has anyone lost weight by walking?

One of my favorite blogs about Calories and weight loss. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1296011/calorie-counting-101/p1 Exercise and training are for Fitness. Diet and Eating correctly are for weight loss. Walking is a great exercise for your biped like body

You can't go wrong being active. The more active you are, the more calories you are burning, the more weight you will lose. You will lose more weight faster by combining your new eating habits with some type of daily activity.

walking will help aid weight loss. You must reduce your calories. I find that walking keeps me keep focused on my calories.

scolaris wrote: »

Walking will contribute to your deficit. I walk 100k steps a week most weeks. I get about half those steps with an active job (substitute teacher) and half taking purposeful walks or hikes.
Most of your weight loss will need to come from the energy balance side of eating less than you burn. But walking can be a wonderful & consistent contributor to your average TDEE burn. I like it because it requires minimal 'costume changes' other than good shoes, can be done wherever you find yourself without any equipment beyond a map, rarely leads to injury, and connects one meaningfully with the outside world. I use walking as one of my four important ways to keep fit, the slow cardio endurance component. I use yoga for deep stretching, Zumba for high intensity, and free weights for strength.

Excellent philosophy.

January 2013 I started by walking a tiny bit. Literally, since that is all I could do. 1/4 mile made me sit down and wheeze. I would cough, sputter, spit, all sorts of things. I then started to change my diet. Baby steps - Literally - with foods and walking. 3+ years later, down 70+ pounds and run/walk (more walk) 5K's, 10K's and did a Little Mended Hearts 1/2 marathon (ouch). Stopped smoking, stopped blood pressure medication, and keep walking. I now walk/jog 5-6 miles 6x a week. Takes me about an hour. I agree with everyone else though. CICO is the only way I have changed up my life. And I have tried (& ultimately failed) Every Single Fad Diet out there! Edited to say, it took me about 1 year to lose the 70 pounds - slow and steady wins this race. And I have to work at it everyday of my life to maintain it - and it is Well Worth it!

I found that with fast walking 30 minutes a day, my stomach was *completely* flat, which I know is a huge focus for many women

I'm very jealous. I've been walking almost daily now for a year, at least 3 miles a day, and at least 4 days a week are 3.6mph at between 6-7% incline. My belly is still hanging on me like a cheap suit. I am satisfied with every other area, and that last 10 pounds I have left is all on my midsection. It's so freaking annoying. So, no, you can't spot reduce, you just got really lucky. I did manage to take 6 inches off around my waist, but there's still about 4 or 5 to go, it feels like.

I walk every single day after dinner. One, because I like it. And two, because my calorie goals are relatively low right now as I don't have much to lose. If I didn't walk to earn some extra calories, I'd struggle to stay at a deficit.

SuperSizeMeNot wrote: »

has anyone lost weight by walking? if so how much did you lose? how much did you walk a day? did you do anything else to help you lose weight?

Yes. Walk as fast as you can and use your arms too. Find as many hills/slopes as possible and walk up them!

Christine_72 wrote: »

I can bump my TDEE up to 2,500 just by walking, but obviously if I ate that many calories I would maintain my weight. So in the end just walking allows me more calories which makes staying in a deficit easier, bit I still have to be on point with my logging if I want to lose at my expected rate.
Counting calories trumps everything IMO.

Second time today I have seen 'TDEE'. What does it mean?

@queenliz99 : Thank you. Just bookmarked that page.