Walking is one of the safest forms of exercise known today. Depending on how often you walk, you can manage to easily lose one pound per week or more. Think about it, in less than five months you can be 20 pounds lighter without spending hours at the gym.
While you shed the pounds and inches from your body, you are also toning your muscles and improving your health. Once you learn how to implement the principles of walking to lose weight into your lifestyle, you will surely be hooked on this easy and beneficial exercise routine.

How many steps do you need to walk to lose weight?
One mile= 2000 steps and 100 calories burned
1 pound= 3500 calories
Losing 1 pound in a week= 500 calories/day
Walk 10,000 steps to lose 1 pound of weight!
If 10,000 steps sounds a lot, here are a few ideas on how to fit all that walking into your busy day(remember – you don’t need to start from 10,000 steps. Start gradually – you will just lose less weight).

Get off the bus early and walk the rest of the way home or to work.
Park your car further away from your destination and walk the extra distance.
Walk to the station instead of taking the car or bus.
Take the stairs instead of the lift.
Walk the children to school.

This should be your walking style.
Keep your eyes 100 feet forward, tighten the abdomen, hold your chin up and squeeze your glutes. This should be your walking style if you are doing walking as exercise.

When you have just started, make sure you walk 15-20 minutes per day and three days in a week. You can gradually increase it to 30-60 minutes per day.

This chart shows the minutes you should walk as per your height and weight