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I don't drink any hot drinks, just water and the occasional orange juice if feeling a bit low, but tons of water, water is the key to weightloss, flushes the system out

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Be careful with water.

Yes, drink lots but if you are exercising, ensure you use electrolites or take salt tablets.

in the heat of Dubai, i drink around 4 litres a day. Drinking that much doesnt come naturally, i do need to force myself to do it.

That is when sitting in the office. When im training in the summer, double that but i mix the water with aqualite solution. Looks like Irn Bru, tastes like cats pish but has everything you need to keep on going!!

you dont drink, you hydrate..:D

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Don't diet: eat (properly)
Don't exercise: train

I set my iPhone's timer for an hour when I'm in the office, and have a big glass of water when it goes Boing Boing.

Hope you all have a good night tonight, Happy New Year!:D

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Currently drink about 1.2 - 2 ltrs a day, and I don't taste my pish :)

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All these regimes sound ghastly. I hate diets so will continue eating what I like, when I like. Fortunately I love salads and vegetables and don't drink much. I also don't enjoy exercise, but dashing around and up and down stairs a great deal seems OK. I am not overweight and I prefer to enjoy my life, rather than torture myself in a gym.

Good luck chunky folk! :D

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is 75kg chunky though? I would said carrying a bit too much baggage :)

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When it comes to food and looks, and exercise I will go with Nigella. Works for her, works for me. :)
May not be 100% perfect, but heck, makes life so much nicer. :D

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Not you! ;) It's a personal choice though, isn't it? A few extra kilos is really not an issue or a health problem. As long as anyone is not very over, or under, they really shouldn't fret about it too much. Too much body fascism these days IMO.

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You are about half Nigella's size!

Nigella has a lovely face, but a huge arse (which is why she is usually shot from the waist up) but I bet she is way nicer, more interesting, intelligent and fun than that McKeith freak. I know which one I'd rather have as a friend.

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Nigella is fantastic - all women.

Give me a women like that anyway, go to be better than a self obsesed exercise nutter - exercise adicts are so bloody boring!

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Not really, but I am a bit shorter...and know how to dress ;)
And yes, that other woman(is she really???), is frightening.
Can't be bothered with torturing myself (exercise). Done that before, was all muscled up ...but I do actually prefer myself now. I like a good walk though. Preferably at a beach :D

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:thumbup: That is neat treadmill desk

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The russian army has a simple solution to this:

3 core excercises - pressup, squats and leg raises

do them slowly one pressup should last you 5 min just to warm up - in one continous motion) (then working up to 15 mins) - this is just one pressup

most people cant do a single pressup for 30 sec

for running there are various breathing excercises that will physcially drain you in 10 mins

A gym session shouldnt last you more than 20 mins if done correctly and intensely

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yeah it's funny how my personal trainer gets me doing loads of leg exercises, lunges etc to get fit and lose weight - I thought it would be all cardio, but I don't do much of that at all.

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I have never understood the need for a personal trainer - just like a shrink - Bandler of NLP once said something like its in a shrinks interest to keep you as sick as possible rather than offer the solution which would reduce his salary.

Same thing for a PT - keeps you in a gym for 1 hr as it fits with his schedule and salary expectations !