Renowned for their extensive range of lifestyle shoes at true value prices, Skechers have launched a new range of fitness footwear, championed by Shape Ups trainers -a unique new shoe which is designed to optimise exercise by simulating the effects of barefoot walking.

As a result of the recession, there has been a fresh focus on traditional British pastimes, causing many to cancel their gym memberships as a means of reducing monthly spending and instead making lifestyle changes such as walking to work instead of taking public transport as a more economical form of exercise.

Your body is a highly complicated machine and as with any machines needs energy to run properly.

Food is your body’s energy fuel used to power all your bodily actions. Your body is more than just a machine though it is also a storage depot and is very efficient in allocating excess energy as reserves to be used at a later date. These reserves are fat- and it is too much fat that creates so many problems for people. This can be expressed as a basic zero sum. The more energy you require in your lifestyle the more energy you will consume. In order to lose weight we need to use up these stores of fat.