1. As you exercise it regulates your brain’s appetite control center, which is called the “appestat”. The appestat is what controls your hunger pangs. If your exercise level is poor then this will cause your appetite to increase by stimulating the appestat to make you hungry. On the other hand exercising slows down the appestat, which decreases your hunger pangs.

2. When you exercise in Toronto your blood redirects away from your stomach and goes towards your muscles that are working. As you circulate more blood around your body and away from your stomach your appetite will be reduced.

3. If you go for a walk anywhere in Toronto at a moderate pace your body will burn predominately fat rather than carbohydrates. As you walk for a longer period of time (30 minutes) your body burns fat and does not drop your blood sugar quickly.

On the other hand vigorous exercise and having a very low calorie diet both drops your blood sugar quickly, and it’s this same low blood sugar that fires up your appetite and makes you hungry.

Walking, on the other hand, is a more moderate type of exercise and as a result burns fat slowly, rather than carbohydrates, which burn out quickly. This results in the blood sugar remaining regular. And when the blood sugar remains level, you do not feel hungry.

4. Exercising also helps to increase your resting basal metabolic rate (BMR.). Your basal metabolic rate is basically the calories your body burns at rest in order to generate energy.

When you go on a calorie-restricted diet, your BMR slows down. This is because your body thinks your not putting any calories in, you must be starving so your body prevents it self from burning any calories and stores what it has as fat so you don’t die from starvation.

This is one major reason you don’t continue to lose weight on a calorie restriction diet. If, however, you are blending exercise such as walking with your diet, then the walking that you do will keep your BMR elevated even though you’re dieting.

Bottom Line: You’ll be less hungry and burn more calories when you walk every day.

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