Walking is an excellent way to help you lose one pound every week. It is simple to do and has multiple benefits.
Walking, for most people, is a necessary annoyance. We use it to get from point A to point B. We have been doing it since we can remember and we try to avoid it at all cost.
We hate walking so much that we have created multiple strategies to keep ourselves from having to do it:
- Automobiles
- Elevators/Escalators
- Remote Controls
- Moving walkways
- Drive-thrus
- Delivery services
- Online shopping
- Driving around looking for the closest parking space
But walking may be the easiest way to lose your one pound a week.
Calories Burned While Walking
The average person walks about 3 miles per hour when walking briskly. They also burn around 100 calories for every mile walked. A thirty minute brisk walk equals one and a half miles and 150 calories burned.
You have to create a 500 calorie deficit a day to lose one pound a week. One thirty minute walk a day would knock out 150 of those leaving you with only 350. It’s not easy to lose weight, but it’s definitely doable.
Other Benefits of Walking
According to the AARP, walking has numerous benefits including:
- Managing your weight
- Controlling your blood pressure
- Decreasing your risk of heart attack
- Boosting your “good” cholesterol
- Lowering your risk of stroke
- Reducing your risk of breast cancer and type 2 diabetes
- Avoiding your need for gallstone surgery
- Protecting against hip fracture
- Lowering stress levels
- Improving sleep
- Elevating overall mood and sense of well-being
- Strengthening muscles, bones, and joints
- Preventing depression, colon cancer, constipation, osteoporosis, and impotence
What more could you ask for?
Walk for 30 minutes a day so you can get One Pound Closer to your goal.
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I didn’t know about all of those other benefits. I have a question though, how does the amount of calories burned compare to that of running for 30 minutes?
Or even alternating between walking/running like interval training?
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Julie,
The average person burns about 300 calories running for 30 minutes. It really depends on how fast you are running and your weight.