Always eat good healthy food that doesn't leave you felling starved. It will take time for your body to adjust to this as you change from bulky poor quality food to nutritious food served in smaller portions.

It can take time for your body to adjust and one of the best ways to help out in this situation is to drink more water.

Although exercise is one of the best ways of losing weight, many people are reluctant to exercise.

For those people who are obese it can be quite difficult to exercise although there are forms of exercise that can cater to virtually anybody.

Swimming, biking and walking are three very good low impact forms of exercise that can improve your fitness and reduce your body weight. They can speed up your metabolism and help you to burn fat and swimming in particular is very good for people who are overweight to the extent that they find walking difficult.

Nordic walking is popular and I recommend it for two reasons.

Using the poles helps to burn more calories because you are using a lot more of your upper body muscles.

The other benefit of using the poles when walking is the fact that it takes a lot of the stress off your knees and hips and this can be a godsend for over-sized people who find that their joints take quite a hammering when walking due to their weight.

Nordic walking is becoming a very popular exercise throughout the country.