Walking

[Tob1]

Yes you will burn a few extra calories . Lets say you burn a 100 calories sitting on your sofa , You would only burn say an extra 15-20 Calories By walking . Walking for weight loss is minimal . There's 3000 calories in 1 lb of fat . So your grandfather would have had to been walking miles upon miles a week To purely lose weight from walking . You do lose muscle from Running / Face pace walking etc . That might also contribute to his loss on the scales . But that's not a good thing losing muscle , you want muscle to burn calories . I guarantee you it was your grandfathers diet that lost him a 150lbs more than anything.

Picking up the pace ... Your body will get used to that as well . Its never ending with endurance type training . Your body will always adapt and will always get good at burning minimum calories Whilst covering long distances .

its actually closer to approximately 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat. he walked up to 5 miles a day some times more. his diet had little to no change in it ( he still eats meat and potatoes )... i'm not even kidding. where are you getting 15- 20 extra calories from? it depends on your weight, speed and distance. to determine your calories burned while walking. I am not saying its the end all but to say it does little or nothing is ludicrous. you take a 300 lb person and make them walk a mile each day then increase that they are going to burn calories, its also easy so they can stick to it. after they get to the point where walking is So easy then they can start running. its an easy course to follow for a some one starting.

you take that same 300 lb person and tell them to Run they are going to quite after a week of pain and discomfort etc...

this is my thought on it all, its not meant to start a fight or anything.

Also yes, he did lose muscle but not like you would think, my grandfather is built like a bull, during the summer he looks toned for an old man... i don't mess with him thats for sure. i'm 25 and i think he could still kick my ass.
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[Jay Farrant]

Yes I agree that it will adapt but hey we never know if we never try and when do you think I should stop eating ? 9pm sooner later ? Thanks again !

Hour or 2 before bed Is fine again no carbs just fat and protein . What sort of diet are you on . Please dont say a low ft diet of your going to be walking 5-6 miles everyday ....

 

[Domi90]

Hour or 2 before bed Is fine again no carbs just fat and protein . What sort of diet are you on . Please dont say a low ft diet of your going to be walking 5-6 miles everyday ....

Noo I'm not on some made up diets I'm just going to eat healthier, more fruits and veggies in my diet, more water definitely because at this point I drink half a liter of water a day and thats too little ...

BTW here are my measurements :
height: 5'5
weight: 136-138 pounds
age: 20

with these measurements how many calories you think I will loose ? oh and btw the total everyday of walking will be 10-11 miles ... its a 5 mile walk in one way

 

[Jay Farrant]

Noo I'm not on some made up diets I'm just going to eat healthier, more fruits and veggies in my diet, more water definitely because at this point I drink half a liter of water a day and thats too little ...

BTW here are my measurements :
height: 5'5
weight: 136-138 pounds
age: 20

with these measurements how many calories you think I will loose ? oh and btw the total everyday of walking will be 10-11 miles ... its a 5 mile walk in one way

Good good eat plenty of fats if your going to be walking very long distances .
Like I said before dont really on walking for fat loss. Your probably eat more calories than you burn off, Walking 10-11 miles a day will make you very hungry . Your more likely to eat more calories whilst refueling you body than you do actually burn off whilst walking.

 

[Jay Farrant]

its actually closer to approximately 3500 calories in 1 lb of fat. he walked up to 5 miles a day some times more. his diet had little to no change in it ( he still eats meat and potatoes )... i'm not even kidding. where are you getting 15- 20 extra calories from? it depends on your weight, speed and distance. to determine your calories burned while walking. I am not saying its the end all but to say it does little or nothing is ludicrous. you take a 300 lb person and make them walk a mile each day then increase that they are going to burn calories, its also easy so they can stick to it. after they get to the point where walking is So easy then they can start running. its an easy course to follow for a some one starting.

You burn around 30% more calories whilst walking than if you were sitting on the sofa picking your nose .

Example you burn 200 calories on your bum watching telly . You go for a walk for an hour . You burn 260 calories instead of 200 calories .

Thats it ! there's no after effect etc you dont burn any extra calories through out the rest of day .

Your BMR returns to normal pretty much after your run or walk .

Thats why Walking / Long cardio IMO is pretty much pointless when it comes to fat loss .
As regards to running and picking up the pace . Well thats just a sign that you are becoming fitter

It also means that your body is more than likely getting better at burning less calories over the same distance .

Unfortunately the better you get with long distance slow cardio , the better you get at burning less calories every time . You burn hardly any extra calories as it is Hence why I keep saying to depend on it for weight loss.
you take that same 300 lb person and tell them to Run they are going to quite after a week of pain and discomfort etc...

When it comes to a 300lb person , Then you could say its like a resistance training session . I know I would be knackered if I was carrying 300lbs around with me lol. You would have some good fat loss results with a person at this weight purely because that person is so overweight than ANY type of exercise is going to be Very Intense and Heavy. So its doesnt really count as a low intensity workout IMO .

this is my thought on it all, its not meant to start a fight or anything.

Where not fighting m8 lol.

Also yes, he did lose muscle but not like you would think, my grandfather is built like a bull, during the summer he looks toned for an old man... i don't mess with him thats for sure. i'm 25 and i think he could still kick my ass.
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Yep he would have lost muscle , It happens with Long distance cardio . Everyone is different etc when it comes to muscle etc where all genetically different and have different make ups . Example some people are naturally more muscular than others .... Good for you lol of he has good genes.

 

[AnnaGail]

When I was 20 years old I never thought about dieting! I was raised on homemade biscuits, gravy, syrup & butter....every breakfast. Lunch...fried potatoes, fried soup beans (pinto) and cornbread fritters. Supper.. Soup beans, potatoes, cornbread and pork if we raised a hog. I walked about everywhere I went! One of my chores was to go get the mail from the Post Office (3 0r 4 miles one way). I weighed 110 to 115 pounds when I was 20 and that was only because I took SS blood tonic to help me gain weight, lol. At 16, I only weighed 98 pounds. My best friend lived in the land of nowhere and she would stay at our house through the week and we would walk to her house on the weekend. It would take us almost all day to get there! Sometimes someone would pick us up, but most of the time we walked. My friend was smaller then I was!! heeee. There's nothing like waking up to homemade biscuits, gravy, syrup, flesh cows butter and a pot of flesh picked berries made into dumplings, Yum!!!

If we are active we can enjoy our food!