Here's a very small Excel spreadsheet I designed to help me know how many pounds I could lose by getting off the couch and walking x minutes per week at varying rates. It's based on the information from this page and other formulas. I hope you don't need it, but if you do, I hope you find it helpful and motivating.
Calories burned by walking
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Anton Bruckner
Puritan Board Professor
walking and cycling are for environmentalist hippees 
real men drive trucks.
real men drive trucks.
APuritansMind
Puritan Board Junior
David, thanks for posting the spreadsheet. It is helpful in adding to the reasons I should get out and exercise more. There's really no excuse for me not to take a brisk walk 5 or 6 days a week.
WITH standard transmissions and 4x4 shifters - that's where the real calories are burned!!!
PresbyDane
Puritanboard Doctor
John, absolutely. If you open it in Excel (or Open Office, or ...), you should be able to enter any number you want for the weight (and walking minutes per week). After you press Enter, all the other numbers will (or should) be recalculated for that weight.
AThornquist
Puritan Board Doctor
Interesting numbers. I walk from moderate to very brisk speeds for 4 to 8 hours a days, depending on how long I am scheduled to work. As a courtesy clerk at Safeway, all I do all day is walk around quickly and help people. So, that's 1200 to 2400 calories a day. Wow.
At this point I would prefer to just run after work for athletic training, not weight loss. However, my knees hurt after my long days, so it's difficult to do.
At this point I would prefer to just run after work for athletic training, not weight loss. However, my knees hurt after my long days, so it's difficult to do.
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