Weight Loss

Healthy Weight Loss

If you are like many people, you no doubt have been on a number of diets or weight loss programs over the years. And if you are like many people you have not been successful at keeping the weight permanently off. Somehow it keeps coming back! However, some of the simple things we should be doing on a regular basis can help us maintain our desired weight. For example: walking. A simple activity such as walking each day can have tremendous results and it is a great way to achieve healthy weight loss.

Some of us may discover too late in life how important walking is. But then it is better late than never. I discovered the walking and weight loss connection while I was a student in college. Most freshman college students gain between twenty and thirty pounds in their first year at school. For the first time in many students’ lives, they have to make their own decisions about eating and exercise. Many students’ walking program consists of walking from the dormitory to the classroom and back.

When I started walking I wasn’t aware that one should have some sort of plan to follow. I was one of the students who had no real walking program. I didn’t make the connection between walking and weight loss right away. I wound up gaining twenty-five pounds in the first semester of college, but I didn’t realize that I needed to connect walking and weight loss until I tried dieting.

Sometimes we cannot see the trees because of the forest. It is right in front of us but we can’t see. Before I started a walking program in school, the idea of walking and weight loss being so closely tied together did not occur to me. Instead, I tried changing my diet. I ate salads at nearly every meal. I had no breakfast and I did not really have a whole meal until the evening. I probably only took in about nine hundred calories each day, but I did not see very good results. I had to think back to a time when I was fit to make the walking and weight loss connection.

I’m sure some of you know how it feels to be over-weight. It certainly is not the best feeling one can have. Our self esteem can be affected and more problems result. I was a heavy student in high school and I dieted a lot. One diet was very successful for me during the end of my high school career. I was involved in an after school program that I attended every day. Since I could not ride the bus home from school, I simply walked the two mile commute home five days a week. I did not consider this an actual walking program, but it really was. The only differences between my lifestyle in high school and in college were that I ate more and I walked almost every day.

Sometimes it takes awhile for us to make connections with the things we do. Sometimes we even fail to make any connections. However, once I made the walking and natural weight loss connection, the rest was easy. I just started a simple walking program that consisted of taking a relaxing walk at least three times each week. I did not really worry about dieting, but I made sure to eat breakfast and to eat small meals throughout the day. I also avoided eating after eight o’clock in the evening. Within a few weeks, I found myself proving the walking and weight loss connection. I lost the twenty five pounds. A simple walking program can be tremendously effective to help you lose weight. Of course, as with any program, you must stick with it. Now get out there and start walking!

Jim Byrne

TriPower Team