OK so the long tug of war between Diet verse Exercise, which one to focus on, which is more effective to loose weight, today i will try and clear this up a little.
Daily movement is imperative to any healthy lifestyle, it is recommended that you do approximately 10,000 steps a day which seems a lot, but between normal daily activity and a daily walk it is easily achievable!
If you want to loose weight the you have to dramatically increase that, which for everyone is not that easy!
When i was a little younger and running a personal training studio on the gold coast (Australia) i use to get so pissed when my clients would cancel, id heard every excuse in the book as to why they were not coming to their session. I was training approx 40-50 clients a week and i would get at least 2 cancellations a day. it is only since i have "grown up" had children and got a mature life that i can totally relate to those clients that i would drill after they missed a session on what their goals were, how they were going to achieve them if they were missing sessions.
Now that i have twin who are 5 and a 12mth old i totally understand that exercise is put last on the list for the day. So for the past ummm 5 years i haven't exactly been keeping healthy, time with my kids, and house work and time with my hubby come before Any of my needs.
So in saying that diet is probably (i think) 65-80% more effective if you can stick to it for the time you want to loose weight.
What magic diet you ask... well i have tried just about everything through my career as i don't talk about anything unless iv tried it first hand, so every time something new is the hype i try it as long as its not going to kill me.
Cabbage soup diet, Atkins, the 7 day diet, the maple syrup diet and detox diets, but the most effective that i have found is a low or no carbohydrate's high protein diet or eating plan as i like to call it because it had to be a permanent change not just a DIET.
So if you can eat lots of protein, eggs, meat, fish, only for 4 days then this will give you a great cleansing period, then you can incorporate salads and vegetables just no starchy vegetables like potato. 
it is most beneficial if you can eat mostly protein for breakfast, a protein only snack mid morning , protein and salad for lunch, then protein only snack in the afternoon then protein and steamed vegetables for dinner.
You can have a free day every week followed by a protein only day. steer clear of sugar as much as you can and fruit while you want to loose weight. Id like to add here that REAL food is obviously best at all times.
AND NO carbohydrates-bread,pasta,rice etc.
I personally find this healthy eating easy to stick too, my husband does NOT! he hates EGGS well that makes it hard unless he is going to eat meat 5 times a day by it self, I'm still working on what works for him but i will post it when i do!
Everyone has to remember that after kids and hitting 30 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET BACK YOUR 20 year old body! yes some people are extremely lucky and will keep that body but majority of us will not.
The biggest reason people fail diets and loosing weight is because they have unreal expectations, you will not go from a size 24 to a size 8 in 3 weeks, and unless you quit you LIFE will you be able to exercise everyday for 4 hours. there are some TV shows, that I personally think give the wrong impression about loosing weight and changing your lifestyle, for some people its just carving a little bad habit, some its a whole lifestyle transformation which is really hard when you have a life, kids, significant other, work, school etc etc.
So that the start of my healthy lifestyle blog stay tuned!
any questions or anything i can answer please ask :) 
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