Interesting stuff

Lots of interesting facts about walking here...

"A pound of fat equals 3500 calories. To lose 1 pound a week you will need to expend 3500 more calories than you eat that week, whether through increased activity or decreased eating or both. Losing 1-2 pounds of fat a week is a sensible goal, and so you will want to use the combination of increased activity and eating less that will total 3500 calories for 7 days."

Since I am usually walking at a speed of 4.5 mph. I burn 138 calories per mile. Yesterday's 7.38 walk burned off 1,018 calories. Or a big lunch...