Of course, diet and exercise are a system of connected vessels when it comes not only to weight loss, but above all to health. However, contrary to appearances, it is easier to convince the “average person” to change their eating habits. The issue of going to the gym, even for group training, or starting running training in a nearby park is a bit different. But is this mythical running that many people love the best way to increase their physical activity? Well, not entirely!
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The basic training for our body should be walking. Just a dozen or so years ago, when cars were much less popular and public transport not so developed, most people walked much more often. Not only for recreation, but also, for example, on the way to work or shopping. Scientists agree – regular walks they reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and some cancersand additionally reduce the severity of depressive symptoms and anxietyand even reduce the risk of insomnia.
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Weight loss is not the result of magic. Simply put, if we provide our body with fewer calories than its caloric requirement, we will start to lose weight. We can do it with diet, but also with physical activity. So how many steps do you need to take to lose 1 kg? The energy value of a kilogram of fat is approximately 7,700 kcal. This is how many calories you need to “burn” to lose a kilogram. If we assume that a person weighing 70 kg will burn about 40 kcal when walking 1000 steps, it is easy to calculate how many steps you need to walk, to lose a kilogram – 192,000 steps!
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Walking 10 thousand every day steps, to burn a kilogram of fat we would need… almost 20 days. So how can we speed up this process? Dietitian Michał Wrzosek advises to do this by increasing the intensity of training. This means the faster we move, the more calories we will burn and the faster we will reach our weight goal. However, we cannot forget that walking should be our daily activity, even if we do not want to lose extra weight. Its beneficial effects on our circulatory system and joints are invaluable.
