CALORIES BURNED WALKING

We can burn a large amount of calorie by walking. Our body weight and how long we can walk can determine the calories burned when walking.

Introduction

Relation between calories and walking

A person whose body weight is 190 pounds can burn 200 calories/mile and whose body weight is 130 pound can burn 70 calories/mile. How long we can walk with a good speed (a mile in 10 sec) can determine that how many calories we burn while walking.

Walking to burn calories in relation to lose weight

In order to lose weight we should consume fewer calories and additionally should increase our activity level (walking, yoga). One can lose more calories/mile with very low speed because we stop and start at each point when we were walking. To get strong muscle (forearms) we should walk with very high speed.

Walking to burn a pound of body fat in relation to burn calories

Nowadays our society want to lose weight at a fast pace. So we have to know that 1 pound body fat=3555kcal calorie. So in order to burn or lose 1 pound of body fat we should burn 3555kcal calories. To achieve this goal we have to increase our activity level (calorie burning) and having less calorie.

Calories burned by walking /mile

Speed/pound 100lb 130lb 160lb 190lb 210lb 240lb 270lb 300lb 330lb
2.0mph 59 70 82 90 105 116 126 140 159
2.5mph 52 63 74 88 97 110 125 134 152
3.0mph 51 62 75 88 99 108 118 134 150
3.5mph 50 64 77 85 100 110 119 139 145
4.0mph 55 69 82 90 100 112 127 145 157
4.5mph 65 77 90 105 116 130 142 160 177
5.omph 74 85 105 118 130 144 161 180 202


Things one should know about calorie burned walking

We can lose our body weight by walking. It depends on the speed of our walking and our body weight. But to lose weight we should not walk very fast in initial stage, especially for a heart patient. When we are walking to burn our calorie we should be aware that we have to consume a balance diet, otherwise we become weak, because we burn our calorie and do not supply the amount that our body needs.