@Chickan_117: Then measure distance. Small increases are an improvement, regardless of time. No disrespect intented but 900m is nothing, regardless of how fast you do it. Your main objective should be to improve distance, which will then add exercise time to your walk/run, which in turn will burn more calories and raise your metabolism, therefore resulting in greater fat loss. That is the objective is it not?
Time on occasion will be an incentive, but on other days it will be a mental hurdle that really is unnecessary in the infancy of a fitness programme. Set distance goals, with time as just a guide. Once you reach an acceptable distance by all means start to work on improving times, but concentrating on times when it is not needed is just counterproductive. Who are you racing?
Just a little fact to ponder. The body doesn't usually start to burn or use stored fat for energy until approx. the 20 minute mark during exercise. Therefore even if you exercise for 30 mins, your body will only start to tap into your stored bodyfat for the last 10 mins of the session.
That is why they suggest you do fat burning exercise first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. That way your body is forced to tap into it's reserves much earlier instead of using what is in the bloodstream from your meals built up during the day.
Set a distance then reach it. Doesn't matter if you walk, run or crawl, doesn't matter if it takes you an hour, just make sure you do it and try to enjoy it. Hell even stop to smell the roses if you want. Pushing too hard too early is a guaranteed way to fail. Feeling overwhelmed, cut things back a bit until you feel confident it's time to progress.
Like I said it's not a race, over time you will get to know by feel the times you can push harder and the times you need to tone things down a bit.Overall the weight you have lost so far is a great achievement, the hard part is to maintain it and make it a life change.
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