2 1/2 hours at the gym! Why? I agree with Spacey... 3 shorter sessions and then power walking will be far better for you. You should only do, what you can 'long term' keep up. That length of time, will eventually get boring and counter productive. Far better to do shorter sessions and enjoy it. There is recent theories, that 10 / 15 minutes, which include short bursts of 'full on' exercise (HIIT), is just as beneficial. I think you need to investigate this ... Google HIIT

Ruhu... If you search of the forums under "the truth about fat" you will see I posted some info on it. It was a "Horizon" programme, produced by the BBC. It did have a link to the programme, but I don't think it works now, as it was broadcast a year ago. You may be able to find it on UTube. You can also go to my profile and look at the forum posts I wrote, it is on the 5th or 6th page.

LOL... In the end, I can't help. I have never come across it before :-)

Petuniak... I saw a BBC Prog too... Where they did the research on soups. They gave each group the same food, but one group had it liquidised, the other had it as solids. The group who had it liquidised, felt fuller for long, and when presented with a table full of food, ate less..... Very interesting, maybe we should liquidised our breakfast... Anyone for bacon and eggs in liquid form? Yuk LOL

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I do the same as Tonym. I just have breakfast when I fancy it. Sometimes it is at 8.30, other times I have it at 11.00, Other times it will be 'brunch'. I don't think it makes any difference to weight loss... It doesn't make me 'over eat' at lunch time, if I skip it, in fact quite the opposite. I find if I have it near lunchtime (so it is brunch) I will have a rice cake with low fat cottage cheese late afternoon, and then my normal dinner... So in essence, I consume less calories. I find if I have had a larger meal the day before, I quite often don't fancy breakfast until much later. There is one thing I try and do... If I am going to exercise 1st thing, I try and make sure I have something - but only because, I feel a bit light headed if I don't. I remember reading about a survey they did with two groups, one had breakfast, one skipped it. They both lost weight, the 'skippers' lost more, because they consumed fewer calories. I think it all depends on the individual and how they feel.

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I am in the UK Champers... Not sure we have a Go outdoors... But I think I saw them in Lidl or Aldi's. I shall have another look.... Just need to get over the 'embarrassment' bit, before I walk with them. :-)

Good one champers. I saw some walking poles the other day, and thought about buying them.... Wish I had now.

Study which highlighted the benefits of walking.... Interesting. http://www.people.com/people/a...

Take a look at this guys... Good I of on here

Thought you may be interested in this..... It's SO informative. There is DEFINATELY stuff on here, that I am now going to do in future to keep my veggies fresher for longer. http://ecologycenter.org/facts...

Alcohol, is my downfall.... Can you stop at one? If you can... Go for it. Although it depends if you enjoy it... If you don't - why waste the calories, just have diet tonic with a slice of lemon. If you do... Have one, and then have diet 'whatever' coke, tonic with a slice. If it is beer.... Have shandy (with diet lemonade), then diet coke. Life is for living :-)

Interesting ClassicRocker.... I don't take pills of any sort as a rule.... Although, I did have some a couple of weeks ago, when I had muscle issues (1st lot of painkillers for about a year). I shall be aware in future.

Thought I would post this article (came up on my FB page) as it may be a talking / interest point to exercisers. Particularly with marathon season upon us. http://www.livestrong.com/arti...

LOL KK... Sorry about that. The topping on the cupcakes was to scrummy :-) oops!

Dreadful.... I have just seen the news (I'm in the UK) ... So sad.

hi all... I told you about a cake I had made for my DH party - here is a link with pics (the lady who made it, put it up on her website) for those who are interested http://www.enticingcakesbychri...

:-(. Wish we could get spaghetti squash in the UK... They say one of the supermarket sometimes sells it... But so far,I have never found any where we are.

When I was on my weight loss journey, I weighed in EVERY week and recorded it - whatever the result, loss, gain or staying the same. I am now in maintenance (and have been for about 9 months) so only weigh in occasionally, just to check... I mainly go on how my clothes tell me I'm doing.