[thewomanwithin67]

Anyone ever hear of JORGE CRUISE fromGood Housekeeping Magazine?

I found some info on weight loss & exercise from him that sounds great.

He promotes the 3-hour diet like Lea says www.3hourdiet.com

Every day for four weeks, spend 26 minutes walking: a three-minute warm-up, a 20-minute power walk and a three-minute cool-down.

Some research suggests that exercising before you eat breakfast may help you whittle down faster. The reason: When your body is full of food, your insulin levels rise — and when those levels are elevated, you can't burn fat.

How to get fit fast? Whether you're a beginner or already a footpath regular, the trick is to find the right pace. Go too slow for your level and you can hit a weight-loss plateau, where you walk and walk without seeing the scale budge. Exercise so hard that you end up super sore for days and you'll do the worst thing possible: lose your motivation. The last thing you want is to burn out and start rationalizing your way out of exercising at all.

To find the best stride, try to talk while you're walking and see how hard it is. If you're a beginner, for example, you shouldn't be pushing too hard; you should have enough breath to carry on a conversation. However, I've found that if you're able to talk nonstop for 20 minutes, you're not moving fast enough. An avid walker? Chatting should leave you huffing and puffing.

Over the weeks, you'll grow stronger, so you may need to bump up your speed (or walk up a few hills) to keep the fat burning. If you want to lose even more weight over the next four weeks, stick to a 1,450-calorie daily diet.

[Ian Robertson]

I would recommend this prescription as well but would quickly learn how to lift weights and begin supplementing your walking days with weight days. Keep the volume high and the intensity low for the first 2 months or so. Then gradually move up in weight and intensity.

[susanpesek]

I know ya'll posted this eons ago, but somehow I just now read it. WomanWithin( I get a clothing catalog called that!), that sounds like super advice! Thank you for posting that!
And Ian R...where have you been, my friend?

[findingme4me]

Wow that was some great info. i didnt think of the AM work out that way but now i will deff rethink working out in the after noon. i have more time in the AM anyways.