[Jean Chauvin]

The diet he/we did, was to eat no carbs until dinner -which was called the 'reward meal' where anything went -within reason. The reward meal was where we had our breads and pasta's and such.

other meals would be meats (cheesburgers with out toppings or buns...) or other no carb foods.

It's an expensive diet with all the meat you must buy.

I actually enjoyed it, as I said, I felt fabulous. (I personally didn't have a check up so I cannot answer about my own levels)

I will also admit that I lost more pounds 10 years ago by jogging. I didn't change anything in my eating habbits. I have an NFL lineman size and to get up to 3 miles x 3 times per week is quite a feat. I dropped in the neighborhood of 30 pounds. I felt fabulous during this time as well (that joggers 'high' is fabulous). But again, it was a lifestyle change that I didn't want to keep up with. Lord willing, I will start Jogging seriously again next week as it finally seems to have warmed up for good.

Jean

[AppyPappy]

Jogging while overweight is Hell on your joints. I learned that the hard way. Now I use a bike

[ironman]

For you larger Freepers I definitely recommend riding a bike, but ride it hard or find some hills. A bike is an efficient machine and if you just sit on it and go easy you won't get any benefit. Also, get a moderately active dog, if you don't have one. That'll force you to walk a lot. I'm fortunate that I'm quite small and a natural runner. I love to run. I just got a Brittany dog and we did a 12 mile run together last weekend.