Anonymous wrote:Echoing what everyone else is saying. Walking is the best! I don't get hungry, I don't get hurt, my cortisol levels don't spike, and I absolutely love it. The weight is falling off. I aim for 15-20k steps per day which honestly isn't even that hard once you're in the habit (and yes, I work and have kids).

How exactly are you walking 10 miles a day every day?

Anonymous wrote:You aee losing muscle from being inactive, actually. You are also probably going to gain weight. Good luck.

No. You are in zone 2 or green which is the fat burning zone! I don’t know how old you are but women in their 40/50s will not lose weight doing cardio. Cortisol levels rise and prevent this. Walking along with strength training is the best thing you can do.

You aee losing muscle from being inactive, actually. You are also probably going to gain weight. Good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:Echoing what everyone else is saying. Walking is the best! I don't get hungry, I don't get hurt, my cortisol levels don't spike, and I absolutely love it. The weight is falling off. I aim for 15-20k steps per day which honestly isn't even that hard once you're in the habit (and yes, I work and have kids).

7-10 miles of walking a day? What is your pace? I do 3 miles each morning and it takes 45 minutes. Faster than 15 minute miles and you're running, essentially.

I go about 3.5-3.7 mph, on average. I find the easiest way for me to fit it in is to do one 3.5-4.5 mile walk every morning and the rest of the day I try to sneak in little walks when I can. I always walk after dinner and try to do a 10-15 minute walk after lunch, etc. If the weather sucks I go on the treadmill but always prefer outdoors if possible. I also got a walking pad which I put in front of the TV in case I'm short on steps in the evening and want to watch a show. Just being mindful and having a step goal makes a huge difference!

Cool. What you're doing sounds possible for me to incorporate. I love walking and I'd like to increase my steps. I have about 5-8 lbs I'd like to lose. Thanks for the tips!

Good luck! It's become a whole new lifestyle for me and it is honestly very do-able. So far today I have 13,442 steps from walking the dog half a mile, doing a 4.5 mile walk with a friend early this morning, and doing a mile after lunch.

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Anonymous wrote:Echoing what everyone else is saying. Walking is the best! I don't get hungry, I don't get hurt, my cortisol levels don't spike, and I absolutely love it. The weight is falling off. I aim for 15-20k steps per day which honestly isn't even that hard once you're in the habit (and yes, I work and have kids).

7-10 miles of walking a day? What is your pace? I do 3 miles each morning and it takes 45 minutes. Faster than 15 minute miles and you're running, essentially.

I go about 3.5-3.7 mph, on average. I find the easiest way for me to fit it in is to do one 3.5-4.5 mile walk every morning and the rest of the day I try to sneak in little walks when I can. I always walk after dinner and try to do a 10-15 minute walk after lunch, etc. If the weather sucks I go on the treadmill but always prefer outdoors if possible. I also got a walking pad which I put in front of the TV in case I'm short on steps in the evening and want to watch a show. Just being mindful and having a step goal makes a huge difference!

Cool. What you're doing sounds possible for me to incorporate. I love walking and I'd like to increase my steps. I have about 5-8 lbs I'd like to lose. Thanks for the tips!

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Anonymous wrote:Echoing what everyone else is saying. Walking is the best! I don't get hungry, I don't get hurt, my cortisol levels don't spike, and I absolutely love it. The weight is falling off. I aim for 15-20k steps per day which honestly isn't even that hard once you're in the habit (and yes, I work and have kids).

7-10 miles of walking a day? What is your pace? I do 3 miles each morning and it takes 45 minutes. Faster than 15 minute miles and you're running, essentially.

I go about 3.5-3.7 mph, on average. I find the easiest way for me to fit it in is to do one 3.5-4.5 mile walk every morning and the rest of the day I try to sneak in little walks when I can. I always walk after dinner and try to do a 10-15 minute walk after lunch, etc. If the weather sucks I go on the treadmill but always prefer outdoors if possible. I also got a walking pad which I put in front of the TV in case I'm short on steps in the evening and want to watch a show. Just being mindful and having a step goal makes a huge difference!

Anonymous wrote:Echoing what everyone else is saying. Walking is the best! I don't get hungry, I don't get hurt, my cortisol levels don't spike, and I absolutely love it. The weight is falling off. I aim for 15-20k steps per day which honestly isn't even that hard once you're in the habit (and yes, I work and have kids).

7-10 miles of walking a day? What is your pace? I do 3 miles each morning and it takes 45 minutes. Faster than 15 minute miles and you're running, essentially.

Echoing what everyone else is saying. Walking is the best! I don't get hungry, I don't get hurt, my cortisol levels don't spike, and I absolutely love it. The weight is falling off. I aim for 15-20k steps per day which honestly isn't even that hard once you're in the habit (and yes, I work and have kids).

Walking is su much better for your knees, plus it doesn't make me starving.

Are you tracking your calories? If not you can't tell whether your intake has changed. And it must have, given you are losing weight. It might just be that the other activities were making you hungrier and you subconsciously ate more. Walking is overall less stressful on the body and might not be impacting your appetite, thus the weight loss. Which zone exercise it is does not matter. Fat loss is driven by energy balance.

I've found the same, OP. I don't know why. But if I walk a lot, I will lose weight whereas if I do more intense exercise, I will not. IDK but I'll take it! Walking is much easier and more enjoyable for me than more intense exercise

I have heard that walking burns calories but because it's not so intense, your appetite doesn't increase. I don't know how precisely you are counting/measuring food but it's possible before you were eating more to fuel the more intense exercise.

Anonymous wrote:Walking is zone 2 exercise, which uses purely fat as fuel.

Interesting. Thanks for your reply!

Walking is zone 2 exercise, which uses purely fat as fuel.

All summer I was running outdoors, biking miles a day when I would ride, doing sprints at the track, and lifting weights at home consistently. I didn’t lose a single pound.

About a month ago I had a minor injury and couldn’t do those things so I started walking instead. And all of a sudden the weight is dropping and I even see definition in my legs, my clothes even fit better.

How does this make sense?

I’m debating what to do now that I’m feeling better and ready to resume my other activities. Part of me wants to keep doing this, but first I feel like I need to understand why this is working better than anything else. (My diet HAS NOT changed, but it was never really bad to begin with. I’m weird in that I eat the same foods on a rotating basis.)