday. I worked as a waitress at a pizza restaurant and a cashier at another pizza place (ugh..pizza), so I was constantly on my feet from 9am to 11pm.

    One time I downloaded a pedometer app and by 6pm had taken 24,000 steps, and I wasn't even halfway through my shift! Unfortunately my phone died so I never got to figure out how many steps I would take in a day.

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