Just a question
 

I have been trying to walk a mile a day, i have not noticed any change in my weight. Its been about a week. What should i do different? or do i just need to be more patient? :^:

Well here is a silly question did you change your eating habits and are your DRINKING LOTS OF WATER? I drink at least 100 oz a day and walk everynight plus curves, plus I just joined a step class. If you changed your eating then just be patient. Are you walking a good brisk walk? GOOD luck!!

Be patient and do everything Kelly said...:D

You also might want to consider your intensity. Are you walking quickly, or strolling? Are you out of breath? If you are not "feeling it" then you might want to challenge yourself a little more. Try walking quicker or longer, or both! For me to walk a normal mile, it might take 15-20 minutes, and I feel like I need to workout a bit longer than that to make a difference in weight loss.

And once you have the habit, you might mix things up. Instead of walking a mile, see how far you can walk in a given amount of time, or take a new route, or walk on a different surface. :)

Are you also watching your food intake? Walking a mile won't help, no matter what your intensity, if you are still eating more calories than you burn.

Also, no matter how much exercise you are doing, or how careful you are with your intake, one week is not enough to evaluate progress. Your body can go through all sorts of changes when you start cutting calories and exercising, and it can take a while for true fat loss to show up on the scale. Give it at least a month of consistent food-and-activity effort before you make any decisions about what's working and what's not.

Walking is a good way to "maintain" weight. However, to seriously lose, you may need more strenuous exercise, and as others suggested, a healthier diet and lots of water. If you're walking brisk enough and not overeating, you could lose, but it will be fairly slowly. Try adding some jogging sprints into the walk. Jog from say one tree/phone pole/house to the next, then walk again, then jog again. As you continue, increase the distance of your sprints.