Burning Calories while walking.

For most people the purpose of walking is to burn calories, become trim, give shape to their body, increase their stamina & increase the flexibility of joints and muscles. These objectives sometimes help in relieving pains & aches in various parts of body.


It might interest you that by walking you will burn almost 100 calories per mile if you are an average weighted person (150 pounds or about 70 Kg). If you are overweight you may burn more calories. Heavy weight persons have to watch out that they don’t get hurt while walking and they should also watch their speed of walking to avoid injuries & fatigue and exhaustion.

Before embarking on a walking regimen

Before embarking on a walking regimen, just a word of caution. Make sure that you are not suffering from the  following ailments:

1. Heart disease.
2. Kidney disease.
3. Diseases of joints specially lower limbs.
4. Generalized swelling over the body.
5. History of vertigo, faintness, other neurological disorders.
6. Low blood sugar (usually in patients of Diabetes Mellitus).
7. Forgetfulness.

To drive my point about forgetfulness, I am going to tell you a story. One person, an M.B.B.S., MD physician, by himself, was suffering from forgetfulness and also from Diabetes Mellitus. He came out of his house for a long walk. As he was walking he forgot to locate his whereabouts. He forgot how to come back home. Because he was Diabetic, he developed hypoglycemia. He felt drowsy and fell on the ground on a footpath and died. Some passerby found his address in his pocket, which was kept for such emergencies. It was too late by then. Unfortunate, isn't it.

So be cautious and consult your doctor if you are suffering from any disease, specially those mentioned above.