1.   Taking a brisk walk every morning is a great way to burn calories.

2.   And that means you also lose more of the ability to burn calories at a faster rate.

3.   As the proportion of muscle mass to fatty tissue changes, your ability to control your weight increases because muscle cells burn calories faster than fat.

4.   A regular walking program can help reduce blood pressure, increase cardiovascular endurance, boost bone strength, burn calories, and keep weight down.

5.   After a time, women who regularly exercise with weights build enough muscle mass to burn calories even more effectively.

6.   But people have to burn calories somehow, perhaps by walking, cycling, swimming, skating, tennis or gardening.

7.   Contrary to popular belief, you do not burn calories by watching morning exercise shows or fitness-equipment infomercials.

8.   However, the ways people burn calories continue to multiply.

9.   Included is a sidebar on how to most effectively burn calories.

10.   It is to burn calories from aerobic exercises, such as running and walking, and then to tone the muscles.