Walking has been extremely impactful for my weight loss (M21, 210->195, 6'0)

The most I weighed recently was about 210, I was really unhappy and decided to move to a new city that was more walkable, hoping it would help, and it did.

I moved about 2 months ago, and I think I was around 205 when I got here, I now weigh about 195. The only major change I've made to my life now is walking more. Before I moved, I was working out 4-5 days a week and never really lost any weight because the rest of the time I was stuck at home, and there wasn't really anywhere for me to walk to, so I was fairly sedentary. Now that I live somewhere without a car, I almost always take public transportation and end up walking a lot around the city. So even if I'm just going to grab lunch, I'll probably burn an extra 100-200 calories from walking there.

I basically went from not losing any weight and being above 200 lb for the past 5+ years, to losing almost a pound a week just from what I believe to be JUST walking. I even eat pretty poorly, meaning stuff like pizza, burgers, chipotle, whatever, although I've been trying to eat at home more just out of principle. But even with all the "junk food" I've still been losing weight from walking around 3-5 miles per day (usually around 10k steps)

For anyone that is struggling to lose weight, I highly recommend simply walking more. I know moving to a new city isn't realistic for most people, but if you have the ability to do it or to start walking more where you are, I find it fairly enjoyable to just walk around listening to music or whatever, looking for new places along the way.

Hope this helps someone