The first thing anyone thinks of doing to lose weight is starting to go for a walk daily. Whether you are a teenager, adult or even an old person, going to the park for a walk everyday is a good way to keep yourself fit physically and mentally.
Physically it makes you more active, improves stamina and helps you burn calories. Mentally it helps you by making your mind fresh and relieving stress.
Is walking enough to lose weight?
The question which arises is that is going for a walk everyday enough to lose weight? Losing weight depends upon being in a caloric deficit i.e. when the intake of calories is less than the expenditure of calories. When you burn more calories than you consume, only then it can make you lose weight.
Walking can aid in weight loss..but mere walking is not enough
Going for a walk is a great way to burn calories which will help you to increase calorie expenditure. But if you think only going for a walk everyday will help you lose weight, unfortunately you are mistaken. Walking along with a proper diet is the best way to help in weight loss.
Importance of DIET
The importance of a good diet cannot be stressed upon much. It is very important to consume the right combination of food items to ensure you are on the right track to lose weight. Diet is 70% and exercise is 30%. So even if you score full marks in exercise, you can always miss on the diet. So it is important to keep a strict diet.
So when you are eating right, the calorie intake is kept in control and then when you supplement it by walking regularly, you further add towards the caloric deficit.
The mistake you might be making
The main mistake you might be making is not keeping a track of calories consumed. You know that you go for a walk daily but often have very less idea about how much food you should be consuming and how much you actually are consuming. This often makes you fail towards attaining your goal. So from now, start keeping a track of the amount of calories you consume and you will start achieving your weight loss goal faster. Add the routine of walking with good diet and you will be in a caloric deficit.
The ideal diet
The best diet for losing weight is one that is good for all parts of your body, from your brain to your toes, and not just for your waistline. It is also one you can live with for a long time. In other words, a diet that offers plenty of good tasting and healthy choices, banishes few foods, and doesn’t require an extensive and expensive list of groceries or supplements.
Diet and Weight Loss
All the exercises in the world and supplements would not help you to lose weight if diet is not in check. Whereas if you keep your diet strict and live an active lifestyle without exercising, even then you can lose weight. This is the importance of diet for weight loss. Some simple tips to follow in your diet are adding more protein rich food items, avoiding fried food, avoiding sugar and refined carbs, choosing whole grain carb sources, minimizing intake of extra salt and preservatives etc.
So use walking as a supplement to a good diet routine!
Keep your diet in check and when you go for a walk daily, see the results yourself. You will lose weight, feel happier and more confident.
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