any weight loss by just walking and eating healthy?
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You will lose weight as long as you are eating at a caloric deficit. It looks like you already are, too! Congrats!0
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I've lost it all just by walking and eating less. At first I could barely walk a block or two, but I slowly increased it. Now I walk between 3-6 miles a day. I keep meaning to add in weight lifting or something else, but just haven't yet. Maybe this winter.
As far as losing weight, you really just need to eat less. But to get healthy, exercise is important. You can do it!0 -
As others have said you definitely can. I only walk right now and that along with the change in eating habits am seeing the benefits in health as well as weight loss.0
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I altered my commute so I walk 1.8 miles to the bus, then another 1.5 miles to the office. Then repeat at the end of the day.
Combining that with weightlifting and clean eating I'm down 25 lbs since August.
Walking is awesosme.0 -
Walking and logging in MFP for the first year of my weight loss.0
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I wear one of those bodymedia calorie tracker armbands and I can tell you that I burn more calories walking around the mall shopping for a couple hours than I do at the gym for an hour. So yeah, walking will work :-)0
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I have a full time job and recently just started walking everyday after work. I started at just one mile then i upped it to 1.5 miles, now im at 2 miles a day any success stories.
"Most weight loss occurs because of decreased caloric intake.
However, evidence shows the only way to maintain weight loss is to be engaged in regular physical activity."
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/physical_activity/index.html
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819925-the-basics-don-t-complicate-it
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/833026-important-posts-to-read
Goal setting, including weight, calories, and macros
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-setting-goals-667045
Exercise basics
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-exercise-667080
Sleep enough
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-27-sleep-weight-control-690492
Eating higher protein & lower carbs leads to more weight loss
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-09-high-protein-diet-685553
Try 45% carbs, 20% fat, 35% protein
Eat about half your calories for breakfast (see the last half of this post for the studies)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-10-some-studies-about-weight-loss-667818
Motivation & encouragement (explained in blog post)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-07-24-motivation-encouragement-680938
- Set small intermediate goals & celebrate every one.
- Take measurements.
- Take pictures.
- Weigh yourself regularly.
- Be flexible; forgive yourself.
- Celebrate the non-scale victories (NSV's)
- Don't give up!!!!
- Don't make any food forbidden.1 -
Yup - that's the majority of what I do. It's really not much more complicated than that unless you make it more complicated. :-)0
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Check my ticker, all by eating healthy and walking or riding my bike everyday for an hour0
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I've lost 13lbs with no barely any exercise at all, just watching calories and keeping them pretty low (usually around 1350 a day but I am flexible). Some walking on more indulgent weekends.0
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Walking WORKS.....Someone told me, and I agree...........85% of any successful fitness program is done in the kitchen.0
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Yes, I lost about over 150 lbs just by walking and eating. Exercise is not about losing weight, exercise is about getting your body more healthy.0
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I have a friend on MFP that has lost over 70 by changing his eating and walking. It can be done!0
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Absolutely you can reach your weight goals by eating better and walking. I try to walk 2-3 times a week for 20 minutes each time. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I just make better food choices so I'm not racking up the calories and I've lost 16 lbs already.0
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Yup! I lost over 30lbs by walking and eating healthy! It was definitely the easiest way for me!0
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I started in January of this year. Eating at a slight calorie deficit plus eating the calories I burned exercising- with predominantly walking as my exercise - I've lost 44 lbs. It will definitely work.0
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A lot of my early weight loss was through watching what I eat and going for a walk in the evenings. I did eventually move on to other exercise programs, but I think it's really important to find an exercise that you enjoy and that you can keep doing through maintenance. If that's walking, then great! Keep it up!0
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im new on here could you help me try to lose weight or give me tips on walking to lose weight0
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I lost the first 20 just by walking everyday (or near) for my lunch hour and eating within my macros.0
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I too have a full time job. It's hard to get the walking in. I have a goal of 10,000 steps. After reading all the positive responses you got, I will keep on pluggin forward..0
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