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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Bear in mind that you will likely notice diminishing returns as your body adapts to the same walking routine. The weight loss won't be linear. You might shed 5 or 10 pounds (over God knows what time frame) and then notice the 2 miles of walking isn't doing much else. The body only adapts when it's faced with a challenge. Once you get good at that 2 miles, it won't need to adapt much further.
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The diminishing returns would indeed apply, but not because of the body adapting to a challenge. This is not like strength training, where you need to continually increase the load if you want to keep increasing your strength. This is a simple work-energy equation. How much energy output (calories) does it take to move 230 pounds of jinn 2 miles? If there is no change in energy input (food) then this will eventually change to: How much energy does it take to move 220 pounds of jinn 2 miles? Then 210 pounds. And so on. The answer will be, of course, a bit less energy than before, slowly decreasing the rate of loss.
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And for the record, everyone needs my sanctimonious crap, so you're going to get it anyway. I have to keep my fragile ego intact somehow. 
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In an effort to keep the contents of my previous post parsimonious in its content,
I didn't mention anything about the diminishing rate of diminishment. Instead I applied the famous formula fudge factor, and just "bumped" the numbers a little bit.
Lindy