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[quote=Anonymous]You need to strength train!  Walking on the treadmill is nice, but you need to add muscle.  If you add muscle, it will naturally increase your metabolism and you will burn more fat.  Even if you wind up gaining a few pounds from adding muscle, you will look a lot leaner.

Strength train first.  Then after your weight workout, do some cardio.  Not 90 minutes of walking.  Since you enjoy walking, how about trying the Couch to 5K program which will work you gradually up to running 3.1 miles?  You will burn some calories and help your heart but it will also leave you time for strength training.

I also think that if you are an otherwise normally active person of normal height and you are walking 90 minutes a day, then 1500 calories a day is on the low side.  I think you could and should probably eat more calories than that.  Too few calories are a terrible idea because it sets your body up for thinking it is starving.  Add some healthful calories, focusing on veggies and protein.  If you went up to 1800 daily, every day, and added strength training, I think it would make a big difference.

Good luck![/quote]

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