or 1oz of cake. To lose 1lb you would have to walk 35 miles. A few minutes exercise early in the morning gets the metabolism going so you burn calories a bit faster during the day, but if you cut out 350 calories a day (one slice of cake) then you will lose one lb in ten days. Exercise also helps you keep fit so that when you are old you can pick things up off the floor. And before I go (just got changed) don't feel sorry for me tomorrow evening. I'll be running on the streets so plenty of light and I'll be doing hill reps, so generating lots of heat and I'll probably be grateful to the wind and rain for staving off a lot of sweating that would otherwise happen. It's one of the reasons I like running in the rain. Months later I could do 50+ miles with ease; but I had only lost 4 lbs Similar siruation with me; I returned to weight-lifting and cycling over 70 miles per week in 2004 at the age of 50, and I lost only about 10lbs, but feel an awful lot stronger and fitter - 200lb bench-press. My cardio-vascular fitness is very good, but I'm still over 16st and carrying a bit of a beer-gut. As a youing man I used to train with rugby players, some of whom were in the 19st range and carrying a good bit of body fat, but they were fit enough