Friday, April 12, 2013

Health Tips: Walking to Lose Weight


In theory, losing weight is easy. All you have to do is expend more calories than you take in and you will lose weight. In practice, losing weight is difficult. 

Walking one mile (1.6km) will burn up at least 100kcal (420kJ) of energy. Walking two miles (3.2km) a day, three times a week, will help reduce weight by approximately one pound (0.5kg) every three weeks.

Another benefit of walking is that walking alters your body's fat metabolism so that fat is burned up instead of sugars. This will help you lose weight.

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