4 steps to get started

The first step is to see your doctor. I can't say it enough, get a complete physical and ask questions about your family history. Believe it or not family history has a great deal with how you will progress with your goal of losing weight or trying to maintain your current health.

Step Two: Take a good hard look at how you live you life. More specifically what you eat and how often you eat. Most people eat more than they think. Even at work, if you have an office job think about how often you get a drink or snack on something while working. Then look at what that drink is and what that snack is. 9 times out of 10 it's junk. By changing what you eat and drink you can lose weight. All it takes is a few minutes to plan ahead and prepare something at home the night before and take it to work.

Step Three: Get moving! Take the stairs whenever possible. Walk Walk Walk. You would be surprised how just walking will burn off calories. I see people walking on their coffee breaks and at lunch all the time. Then when at home make a date with your partner in life and do something together. It's a proven fact that working out with a partner will give you a better outcome. There is a coffee house that I frequent and every Saturday a group of people meet and jog or walk together. Or make it a family deal, get the kids involved. The point is to get up off the couch and do something.

Step Four: Relieve stress. Take a good look at what makes you stressful, and make a plan to reduce or completely eliminate those situations that cause you stress. We had a saying in the military called the 5 Ps; Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance. This applies to everything in life. Try it, I think you'll find it helpful.