carrying 30kg of fat with me. Many fat people delude themselves that it's their glands, or their metabolism causing the problem and I suspect that if you promote the "You can be fit and fat" idea then these people will just convince themselves of their 'fitness' without any evidence of it. I know people who think a 100 yard stroll to the shops is enough exercise for the day. There are some professional rugby prop forwards who are probably 'fat' in the everyday, casual sense of the word, and in terms of their BMI and in terms of their bodyfat level, but who are also very fit. Virtually all rugby players would be classed as overweight according to their BMI, because it takes no account of the amount of muscle - it's just says you are heavy for your height, not whether you are heavy because you are fat or because you put on a lot of muscle at the gym. But yes, doing some exercise rather than 'dieting' is what more people should do. Obviously they'll be fitter and healthier even if they don't lose much weight (and the only way to exercise and not lose weight is to eat more than you did before). Why are all the school gyms lying unused at night time? Surely it would benefit the public's health and save money for the NHS if we staffed these gyms at night time and opened them up to the public, for a nominal fee? Exactly!