Did anyone else like me intend to get fit this year? I do it every January get fit (ish) by March ... decide I'm fit so give up and get fat by around Sept lol... crazy and I do it every year. But this year is bad... so bad my trousers split on the high street on Wednesday.... just ripped right down the zip at the side.lol..so I realised I gotta do something so gonna start big style on Monday... any health/exercise/diet suggestions mucho appreciated... I think I tried every diet on the planet but always open to new ones...hellllpppp!!!!

My advice is not to diet but instead seek to do more exercise to consume your calories.

Experiment and try to find time to do the things you love the most. Consider buying some kit too (a bike, roller blades, sprung extreme stilts) for variety.

For me it's walking (especially near rivers) and cycling that really fire me up. I keep wanting to buy a coracle too but so far I've resisted it ...

I think you should buy your coracle, it will be fun. The last one I saw was at Cenarth Falls, lovely to watch.

loveleelady don't think of DIETS always think in terms of HEALTHY EATING and exercise. A lot of women lose weight by cutting out gluton (wheat products)as many people become bloated from it without realising.

Im healthy eating as from tomorrow. Put on a few more pounds over the xmas period! I will also be using the tsatic bike that is down the cellar. Shall we all note our weight loss so we can gee one another up?

u gotta eat breakie!! thats a top tip, if u dont, u have nothing to burn so ur tummy goes Arghhhhhh shes starvin me so all ur existin food turns into fat! eat little and often! but not the whole pack of biccies!

Get Fit ????? or get slimmer ......... 2 different things i think

I am not the slimmest person in the world and could not run a marathon in the morning, but then i wouldn't if i was slimmer either

No point me eating healthy food realy as i smoke and drink so whats the point ......

Be happy with what god gave you and Clare you look great as you are

You can eat almost what you want if you get exercise. But eat slowly and enjoy your food, that way you will eat less.

Rather then join a gym, get a good excise bike and go on it as long as possible, 3-4 days a week...also walk as much as you can.

Work out before breakfast if you want to burn fat. Stick to a low fat diet, treat yourself but dont go overboard, that's my advice. Buggered if i can stick to it though

A definitely agree with the "aim to get fit" rather than "aim to get slim" idea.

You don't need to be Size Zero to be fit and working towards fitness will allow you to find a sustainable and appropriate weight. As you get fitter you generally find the urge to eat healthier and therefore get even fitter.

I must admit that I'm not one for exercise bikes myself, I prefer a real bike so I get a change of scenery and a chance to do a bit of exploring too.

As for a coracle, they are pretty fun, seeing that they are boats that have been designed to be carried on your back but they do have some problems with floatation and the like. I'm about a mile from the Thames so I would have to carry it there, paddle about, pick it up again and walk home.

Interesting I work downstream of the Thames from where I live so I could almost carry it to work (one and a half hour's walk) and then paddle home - as long as I don't try to shoot the weir!

thanks everyone you are brill at encouraging me... i finally got started today wohooo!! excellente... so back on the slimfast today... did a fast 40 minute walk at lunchtime and a 30 minute one at teatime... thank feck that i'm back on track... so what fitness stuff has everyone else got up to?

thats class well done... how does it work is it like food combining?