Weight to go: How to reap the benefits to your exercise regimen

What you eat and drink before or after exercise can make all the difference to your ability to drop unwanted pounds, says Peta Bee.

You're working out diligently at the gym, so why isn’t your weight budging on the scales? The likelihood is that you are eating more without realising it. Getting the nibbles after a strenuous bout of exercise is far from unusual and a recent six month study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition proved that a group of novice gym-goers packed away more calories the more they moved.