Lose Weight By Walking?

yes. I started by only walking 20 minutes a day and 1200 calories. I now walk more and eat more but I am down.

the main way to lose weight is through calorie deficit - walking will help you tone and feel better though and it does burn calories which is great

Walking on its own won't make you lose weight, no. Only by eating less calories than you burn will you lose weight. However, all exercise, including walking, burns calories, so the more of it you can do, the more it will help keep you under your calorie goal for the day, so will indirectly help you lose weight.

Walking is just as good as running in this respect, except that obviously you will have to walk for longer to burn the same calories (e,g, you may have to walk for an hour to burn the same calories that you'd burn by running for 35 minutes)..

It's impossible to say whether you'll lose weight by eating 1200-1500 calories per day and walking for an hour, because you don't specify your height & weight details. Those figures would be a reasonable average for most women, but that's all. I suggest that you enter all your details into MFP and ask it to tell you how much you should eat (tell it you're completely sedentary). Then eat what it tells you, PLUS eat back 2/3rds of the calories it says you burn when walking as well. The chances are this will be somewhere in the range you quoted, but it'll be better if you are sure...

Yes. I've done it before, except I'm sure that I was eating much more than that. I ate at McDonald's and other fast food places for each meal and walked four miles in an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes-never ran or jogged. Basically, if your body uses up more calories than it needs, you'll lose weight.

My wife and I started walking the same day we started using My Fitness Pal. I have lost 60 lbs, and she has lost 30 lbs. Last night I did 6 miles on the treadmill. Eat at a deficit and get whatever exercise you can. If you like to walk, then walk at a brisk pace and use the Runtastic App if you have a smart phone.

90% of weight loss is diet. You'll get all kinds of exercise advice and exercise is great for fitness but your calories are where the weight loss comes from. I have no idea if you'll lose on any set amount of calories because I know nothing about you. If you're 90 and 4'10" then 1200 might be your maintenance but if you you're 20 and 6' then 1200 would be extremely under eating and not a healthy way to live.

Walking is my primary exercise, in addition to chores around my property. My old joints say NO! to running. You can lose weight with just a calorie deficit. But adding some exercise gives you extra calories to eat, which makes it much easier to stay on track, IMHO. Put your numbers in MFP and log everything accurately.

I recommend buying a heart rate monitor if you're going to incorporate walking into your exercise regimen, only because MFP tends to overestimate the actual calories burned. the last thing you'd want is to think you're burning 200 calories when you're only burning 100. That's when people eat back too many calories.

I did not begin exercise, even walking, until I had lost over 90 pounds.

Exercise helps, but most weight loss comes from calorie deficit.

About 2/3 of my exercise comes from walking. I walk over 5 miles per day, everyday, 7 days per week, and use the elliptical in the gym at work M-F. My fitbit is my best tool for moving more.

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My Fitbit one & daily walking has made all the difference to me & my steady weight loss.

Yes you will lose weight. I walk three days a week for two to two and a half hours. On 1200 cal. works for me.

I just walk, not only is it fresh air but you get to see things, say "Good morning" to other people and generally just feel good. I have to have a target, so it is off to the shops or into town

I lost the majority of my weight with walking, I did 3 to 4 miles 5 times a week and ate at a reasonable deficit (circa 100 to 150 under my BMR), I ate back my exercise calories when I was hungry, if not I banked them for an indulgent weekend

I did not begin exercise, even walking, until I had lost over 90 pounds.

Exercise helps, but most weight loss comes from calorie deficit.

About 2/3 of my exercise comes from walking. I walk over 5 miles per day, everyday, 7 days per week, and use the elliptical in the gym at work M-F. My fitbit is my best tool for moving more.

That's awesome. When I was in high school, I walked to school and back which was a 10 mile total per day. I didn't have an ounce of fat on me. I never even thought of that mileage being my best friend, but it sure was. When I was bored, I would run the distance so I could get home faster or get to school faster.

You most definetly can lose weight walking, I have. As long as you are active doing something that you enjoy it will help you get healthy and you will continue it. If you don't care to run but really like walking then by all means walk!

I walk go for a 1 hour walk every morning. I started at 1 mile and now walk a little over 4 miles with my next goal to get to over 5 miles an hours. It helps if you have an area that you like to walk, I have a trail that has a pretty diverse landscape that I really like. What I like best is the peaceful sense it gives me. Yes, there are times that I feel unmovitated to go but once I am out there I am always glad I am there.