Gazz

Don't forget to keep one eye on those calories aswell nuts and also Bananas have suprisingly high calorie contents.Oats and Broccoli will keep you going but try to give everything else carb oriented a wide berth.The booze is,as im sure you're aware,a serial killer in the weight loss department.Good idea to knock it on the head.

I can't see any reason why you can't up your cardio to 45 minutes.You need to do in excess of 20-25 minutes for the glycogen in your muscles to be depleted before your body turns to its fat stores for energy.This is where you benefit.I know the cross trainer is a boring task so to make it easier and to avoid 'clock watching' put your towel over the timer and put your fave tunes on your MP3.Focus on the music.If you can listen to your fave album from start to finnish then you'll have clocked up a good hour on that cross trainer.Try to keep your BPM (beats per minute) at around 70bpm,a nice constant pace,you don't need to kill yourself or set a new land speed record and you'll burn more fat at this rate.I'd bet my sister that you'll shave off a good 1000+ calories.If you can acheive that every day or every other day you'll be where you want to be.