Hannah says, as we saw in the first Big Fat Lies post, that the government is telling us to EAT LESS and EXERCISE MORE! She goes on to say that despite (from 1997 to 2004) a reduction in calorific intake; an increase in consumption of (recommended) fruit and vegetables, and an increase in (recommended) exercise levels – that not only are our waist lines not decreasing, that they are actually increasing.

Well, I’m not going to get embroiled in statistics and researches here, other than my own observations about myself.

My conclusions are, that no matter what people try to say about eat or don’t eat this and that (I agree with Hannah here! – see my blog about “Diets – words of wisdom?“), that if you DO eat less and DO do more, YOU WILL shape up (I’m not going to say lose weight, because you might replace fat with muscle).

I can’t say that I lost weight (although I am pretty certain I did!) because I don’t weigh myself, but I certainly lost inches of flab, simply by just eating a little less (of everything) and exercising a little more! – Easy Fitness – Train For Shape.

One thing is absolutely certain is that if you exercise enough, you will lose weight. Otherwise marathon runners would be no leaner or fatter than the rest of us.