This is something I've been wanting to do for the past three weeks. My regular course is three miles and I want to walk it 5 times. It will take about 5 hours and I will be doing it on an empty stomach.

Will I see results, or will this just stimulate fat storage?

Stimulate fat storage?

Not a good idea IMO to do it on an empty stomach. There are much more effective ways to burn calories if that is what you are going for....

I am absolutely sure you will see immediate result: 2-8 lbs water weight loss - depending on the amount of water you drink during your walk. Then when you proprerly hydrated yourself, and got back your pre-walk weight be ready for a temporary (24-48 hours) 2-8 lbs water weight gain - your body's preventive reaction in case you want to do this again.

The "fat storage stimulation" you refer usually does not start from ONE long walk. On the other hand, if you plan to have long (2+hours) walks every weekend, be ready that your body might react by holding back fat. Even without weekend long walks, your body adapts very fast to regular walk/jog, becomes more and more efficient, using less and less fuel to cover the same distance.

May I ask how long was your longest walk during the last 3-4 weeks? It is not really recommended to increase the distance of your longest walk more than 3 miles at one a time. It could be hard on your legs, joints, etc.

Walking, jogging are wonderful activities with many advantages, but I would second mrschmelz: there are much more efficient ways to burn calories.

Take care:


Eva

I should have elaborated a little more. If this is a goal of yours and something you want to do, then great please do it! But I would recomend eating a good medium sized meal 2 to 3 hours before you attempt it. Doing such long distance/time cardio in a fasted state is just asking to dip into the lean muscle mass IMO.

If calorie burning is what you are after then I would recomend trying some HIIT cardio on an empty stomach........say about 20 minutes worth. If you are unable to do HIIT cardio then at least eat something before doing hours of walking....your body will thank you for it

wont the body just burn off what I just ate, if I eat before the walk?

Question, on a walk like that, why would the body burn muscle and not fat for energy if I did it on an empty stomach?

Thanks for all the advice