Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Walk Your Way To Weight Loss


By Veronika Verman

Walking is one of the best things you can do if you want to lose some of your excess weight. It helps you to increase your activity levels and thereby helps your body to burn extra calories and hence aid the weight loss process. If you have decided that you are ready to drop some weight, then adding walking as part of your daily routine is one of the best ways to achieve your aim. Here are some of the ways in which walking helps with weight loss, and some of its benefits.

Achieve Natural Fitness through Walking
Our bodies were designed for walking. Human beings have used walking as a way of motion from the moment we began using two legs to get around. This is the activity which has the lowest negative impact on our bodies. Whenever you find the time during the day, you should stretch and walk. Mother nature created this form of exercise for us, so enjoy it, because it will keep you fit and strong. Walking two or three times each week will result in a noticeable difference in how you feel, and you will also notice the weight falling off.

Save Money on Gyms

Walking doesn't cost anything. You can walk almost anywhere, around your neighborhood, your work place, your house or running errands. It's a natural part of human activity, and of all the things we do on a daily basis. So put on your tennis shoes, and get walking, and enjoy the outdoors as you go!

You Can Find the Time
It's easy to include some time in your daily routine for walking. In fact you can just add a few more steps into things you do each day which involve walking, and so burn more calories. For example, just park your car a bit further away than usual, so that you have to walk further to work, or to the mall or supermarket. Get out in the fresh air during your lunch break, and take a short walk. Just ten minutes a day is fine. Instead of driving or taking the bus to a friend's house, walk there. There are in fact lots of ways which don't take a lot of extra effort or time, but which increase the amount of walking you do.

Walking Can Help You to Try New Activities Everyday
Even if you have physical difficulties or are very overweight, and might find it difficult to try a new type of exercise or activity, you can increase your flexibility and strength through walking. This in turn will help you to gain the ability to enjoy other types of activity that you want to do. Walking isn't hard on the body, and this makes it a very beneficial activity. It's easy to get the body moving this way, and to help it to breathe more easily, as well as helping your self confidence. When you have started walking you will soon notice that you start to feel better, and you will soon find that you can start doing new activities, which you weren't able to do before.

Veronika is a health specialist and exercise guru. For more tips and advice, visit http://www.kurtnimmo.com.

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