combat sports are usually very good for fitness...karate, judo thai boxing..... eat often but eat small...

Thai Chi and Yoga can be pretty good too, with the former being excellent for bad backs and the latter more a full-body work out.

Although i can't say i understand her worying about that, diets... i never thought they're a good idea.
i mean, diet or not, everybody's got to excercise a little. i could add also that the state of mind has probably the greatest impact in all this, the way you look, body shape, - it's all in metabolism, and this nasty (sometimes) guy depends a lot in the state of mind.
i couldn't say what kind of excercise is best, because they're all mentioned (almost all of `em) and they're all good.
I would say though, basketball, if nobody's already picked.
A jump involves most of your body muscles, even those you don't know exist. while you concentrate on the ball, it won't even feel like excercise.
anyway... i can't understand what she could possibly change to look any bit better...

I've got a 4 man dinghy, inflatable, one that can have an outboard on the back. Last year my GF and I had some great days out on different rivers and the sea. The river trips were really peaceful, but good exercise with the paddling, and it was nice to have a picnic in such serene settings.

We went out on the river Stour in Suffolk, Medway in Kent, Mole in Surrey and on the sea in Pevensey Bay, where I managed to managed to sink in mudflats!
This year i think we will do a bit of wild camping, on some riverside. Luckily my girlfriend has an adventurous spirit like me and likes that sort of thing.

So, add boats to the list of getting fit activities, its quite aerobic if you paddle fast

A good thing to remember that being able to walk gives you more options ...

For example, I was coming back from London to my closest mainline station but found I'd need to wait over an hour to get the station closer to home.

So rather than grumble, I just walked home and almost got home before that train would have left!

well everybody I thought id give you all a little update.... get fit 09 going excellente... wohoo... im up to doing two 45 minute fast walks a day... eating healthy still doing a bit of the slimfast and take a little break on sundays and eat as i please, and the pounds are flying off!!! no more bursting trousers for me... getting back to lookin good and it feels great. hows everybody else gettin on?

I lost 2 stone up until November, then I got the dreaded flu bug that's going around really bad, lasted about 6 weeks, then we had Christmas. When I was weighed recently, I put on a stone. This is mainly due to lack of exercise over the last couple months.

So its onwards and upwards

well done