Walking But Not Losing Weight?

Question

I've been walking for about 6 weeks. My husband lost 15lbs. I lost 2lbs. We walk for about 45 minutes about 3mph, 4 days a week. I've been watching my food intake, only grilled, steamed, or baked meats and stopped drinking soda and high calorie juices. I give myself one cheat day but I still don't go overboard. Any Advice?

Answer 1

Hi there!

When combined with consuming fat burning foods, walking for weight loss is very effective if done propely. You can do it indoors on a treadmill or outdoors, whichever you prefer. Here are a few suggestions for improvement.

The best time to walk is before your first meal of the day. However, you may break your walks into two or more sessions. If you cannot walk before your first meal, walking for weight loss can be done at any time of the day or night.

For example (you already know part of this, but some readers may not), go for a walk at the best pace you can manage until you are comfortably tired. Note how far you walked. The day after tomorrow, go for another walk but increase the distance slightly. Continue walking every other day until you are walking 4 miles.

Once you are able to do that, slightly increase your pace with each walk until you are walking those 4 miles in just under 1 hour every other day. This will burn many extra calories during and immediately after your walks.

To speed up your metabolism further, add strength training. Strength training (weight training) will enable you to increase lean muscle.

Lean muscle is your METABOLIC FURNACE that will burn extra calories 24 HOURS DAILY and not only during and after exercise. Male or female, young or old, everyone can lose body fat this way and keep it off. One is never too old to begin.

At the bottom of this reply, I have added Internet resources for lists of fat burning foods, free strength training programs for beginners or intermediates, and a choice of free walking for weight loss plans.

If you decide to do strength training, work out twice a week using as much weight as you can handle using perfect exercise technique. Concentrate only on the basic exercises such as squats, deadlifts, presses, rows, dips, and chins. The free programs will give you specific routines as well as tips for exercising safely.

You could do more. For example, intense cardio for three minutes twice a week. However, that may be too, too quickly. It is better to focus on making one major change at a time. Then introduce the next one. You could add intense cardio later.

If you want to use any or all of the above methods, the links to the Internet resources will give you free lists of fat burning foods that speed metabolism, free walking for weight loss plans, mild and intense cardio exercise choices, and free strength training programs.

I hope this helps.

All my best wishes

Answer 2

Well, you should eat only 1200 calories.

Eat 4-5 meals of only 200-250 calories for each meal.

Then every night go jog for 30-40 minutes.

You should lose 2 pounds per week.

I lost 20 pounds in 2 months.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

  Watch your diet a bit more.

Answer 4

First, stop looking at the scale because muscle weighs more than fat.  Second eat several small meals a day instead of three larger meals.  Then you may want to add hand weights during you walk as well.  Not only is it going to help burn more calories, but also works those "angel wings" us women get.  Measure your progress by inches lost not pounds and if you are still not seeing any difference visit your doctor to rule out metabolic conditions.

Answer 5

Be patient, woman lose slower than men, unfortunately. Drop the cheat day, sorry but it's too soon for cheat days. I wouldn't take a cheat for the first 90 days. Have willpower you can do it..

you should spread your meals out over 5 every 3 hours. as for calories, that depends on your weight. Take your desired body weight (where you would be most happy) and multiply that by 10 example 130 x 10 = 1300 .. that's the real way to do that. You don't want to eat less than 1100 a day.

Drink lot's o water up to 1.5 gallons a day depending on your weight.

No Juice, Minimal fruit, Strawberries/blueberries/Grapefruit in small doses.

Make sure you are getting enough fats in your meals and limit Meat to two servings a day, drop the Dairy and any white flour (all bread if you can) Look into flax seed oil, and fish oils for your fats, (supplements)

Get your carbs in in the mornings before three, keep it green and lean after 4:00pm,, like for dinner, 6oz grilled chicken breast and big salad (light olive oil and balsamic vinegar)

Lastly.. walking is great but a little weight training will go a long way to speeding up the metabolism, ..go to you tube and search, (beginning) Plyometrics,Pilate's,Yoga, strength training...spark people is another really good one.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

good luck

Answer 6

For ideal fat loss work at around 60% of your max heart rate (to find max heart rate: 220-age=max heart rate), the time you are doing is perfect, and your diet seems good and you have a good attitude.

Also try exercising in the morning, as you burn more fat in the morning.

(Also as you get fitter, you will have gained more muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat.)  

Answer 7

The only advice that can possibly work is: Walk more (or faster) and eat less.

Did you see your physician to rule out a metabolic disorder like thyroid disease?

Also, don't compare yourself to your husband.  Men don't have as much trouble (in general) losing weight.  It is a metabolism thing and the way men store fat and process carbohydrates.

Good luck!

Answer 8

Try to up your exercise intensity. Walking at 3mph isn't all that much. Start by walking at 4-5mph, and then once you get into the routine, jog at 6mph or so.