Been reading a lot about this lately in order to try and see if there is a consensus. Not really, a lot of “scientific”? (not being rude here, but who knows how genuine they are?) articles do come up with the same sort of stuff liberally laced with all sorts of scientific sounding words. But some experts (I guess), say that metabolism has little effect on weight loss, so where are we now?

Let’s have a look at those wonderful sites that say “eat this” or “drink that” – boost your metabolism and you will lose 5 tons of flab in 30 seconds! – Well do you really believe that? Think about it. If just one of these really worked and any weight loss was attributed totally to this then there would be very few fat people around (only the ones that wanted to be fat – bless them) and they would not need to shout about it.

You know what I think about excessive concentration on dieting – see my post Diet – words of wisdom – and you also know what I think about being obsessed about weight – see Train for shape.

As far as the consensus on exercise goes, strip out all the scientific bits and you get “do cardio and build muscle”.

Oh, all right – I’ll give you the earth shattering monumental insight into THE BIGGEST SECRET OF WEIGHT LOSS – what you really must do – I’ll let you into this secret which will TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE – all you have to do is go to my website at……. Oh, I’ve changed my mind, must have spent too long at the pub, I’ll give it to you now!

EAT LESS, MOVE MORE

Fantastic, isn’t it. Now you’re set up for life.

Given my lifestyle, I was nearly seduced by the words “Drink yourself healthy”, but then I found out that the drink in question was Actimel and my enthusiasm waned. Think I’ll get back to the pub and enjoy myself. I may well walk there (and back) – will probably have a short run first and will undoubtedly do my Easy Fitness muscle control and stretching exercises. Seems to work for me.