To try the Michael Mosley 'Truth about Exercise' plan

[CountryMummy1]

I have failed miserably at my New Years resolution to get fit. I am very overweight but have managed to start going to Slimming World and have lost 7 pounds in 2 weeks. The exercise however is not going well. I am just so knackered at night after looking after 2 little ones all day and then cooking the tea, I end up in bed by 9pm. So far this year I have done 10 minutes on the exercise bike once! Not good! I do do about 7000 steps a day looking after the little ones so I am not a complete sloth.

I have just watched The Truth About Exercise and the recommendation that we do 2 bursts of 20 seconds vigorous exercise 3 times a week... And that it has the same benefit as doing 2 to 3 hours a week. The research behind it seems fairly sound.

Does anyone have any knowledge of this or is it too good to be true?!

I need Colonel Fox in this house!

You're asking if you can get fit on 3 minutes of exercise a week?

CaramelPie - you may have misunderstood!

You should do exercise that works for you, not because it will make much difference to your weight, but because it will make you happier.

Deliberate exercise in any reasonable quantity (as opposed to several hours a day of manual labour or sports training) will have negligible effect on your weight. 95% of any success you have will come from controlling eating. Also exercise isn't always sustainable: there will be times when you are sick or injured when you can't stick with program.