But those are the only easy pounds you will see go. Once the first few pounds are gone, the body now is busy building muscle from your increased exercise and burning fat. While this is happening, you may not see any change in weight, but many terrific things are happening in your body that will increase your metabolism and help you keep the weight off permanently. Walking builds long, lean muscle rather than bulky muscle. This muscle burns calories, all of the time, day and night, even while you sleep.
Fatty tissue burns very few calories.
By walking and other exercise, you are increasing your base metabolism - the number of calories your body burns each day, even on days you do not exercise. This will help you lose more fatty tissue. Stop Weighing, Start Measuring To fight discouragement and the temptation to resume old bad habits, stop weighing yourself and get out the measuring tape or a belt instead. Measure your progress by seeing how much more you can tighten the belt, or how the inches are coming off on your waist and the widest portion of your hips. Measure yourself no more than once a week.