Comments on: Walk for weight loss http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/ health, fitness, diet - bootstrapped! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rula http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Rula Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:36:33 +0000 http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/#comment-2144 Hi!I have a question too!!I surely need to go on a diet..Do you think it's a good idea to use a stepper during the dieting period?I've concerns about that because I've heard that if you carry excess weight,like me,working out muscles isn't a very good idea. Hi!I have a question too!!I surely need to go on a diet..Do you think it’s a good idea to use a stepper during the dieting period?I’ve concerns about that because I’ve heard that if you carry excess weight,like me,working out muscles isn’t a very good idea.

]]> By: Sparky http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Sparky Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:15:36 +0000 http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/#comment-1210 Thanks for the comment John! The 300lbs./3 miles example was just this - an example. Now, I am not a doctor and have never weighted 300lbs so I can't tell whether it's possible or not. But your point is right: the burned calories depend A LOT on the body's fat-muscles ratio, but not as a lot as you may think. A physician would say in this case: It takes X amount of energy to get Y pounds from point A to point B. Doesn't matter much whether those Y pounds are water, fat or bricks. :) Thanks for the comment John! The 300lbs./3 miles example was just this – an example. Now, I am not a doctor and have never weighted 300lbs so I can’t tell whether it’s possible or not.

But your point is right: the burned calories depend A LOT on the body’s fat-muscles ratio, but not as a lot as you may think. A physician would say in this case:

It takes X amount of energy to get Y pounds from point A to point B. Doesn’t matter much whether those Y pounds are water, fat or bricks. :)

]]> By: John http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 John Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:36:51 +0000 http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/#comment-1163 Metabolic rates for Kcal consumption are of variable function with lean muscle to body fat ratio. Therefore, it is impossible to ascertain beyond the vaguest of statistical correlations that an X lb person burns X calories in one mile in the manner in which you have presented that assertion. Furthermore, I have never encountered a patient who was of average height and approximately 300 lbs. who was capable of walking anywhere close to 3 mph. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but it is ill founded and could have bad results for some of your more earnest readers. Metabolic rates for Kcal consumption are of variable function with lean muscle to body fat ratio. Therefore, it is impossible to ascertain beyond the vaguest of statistical correlations that an X lb person burns X calories in one mile in the manner in which you have presented that assertion. Furthermore, I have never encountered a patient who was of average height and approximately 300 lbs. who was capable of walking anywhere close to 3 mph. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but it is ill founded and could have bad results for some of your more earnest readers.

]]> By: Sparky http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Sparky Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:53:10 +0000 http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/#comment-572 Hey Brittany, actually you burn more while doing cardio. So I'd multiply the result by 1.2-1.6 at the end (depends on how intensive your cardio session was). Hey Brittany,

actually you burn more while doing cardio. So I’d multiply the result by 1.2-1.6 at the end (depends on how intensive your cardio session was).

]]> By: Brittany http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Brittany Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:15:24 +0000 http://www.bodytweaking.com/2006/05/26/walk-for-weight-loss/#comment-571 Hi Sparky! Does this work with cardio too? Hi Sparky!
Does this work with cardio too?

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