Activity Boost Level: Moderate

Sing Hallelujah Believe it or not, a rousing sing song can give you a decent workout – just make sure you belt it out at full volume.

Have a Tinkle If you're musically minded, playing piano is good for toning those muscles – choose something energetic like rag-time or a dramatic classical piece to really feel benefits.

Do a Delia Have a dinner party for six people or more. All that furious cooking chopping and grating will really give you a rush! Have a look at our recipe section for inspiration.

Get Under Hood If you're handy with a screwdriver, mending your car gives your day a bit of extra activity - especially if making heavy repairs.

Milk a Cow Milking by hand can really get your heart pumping. Slight snag – first find your cow.

Activity Boost Level: High

Do It Yourself Both woodwork and plumbing will give you a decent activity boost – now there's a handy way to lose weight and check things of your "to do" list too!

Child's Play Young kids never seem to sit still. Take a leaf out of their book and go play; it's not just great for family bonding, you'll also feel burn after a bit! Try a half hour game of energetic soccer or some backyard gymnastics.

Disco Diva Put on your sparkly skirt and head for dance floor – a good half hour boogie will tone your whole body.

Move House If prospect of changing homes is getting you down, be cheered by fact that shifting and carrying furniture is quite a strenuous workout. So get packing!

I decided that what I would do is to basically eat a healthy type breakfast which would be cerial or toast. I would have a fairly light lunch, such as a sandwich, however for my evening meal I could eat whatever I wanted. The main thing and most difficult to implement would be fact that I would be no longer eating between meals. The snacks had to go!. I am not trying to say that this was easy to do, however I had a need and was determined to lose weight.

For exercise I decided to leave car at home, wherever possible, and walk to more places. I also started taking my children to park more often. At park we would play games such as football, cricket and baseball. It is amazing how much weight you can lose by having fun.

These things in time helped me to lose a lot of my excess weight.