I tell you, I know of someone who wears those shoes all the time and I haven't noticed any difference (not that I stare at their behind all the time that is ).
Seriously though, peeps need to get their hands dirty and sweat. Thats all it takes, not some silly shoe.
I lost ground with the next two, I have to admit. Too much laundry and American-style driving.
Since then, I'm back. But it took a massive commitment on my part. Not walking, not casual running - but really long distances and intense sprinting, weight training and dancing. My kids can no way keep up with me now, which helps to keep them in line
Maybe I should have just put everyone in disposable clothing. Then I wouldn't have had so much catch up to do.
Keep going! It's worth it!
I was wondering if it was worthed... because a good brand is quite expensive and I already have good reeboks shoes.
The good news is that I walked more in this last month than I did in the past 3 years in Basel!
And then vice verse I know tons of people who walk everyday and the only thing that seems to happen is their hips and thighs get bigger (not because they are gaining fat, but creating muscle in their legs) - it's just how their basic genetic work up takes to that kind of exercise regimen.
I agree, exercising more than your basic calorie intake is the key, but finding what your body reacts better too (there are tons of ways) will be the ticket to shedding it off faster and not putting a strain on your body. Good Luck!
I also tracked the fat I was consuming rather than calorie counts, having no more than 10g fat before dinner and then having a good mix of lean proteins (fish or skinless chicken) together with veg for dinner.
Doing this, I lost 30lbs in about a month... but it is a lot easier to do when you don't have to worry about someone else complaining about what you're feeding them.
I'm thinking to start the up early bit - hubby's had early shift the last week'ish so now is a good time to start with that I think. The "extra" movement will be an okay start, even without restricting diet any yet... can work into that kinda slowly in the next few weeks as different groceries are bought.
Nil you just had your baby, give yourself a chance to breathe.
I'm sure you look great.
I have to walk about 1km downhill to the bus stop and then of course 1km back up the hill. I do this twice a day.
My weight has gone from 88kg in October to 70.4 kg now - all of it down to walking the 4km or so a day, my diet is the same as before. Now I also do Thai Kick Boxing but my weight was at 70.4 before starting this, now my weight is starting to increase again but that's because I'm building muscle - my body fat ratio has dropped from almost 24% to 15.7%
Go for it, walking is easy and can be fun, use your mp3 player :-)
The point at which your body switches from aerobic to anaerobic is the lactate threshold. Working at this level is hard work but by gradually increasing the time you can workout at your lactate threshold you increase your stamina, and, for runners for example, your speed endurance. The exact heart rate for LT is different for everyone but a good rule of thumb is when you can say a few words but not full sentences. Or, for runners, the speed/effort level that you can maintain for 1hr, so between your 10k-10m pace depending how fast you are.
Anyway the point about needing to put some effort into the walking to be able to burn calories and lose weight is absolutely correct. For Nil, using the effort perception method is probably easier than getting a cheap heart rate monitor. You should be out if breath and feel tired after a walk for it to be helping lose weight. But as you get fitter you need to walk further/faster to have same effect!
A HRM can be useful if you're interested in building back up to running though. You can build a profile of your own HR patterns, eg tracking your resting HR will show you if your getting fitter (goes down over time) or if you are sick one day (raised). Or you can start with just counting your pulse in the morning and before/after exercise. From experience though, I've found pregnancy/children play havoc with your RHR and I now monitor my morning temperature to make sure I'm not under the weather.
To be effective, you need to eat correctly too. What you eat is far more important than how much.
There's a school of thought gaining much ground these days that to be healthy and fit, all you need to do is live more like our ancestors. Our bodies are not evolved or well adapted for modern life.
Particularly, grains (bread, cereal, etc. including wholemeal), sugar and dairy are very recent additions to human diet. Our bodies don't deal with them at all well. They produce a large insulin response which will result in fat being laid down.
Modern food has far too much carbohydrate which only rarely occurred in our ancestor's diets.
Prolonged, intense exercise is not natural either. Our ancestors would have walked about gathering food and firewood for a few hours a day. Occasionally, they would have done something fairly intense for a short period: chase game, move boulders, escape from a bear, etc.
Our bodies respond very well to a similar regime.
If you're interested, research "primal".
Mark Sisson's work is a good place to start http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welco...s-daily-apple/
Any kind of aerobic activity is great for all round general fitness but if you are specifically trying to burn fat (i.e. lose weight) I think the activity has to be pretty intense and sustained.
There are people on this forum who know lots about this stuff rather than me. I'm just going by my own untrained observations.