10 pounds. I wonder if that's the universal weight loss tweak. And I can't begin to remember how

often I've heard somebody say, I just want to drop another 10 pounds. Now, I also understand

you may want to lose even more than that, but here's the thing. Even if you want to lose 50 pounds,

you still need the first 10 gone first. I'm not going to bury the headline any further.

If you want to lose 10 pounds before summer, you should walk an extra 7,800 steps every day.

Here's the math. Science indicates a pound equals 3,500 calories. In other words,

to lose a pound, we need to burn 3,500 more calories than we eat.

The average person burns about 100 calories walking a mile.

That means you need to walk 35 miles to lose a pound.

The average person needs 2,000 steps to walk a mile.

That means the average person needs to walk 700,000 steps to lose 10 pounds.

With three months until summer, 90 days, you'll need to add almost 7,800 steps to what you're

walking right now to lose those 10 pounds. At a moderate pace,

the average person can walk those 7,800 steps in about an hour and 18 minutes. That's the time

commitment required every day to lose another 10 pounds by summer. Now, this math is also assuming

you do nothing different with what you're eating and

drinking. If you start eating a little bit more because you're hungrier, that will impact how much

you lose. This math is also based on the average person, but the human body is complex and we don't

all get the same results for the same effort. Some people lose weight

faster than others. Some people have an easier time gaining muscle than others. The averages don't

apply to each of us equally. Of course, losing weight is hard. It requires changing something,

food or exercise, and sticking with it even when it's not fun.

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