| Walking to lose weight is a good idea, but unless you're | | | | routine, your metabolism slowed again. |
| doing it properly, you probably aren't seeing the pounds | | | | So how can you break this pattern and convince your |
| come off as you wish they would. | | | | body to use some of the energy that's stored in your |
| Every bit of exercise is better than no exercise, and | | | | fat cells? |
| stopping your walking routine will definitely result in | | | | By varying your routine, and by asking for extra |
| more pounds coming on. But just walking the same | | | | energy every now and then. If you're walking at the |
| route each day, at the same pace, is probably not | | | | same pace for a half hour every day, go for five |
| giving you the results you want. | | | | minutes and then walk as fast as you can, or even |
| Why? Because the body is a marvelous machine. | | | | run, for a minute or two. Make it a half a minute if |
| Once it sees how much energy you're going to | | | | that's all you can manage at first. The goal is to cause |
| expend in a day, it adjusts your metabolism to make | | | | yourself to begin breathing harder - perhaps even |
| the most efficient use of the energy you're taking in. | | | | break a sweat. |
| You've probably noticed that while at first you may | | | | This will send a signal to your body to pull some |
| have become winded and tired by the time you | | | | energy out of those fat cells to meet the need. |
| finished your walk, now you can do it easily. That's | | | | Then go back to walking at your normal pace for |
| because your body has gotten into a routine of | | | | another 5 or 10 minutes before you suddenly pick up |
| supplying the energy you need for that walk. | | | | the pace again. Every time you do this, you're giving |
| When you first started, your metabolism revved up | | | | your metabolism a boost, and the great part is that the |
| and you burned extra calories. You probably even lost | | | | boost will keep on working for quite a while after each |
| a few pounds - but once your body got into the | | | | burst of activity. |