1 Hr to 1.5 hr walk every day how many calories to lose weight?

Philminator · 07-01-2008, 02:35 PM

I've already posted a similar thread but I have changed my program I no longer walk only 30 minutes I now walk 1.5 hours a day on average I weighed myself in a 265 pounds and fit in size 38" jeans even though my hips are measured at 44"

I want to lose 8-10 lbs. a month reading the BMI thing which I find crap because for me I am suppose to be 176 lbs. for my height and age which is 29 years old 5"8 I forget what my bodyfat % is but I worked it out that if I was at 210 lbs. I would be in amazing shape and would be slim like when I was younger. 1200 calories I was told was too little but my dad did this and lost 90 lbs in 6 months. on average is 12 calories per pound to maintain right? so figure if I take in 1600 calories is that too high? what is the lowest I should go as I want to lose faster.

stereoeclectic · 07-01-2008, 02:56 PM

i don't know if i'd go below 1200. i did for a while, and it wasn't the safest. i dropped from a weight around 270 to the 165 i am now.

strict portion control (lean cuisines and weight watchers frozen meals help out big time), not many snacks, and plenty of walking. count the calories. it works.

make sure you are getting your nutritional requirements so that you don't get sick.

Philminator · 07-01-2008, 03:04 PM

oh wow!! congrats on the weight loss. do you know how many calories roughly you were taking in a day while losing weight? some days I feel guilty I take in about 1500. so those tv dinners are great then . I should get some of those then. how much weight per month were you losing on average would you say?

george237 · 07-01-2008, 03:46 PM

I would talk to a nutritionist. They are relatively inexpensive and it will be a good combo with your exercise program. 1.5 hours is great are you doing it all at the same time? If you are going for length of time not distance as your walking goal try and speed your walk up a little. The faster you walk the more cals you burn.

When I broke up with my ex I started doing a daily 5 mile brisk walk. 2 at lunch and 3 after dinner with the dog. I wasn't trying to loose wait but I lost 10 pounds and feel great. Keep it up and you'll see the pounds come off.

Philminator · 07-01-2008, 03:58 PM

i do 30 minute walks at a time as after my anxiety gets too out of control. so I do 2 - 3 times a day 30 minutes sometimes 4

george237 · 07-01-2008, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Philminator

i do 30 minute walks at a time as after my anxiety gets too out of control. so I do 2 - 3 times a day 30 minutes sometimes 4

Good for you. As time goes on try and add mins and increase speed. Also be careful of wearing heavy clothes in the heat. You want to sweat but you don't want to have a heat stroke. Keep us posted on your progress

ghost69 · 07-01-2008, 05:34 PM

stay @ 1500. don't go lower. but keep up with the activity.

just M.E. · 07-01-2008, 05:50 PM

Walking burns roughly 300 calories per hour but I would imagine your size it would be greater, bigger mass burns more calories in activity, I'm 130 so I don't burn as much. If my memory serves me, roughly 4000 calories beyond what your body needs = 1 lb lost, so you are probably burning 600+ / day extra plus the 1500 calories is below what your body needs, add the difference to your 600+ calories and it will give you a guideline.

I lost 35 lbs over 6 months. I concentrated on healthy foods, quality protein, healthy fats, [color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color]s and olives, grapefruit, high fiber and some prepared WW meals. Mostly I just ate less and the less I ate the less I seemed interested in more. I still ate out but usually ate only 1/2 of the meal or ate a nice salad.

Philminator · 07-01-2008, 07:53 PM

1500 calories I will do then. I sure hope cutting down from 3300 calories a day to 1500 and going from doing nothing to 1.5 hr walk a day makes me lose alot of weight. I'm tired of being the big guy. really depressing. I just hope I can lose 8-10 pounds a month

just M.E. · 07-01-2008, 08:02 PM

I lost 6 lbs a month and for my size I think that would be proportional to you losing the 8-10. Just don't give up, ever. Stay after it. If you are not perfect one day, try harder the next, but never, never, never quit!!!

Maintaining is a whole 'nuther phase althogether also and has it's own challenges. After we lose it is easy to think we can do what ever we want, that we are 'done'. You are never done, this is now a way of life and trust me, it is worth it.

07-01-2008, 02:35 PM	#1
Philminator Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa Gender: Male Posts: 9	1 Hr to 1.5 hr walk every day how many calories to lose weight? I've already posted a similar thread but I have changed my program I no longer walk only 30 minutes I now walk 1.5 hours a day on average I weighed myself in a 265 pounds and fit in size 38" jeans even though my hips are measured at 44" I want to lose 8-10 lbs. a month reading the BMI thing which I find crap because for me I am suppose to be 176 lbs. for my height and age which is 29 years old 5"8 I forget what my bodyfat % is but I worked it out that if I was at 210 lbs. I would be in amazing shape and would be slim like when I was younger. 1200 calories I was told was too little but my dad did this and lost 90 lbs in 6 months. on average is 12 calories per pound to maintain right? so figure if I take in 1600 calories is that too high? what is the lowest I should go as I want to lose faster.

07-01-2008, 05:34 PM	#7
ghost69 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Desert Gender: Male Posts: 33,444	stay @ 1500. don't go lower. but keep up with the activity. __________________ Not only am I friendly, but I'm invisible too. Too perfect of a relationship is too weird-g69 If you say you are normal, I'd think you are weird-g69 The world can only get better, it depends on how you look at it-g69 'As wicked as you are, you're beautiful to me'-5fingerdeathpunch you cannot control the world, you can only live in it the best you can for you-g69 NooOoOoooOOoOoOoooooo

07-01-2008, 05:50 PM	#8
just M.E. Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Gender: Female Age: 57 Posts: 1,741	Walking burns roughly 300 calories per hour but I would imagine your size it would be greater, bigger mass burns more calories in activity, I'm 130 so I don't burn as much. If my memory serves me, roughly 4000 calories beyond what your body needs = 1 lb lost, so you are probably burning 600+ / day extra plus the 1500 calories is below what your body needs, add the difference to your 600+ calories and it will give you a guideline. I lost 35 lbs over 6 months. I concentrated on healthy foods, quality protein, healthy fats, [color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color][color=#fa7777]* [/color]s and olives, grapefruit, high fiber and some prepared WW meals. Mostly I just ate less and the less I ate the less I seemed interested in more. I still ate out but usually ate only 1/2 of the meal or ate a nice salad. __________________ Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. "Life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday" - Kahil Gibran

07-01-2008, 08:02 PM	#10
just M.E. Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Gender: Female Age: 57 Posts: 1,741	I lost 6 lbs a month and for my size I think that would be proportional to you losing the 8-10. Just don't give up, ever. Stay after it. If you are not perfect one day, try harder the next, but never, never, never quit!!! Maintaining is a whole 'nuther phase althogether also and has it's own challenges. After we lose it is easy to think we can do what ever we want, that we are 'done'. You are never done, this is now a way of life and trust me, it is worth it. __________________ Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. "Life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday" - Kahil Gibran

07-01-2008, 02:56 PM	#2
stereoeclectic Offline Bronze Member Join Date: May 2008 Gender: Male Age: 35 Posts: 172	i don't know if i'd go below 1200. i did for a while, and it wasn't the safest. i dropped from a weight around 270 to the 165 i am now. strict portion control (lean cuisines and weight watchers frozen meals help out big time), not many snacks, and plenty of walking. count the calories. it works. make sure you are getting your nutritional requirements so that you don't get sick.

07-01-2008, 03:04 PM	#3
Philminator Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa Gender: Male Posts: 9	oh wow!! congrats on the weight loss. do you know how many calories roughly you were taking in a day while losing weight? some days I feel guilty I take in about 1500. so those tv dinners are great then . I should get some of those then. how much weight per month were you losing on average would you say?

07-01-2008, 03:46 PM	#4
george237 Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,123	I would talk to a nutritionist. They are relatively inexpensive and it will be a good combo with your exercise program. 1.5 hours is great are you doing it all at the same time? If you are going for length of time not distance as your walking goal try and speed your walk up a little. The faster you walk the more cals you burn. When I broke up with my ex I started doing a daily 5 mile brisk walk. 2 at lunch and 3 after dinner with the dog. I wasn't trying to loose wait but I lost 10 pounds and feel great. Keep it up and you'll see the pounds come off.

07-01-2008, 03:58 PM	#5
Philminator Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa Gender: Male Posts: 9	i do 30 minute walks at a time as after my anxiety gets too out of control. so I do 2 - 3 times a day 30 minutes sometimes 4

07-01-2008, 07:53 PM	#9
Philminator Offline Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa Gender: Male Posts: 9	1500 calories I will do then. I sure hope cutting down from 3300 calories a day to 1500 and going from doing nothing to 1.5 hr walk a day makes me lose alot of weight. I'm tired of being the big guy. really depressing. I just hope I can lose 8-10 pounds a month