Is walking a good way to lose weight?

[Whitneymariexo]

I live in Florida and now that it's not as hot as Satan's butthole I can enjoy the great outdoors again! So I've decided to start walking again, I like to start out with fast walking, then work my way up to jogging. I do about a mile and a half a day right now, it takes me less than 30 minutes. I've only been doing this for not even a week so I obviously don't want to overload my body because lets face it if I work out too much too soon I'm going to become tired and full of excuses. I've been eating very well and if I have a sweet tooth craving I'll eat fruit or have a granola bar that has bits of chocolate in it. I don't want to join a gym because I've lost 100 pounds without the use of a gym and I have found that I become lazier while working out in a gym versus working out in the great outdoors. Anywho am I on the right track? I know that there's a lot of fit people on this website who could probably give me some advice, I also have 10 pound weights that I'm going to start using for arm exercises as well lunges and squats to kick it up a notch, I'm roughly 15 pounds overweight if you base it off of a chart and I have a larger bone structure so I'm basically one of those girls who can weigh 150 pounds and look like they only weigh 130, yay genetics! Any tips would be appreciated, if you're going to make rude comments at least have the confidence to not do it anonymous. Thnx!

[JackKerouac77]

Hell yeah, girl! Eating right and moving around. So basic it should be illegal. Thank god it's not.

I always go for walks for 3+ hours at a time and listen to albums that way. Most of what I know about rap/hip-hop has come not from going to clubs or shows, but listening to different albums over and over while walking some random place.

You also just feel so great after a walk that all you want to do is drink water, take a shower and do simple stuff. So many simple pleasures!

[sovetskii13]

Walking definitely works. When I visited Washington DC with my dad we ate a lot at our hotel because we just pay one price and can eat as much as we want. But since we were visiting for the first time we ended up walking all over the city everyday. By the end of each day I lost all the weight I packed from all that food. So, walking definitely works.

[Anonymous]

From my personal experience of getting back to my natural shape by losing 47 lbs I summed up this
-exercises which are combined (long and short cardio) worked best to me, although separated short cardio exercises are better than long ones
Jumping the rope for 10 min can make wonders in comparison with walking
U may not sweat but u burn throughout the day contrary to jogging.

[sawno]

A teacher i used to have told me walking is one of the better ways.
Running and other training creates muscles because its intensive use.
Endurance stuff such as walking burns fat without using your muscles to much.

[Nik1hil]

Well its best way of loosing weight to a specific level after it you cannot loose weight by walking.

[Whitneymariexo]

I plan on walking for the next couple of weeks to let my body get used to everything then kick it up a notch by jogging, I really only want to lose between 20-25 pounds nothing more, it'll make my body look gross

[Nik1hil]

Walking is easier because when we walk we see success that we are covering distance and our brain gets inspired to do more , so its most easy and most efficient exercise.

[Iron_Man]

Yes Its a great way to lose weight, you have to put a lot of time in though and no breaks while walking