Do you think walking your steps daily helps you with weight loss?

[Peonytimeguys]

Post meno, mid fifties woman here - I go to the gym 3/4 times a week, mostly for heaving lifting. I watch what I eat. I walk the dog 3 times a week. I'm active...but I also have an ass on chair job and I work long hours.

I know I need to walk more - actively build it into my day. But there never seems the time.

I'd like to lose half a stone that just won't budge. I'm being even more careful with food (post meno, a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips). But would doing 7 or 8K steps a day help with this?

I would love to hear thoughts - but also older women, in particular, only because I think the meno journey changes things a lot

I work in a very large school so that helps! Walking one end to the other and back easily clocks 10000 steps. That’s why I have to do the intentional 15000 steps at a decent speed on top of that. Struggling in the heat today!

Made a difference for me. I think it was because i have a sedentary job and work from home. I bought a walking pad and increased from approx 1000 steps a day to 7000. I try to stay in zone 2 heart rate and it helped the scales to move.
I want to walk more but i have awful knees so huge step numbers arent an option for me.
I go to the gym 3-4 times a week but use weight machines usually so dont do many steps there.

Of course it makes some difference, as walking will burn around 250 calories an hour, depending on your weight etc.

I lost 10kg over about a year when I retired and upped my exercise. I average 12k steps a day and it has made a massive difference.

Yes because it keeps me away from the fridge

You lost about 12Kg without doing anything? 😄 Wow.

I don't drink.