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If you notice the advertisements for weight loss, you would see that they all concentrate on how to lose weight fast. This is because all want to lose weight fast—so fast indeed that things like fad diets have been invented just to cater to the “needs” of these people. There are some reasons why a person would want to lose weight fast. It might be because they’re getting married (I’d look so fat in my wedding dress!) or they’re attending a high school reunion (what would my class think?). Let me tell you though that losing weight quickly is never ideal, and here are some reasons why.
IT’S UNHEALTHY
Losing weight quickly such as going through fad diets will cut your system off fat, but also from vitamins and nutrients. When you lose weight, it’s not ideal to just shed the pounds off; you also need to develop your muscles to ensure a healthy and fit body. Some people want to be supermodel- thin, but that may not be the idea. Losing weight without developing your muscles may be too much for your system, and you might end up sick because of being underweight.
KEEPING A FIT BODY TAKES A LIFETIME COMMITMENT
People who goes through fad diets think that they could starve themselves for a few weeks and get to stay sexy forever—there’s no way that this will ever happen. There’s just no way that you can go on a diet for a couple of weeks and stay slim all your life. If you’re serious about having a fit and sexy body, you’d need to work out a few hours per week and follow a healthy eating pattern. It’s about eating right than eating less. Following a healthy eating pattern is a problem for a lot of people, but this is the only way that you’d have a fit body and stay healthy at the same time.
METABOLISM IS A FACTOR
Metabolism is when your body burns off fat. The faster your metabolism is, the faster it is for your body to lose weight. When you rapidly lose weight, your metabolism also slows down. This is a fact, which is why losing weight quickly also means you’d gain the weight back after a few weeks. This is why it’s better to let your metabolism adjust to how your body loses weight rather than shock it and gain the weight you just lost.

Most, if not all, of us know that exercise is the best way to burn calories, lose weight and get into shape. However, most of us are too lazy to do so. Many people hate running and biking because they feel like they are running out of air after exercising. For those people there is a solution to
lose calories and pounds and this is by walking. Even though it does not burn as much calories compared to running, it could also help burn a fair amount of calories and it is safer especially to those people who have joint problems.
The amount of calories burned through walking varies on the speed, the type of terrain and the amount of load carried by the person. Obviously, walking in top speed, uphill, and with a heavy
load allows a person to burn more calories than a normal walk in the park. This article enumerates the amounts of calories burned by a 70 kilogram man with each variety of walk.

Type of Walk	Calories burned per hour
Walking with a backpack	490
Walking downstairs	210
Cross country Hiking	420
Walking upstairs while carrying 1 to 15 lbs. of load	350
Walking upstairs while carrying 16 to 24 lbs. of load	420
Walking upstairs while carrying 25 to 49 lbs. of load	560
Walking upstairs while carrying 50 to 74 lbs. of load	700
Walking upstairs while carrying 75+ lbs. of load	840
Rapid Military Marching	455
Walking uphill with 0 to 9 lbs. of load	490
Walking uphill with 10 to 20 lbs. of load	525
Walking uphill with 21 to 42 lbs. of load	560
Walking uphill with 43+ lbs. of load	630
Walking while carrying an infant or a 15 lbs. load on ground level or downstairs	245
Loading and unloading a car	210
Walking with crutches	350
Walking while pushing or pulling a stroller with a child	175
Race walking	455
Pleasure walking	245
Walking to a neighbor’s house	175
Walking the dog	210
Walking to and from an outhouse	175
Nordic Walking	412
Walking downhill at 2.5mph	196
Walking 5mph	560
Walking in a ground level, very slow pace at less than 2mph	140
Walking in a firm surface, slow pace at 2mph	175
Walking in a firm surface at 2mph	210
Walking in a firm surface, moderate pace at 3mph	231
Walking on a grass track	350
Walking uphill 3.5 mph	420
Walking in a firm surface, very brisk pace at 4mph	350
Walking in a firm surface, very brisk pace at 4.5mph	441
Walking on treadmill 3.5mph	266
Walking around the house	140
Walking for pleasure or work break	245
Walking to work or to class	280
Walking from car or bus to destination	175
Walking while bird watching	175
Walking while pushing a wheelchair	280

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