Walk Off Weight Fast

Posted by Debbie Rocker

You don’t have to walk fast to walk off weight fast – truly. Walking consistently at a moderate to moderately strong pace will help you get down to your “fighting” weight and keep you there – fast. But you say that you can’t do any more than you already do.

Well, guess what, to change your body something major has got to change, and the one thing that you can take total control over is putting one foot in front of the other – more.

For just a few weeks, do this: walk more, and more often – just in the beginning, it's not forever. To get a dramatic response from your body – trust me, this will do the trick! Your body needs to experience some true endurance training. That is – you need to endure, go the distance, and stay out on the road longer than usual to effect a powerful and deep physical change.

Here are a few easy ways to get it going:

1. Walk when you could drive. Take your sneakers out instead of your car keys, leave an extra 30 – 60 minutes for travel time and walk to your destinations whenever possible.

2. Walk to and from your workout. If you can, walk to Yoga or Spinning or weight training or any class. Add on an extra 15, 30, 40, 60 or more minutes of cardio.

3. Take the dog out for a good long walk. He needs it as much as you do, so give him or her 30 or 40 minutes of one-on-one time with you - 2 times a day - and watch what happens to you both.

4. Make Saturday or Sunday your long day. Take water, tunes, friends, and whatever pleases you, and go out for 90 minutes or more. Keep an even pace, moderate to moderately strong and steady. Make this weekend walking day a real journey.

Vary terrain, experience new places, explore surrounding areas or distant ones but keep it interesting with variation. Keep increasing time and distance for four weeks. You will see that the added mileage will trim your weight and shape your body.

Then we get into even more effective and efficient ways to train. Soon you’ll be doing just the opposite - walking less and getting more from your training. But for now – put your time on the road in and get great results in return. If you must cut something else out for these few weeks – do it! Make this initial investment and the payoff will be well worth it. This is just the beginning of a truly transforming weight loss program.