Thank you so much for your very comprehensive response, Diane. While I have done some research and also tried some of the natural remedies (none of which worked for me), you've provided a number of resources I had not run accross. I'm eager to check these out and see if any make sense for me. Will provide an update of my progress as soon as I've had some time to try whatever I've selected. I did wear a pedometer for a while, but as you mention, if it isn't a really good one, there's not much value as even sitting down in a chair with a bit of a thud will trigger the counter. I'll look for something better. Best guess is that through normal walking in a day, I get in around 6000 steps, so obviously need to find ways to add the rest. This past week I've been successful in getting in 3 20min. sessions of combined weight training and aerobics. Not enough, but a start. I've also gone to drinking my breakfast (not as bad as it sounds)....home made fruit smoothie, with a variety of fruit, 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/2 cup acai juice (or low sugar grape or pomegranite) and lunch has been chicken or salmon chunks mixed with 1 tbls mayo and eaten with 7 reduced fat Triskets. Dinner has been salad based, with different proteins added (ham or farmers cheese or grilled chicken) with a side of a cooked vegetable (squash, sweet potato, broccoli). I've also added two snacks during the day. The first is a Kashi Honey Almond Flax bar and the second is approx. 3/4 cup of Fiber One shredded wheat cereal. Not sure if this will show results week after week, but for week one I did lose 3 lbs. Proof will be the next two weeks, as I suspect the initial loss to come easily given that I put on a few pounds during the holidays.
Anyway, thanks again for the resources and will give some return comments in a couple of weeks.
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Thank you so much for your very comprehensive response, Diane. While I have done some research and also tried some of the natural remedies (none of which worked for me), you've provided a number of resources I had not run accross. I'm eager to check these out and see if any make sense for me. Will provide an update of my progress as soon as I've had some time to try whatever I've selected. I did wear a pedometer for a while, but as you mention, if it isn't a really good one, there's not much value as even sitting down in a chair with a bit of a thud will trigger the counter. I'll look for something better. Best guess is that through normal walking in a day, I get in around 6000 steps, so obviously need to find ways to add the rest. This past week I've been successful in getting in 3 20min. sessions of combined weight training and aerobics. Not enough, but a start. I've also gone to drinking my breakfast (not as bad as it sounds)....home made fruit smoothie, with a variety of fruit, 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/2 cup acai juice (or low sugar grape or pomegranite) and lunch has been chicken or salmon chunks mixed with 1 tbls mayo and eaten with 7 reduced fat Triskets. Dinner has been salad based, with different proteins added (ham or farmers cheese or grilled chicken) with a side of a cooked vegetable (squash, sweet potato, broccoli). I've also added two snacks during the day. The first is a Kashi Honey Almond Flax bar and the second is approx. 3/4 cup of Fiber One shredded wheat cereal. Not sure if this will show results week after week, but for week one I did lose 3 lbs. Proof will be the next two weeks, as I suspect the initial loss to come easily given that I put on a few pounds during the holidays.
Anyway, thanks again for the resources and will give some return comments in a couple of weeks.
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