The first thing you should do when you start walking for weight loss is to step up the pace of your walking. A stroll is not enough, as you need to be walking at an elevated pace to get your heart rate up and force your muscles to do some work in order to get them burning more of the fuel you have floating around in your body in the form of the sugars present on your bloodstream. By walking faster than normal and even better is if you can walk up and down hills, you turn a leisurely activity into a cardiovascular exercise.

The next thing you need to know which is vitally important if you want to turn your walk into a fat burning exercise is to maintain your pace of walking for more than twenty minutes. The reason for this is that is about how long it takes for this form of exercise to cause your working muscles to deplete the blood sugar levels to the point where the body must supply more. Your body does this by raiding its’ fat store to convert stored fats back into burnable sugars to keep the muscles fed with the energy they need to keep working. The longer you can keep this exercise up, the more fat you will burn.

Do this every day and you can see that it won’t be too long before you are reducing your waistline and losing the flabby fatty parts of your body that you are aiming to get rid of. This is one of those great tips for weight loss that works so well because it’s an easy exercise to start doing and you can build up the length of time you do it for each day.   Add to the fact that it is an enjoyable way to keep fit and get some fresh air into your lungs, depending on where you live, of course!

So why not begin right away?  Here’s a suggestion – keep a comfortable pair of walking shoes and several pairs of clean socks in the trunk of your car.  At lunchtime, spend the majority of your free time walking.  This will help you emphasize healthy weight loss and de-emphasize mealtime.  Shift the focus, and you’ll be helping your brain to develop healthy habits.  Healthy habits add up!

Good luck beginning your walking program, and congratulations on starting your weight loss program!

I’m setting out to find out!  There’s no time like today to begin a weight loss diet for health, and I’m setting out to do just that for my health and happiness!  Somehow I’ve created an unbalance in my life where I’m burning less calories than I am taking in, and I need to reverse that.  Simply, and happily, I’ve decided to walk the weight off!  One day at a time, beginning today!

What’s your weight loss story with walking?  It’s like taking the slow boat instead of the fast jet, I know, but for me it seems right.