55 minutes of exercise - 5 days a week

A new study came out recently that says you need 55 minutes of daily activity five times a week in order to sustain weight loss.

Reality check: How many of you get 55 minutes (not counting the walk from the car to the office) every day? yeah, me neither. I try, and some weeks I hit that, but lately it's been more like four.

"A new study has found that for overweight and obese women seeking to lose weight, fifty-five minutes of exercise a day, five days a week is needed to lose 10 per cent of overall body weight over two years," a CBC news report says.

The study was done by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. Read more here.