Can you lose weight just by walking?

You dont even have to walk in fact you can sit on your behind all day and still lose a ton of weight.....its all about your diet. Key to everything.

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Of course you can lose weight by walking - as it uses up calories. If you create a calorie deficit then over time you will lose weight. The more the deficit the quicker you will lose weight. Any activity will increase the deficit but eating less calories will increase the deficit more effectively. Much easier to lose weight by controlling your intake rather than increasing your output.

BTW You have complete control of what goes into your mouth! If not, you better learn before you go to university!

You dont even have to walk in fact you can sit on your behind all day and still lose a ton of weight.....its all about your diet. Key to everything.

I have a feeling my diet won't cut it really, if people saw it they'd have a fit. No vegetables or fruits. :indifferent: I wouldn't class it as healthy but I have little control of it because I don't buy the food.

Doesn't matter what you eat for weight loss, just how much of it. You need to eat fewer calories than your body actually needs.

Walking will help weight loss, but you'll need to control your calories too. That would be enough if you're not bothered about general health and just want to lose weight.

I started walking July 2011 and counting my calories and have lost 18lbs. So hang in there, but I think you may need more calories. Not enough will put you in a stand-still. :flowerforyou:

You dont even have to walk in fact you can sit on your behind all day and still lose a ton of weight.....its all about your diet. Key to everything.

I have a feeling my diet won't cut it really, if people saw it they'd have a fit. No vegetables or fruits. :indifferent: I wouldn't class it as healthy but I have little control of it because I don't buy the food.

- You work out to become fit - to improve your healthy muscle mass, increase cardiovascular capacity and stamina, and to become a healthier person.

- You eat balanced healthy meals and drink lots of water to feed your body what it needs to maintain proper operation, process food efficiently, etc.

- You reduce calories so you are taking in fewer calories than you are burning to lose weight. For each 3,500 calorie deficit you successfully create, you lose one pound of body weight. Note that I did NOT say "fat", I said "body weight", which may or may not be mostly fat depending on how well you do at the first two.

The three are interrelated but separate tasks. You can lose weight doing anything or nothing at all if you make sure you are eating fewer calories than you are burning on a daily basis. You won't be any healthier if it's all junk food and you don't exercise, but you can lose weight.

Yes you can lose weight by walking. I have lost 148 pounds by walking and watching my calorie intake.

As an active dog owner i typically walk him at least 3 hours a day and always carry my fitbit with me.

This is the report from last week.



So i would lean towards yes, walking is excellent exercise, wether you can get into great shape doing it just depends on where you are walking.

Your diet is not that bad but could do with some tweaking. If your Mum sees you making healthy choices & eating well I am sure she will be fine with you looking well. If you get a diet sheet from your GP & follow that it will really help & reassure her too.
You have a choice as to what to put in your mouth & even the veggie options when catered can be poor food choices. I suggest you take up cooking & take a short course in healthy nutrition & cooking to help you eat well when you move away to college.
Walking is a great way to lose weight & I am sure you can find some slopes up north to push you just a bit harder......
Keep at it & friend me if you would like.

Doesn't matter what you eat for weight loss, just how much of it. You need to eat fewer calories than your body actually needs.

Walking will help weight loss, but you'll need to control your calories too. That would be enough if you're not bothered about general health and just want to lose weight.

How much fewer do I have to eat? My BMR is 1327 calories.

How do you know your BMR is 1327? Is that from MFP?
MFP uses BMR x 1.2 as the amount of calories to lose 1lb a week for a sedentary lifestyle. This builds in a 500 calories deficit for normal activity. If you exercise, you add those calories on to what you eat.

So if you're BMR is really 1327

1327 x 1.2 = 1592 + exercise calories to lose a lb a week, or 250 calories on top of that to lose 0.5lb/week.

Sounds quite high (though not definitely wrong) , so you should check whether that number really is your BMR

ETA: There are much better explanations than this ^^^^ out there - do a search on "exercise calories"

Absolutely. My freshman year of college I lost 30 lbs with the same crappy diet (read: french fries, all day, every day) just by walking around an hour a day several times per week

You dont even have to walk in fact you can sit on your behind all day and still lose a ton of weight.....its all about your diet. Key to everything.

I have a feeling my diet won't cut it really, if people saw it they'd have a fit. No vegetables or fruits. :indifferent: I wouldn't class it as healthy but I have little control of it because I don't buy the food.

As long as you eat at a calorie deficit it doesn't matter what you eat.

Yes you can I would say you need to eat more. I wouldnt net less than 1200 and really I started losing more weight at 1500 calories than I did at 1200?!!

You may want to bump your cals up a little bit by adding more protein and good fats.