I have been hopping onto my elliptical 4 or 5 mornings a week a 5:45 AM. Not my favorite thing to do but it seems to be working I have been dropping about 1 pound a week and I haven't been eating as well as I should. SO it is paying off. I work at a school and tomorrow we start our after school get buff class. The gym teacher is going to put it on since nearly everyone is trying to diet. She is a pretty hard core exerciser I hope she doesn't kill us. We told her to be gentle on us to start.