One way of exercising has helped me recently is using interval training. This is where one, instead of doing very moderate exercise steadily for a long period, does higher intensity exercise for a minute at a time, rest a minute, do another minute, etc., for about 25-30 minutes. I was surprised how this created more weight loss for me, even though I was doing a fair amount less total exercise time. I found it didn’t have to be very intense exercise or anything elaborate … I’m doing the 1 minute intervals on a $ 45 stair stepper machine in my home.