What is the best exercise for losing weight?
The one that gets you moving everyday of course. I’d love to think I could spend a couple of hours in the gym each evening, or play netball twice a week or train for the London marathon but I won’t and I’ve finally stopped wasting money on gym membership and running magazines. Like many people, I’ve grown up believing there is a magic formula to weightloss and the fat will just melt away if I stick to my alloted calories, points, syns or carbs/proteins and exercise to a schedule devised by someone who has never met me. Such is the grip of the diet industry, it has become perfectably acceptable to live on breakfast cereal or liquid shakes all day or waste hours in front of the tv jumping along while some C-List celebrity shakes their arse in your face. Sometimes, it takes years of failure and let downs before you realise that eating a bit less and exercising a bit more is all it really takes.
I choose to walk because it’s something I enjoy and can stick at. I’m lucky enough to live in a little town surrounded by beautiful fells and moors, canal paths and city walks so I get the variety I crave and the chance to explore places I’d never think of going to in the car. I can roll out of bed at 6am and chuck a coat and boots on and get out on my own for a couple of hours and it feels great, and well, it just feels like the most natural thing in the world to do.
Tags: Walking, Weight Loss
My wife calls it Stubbly Pike for some reason (daft as a brush)
No more weight loss for me – I think the 1kg loss was an electronic scale data error, or very heavy clothes… But I’m not putting it on either, and I haven’t yet resorted to cutting my hair and toenails before getting weighed.
You’re right about the gym, its a bit of a waste of cash – but is it possible to bore the weight off?
Have you been up to Widdop/Gorple at all? One of my fave places for winter walking…
We learned two very important things: eat your fruits and veggies and watch portion sizes. It worked for us.