Your Weight: When Less is More

Here are some things YOU can do to lose weight and keep it off sensibly:

• Make good eating habits part of your life long health maintenance plan.  Avoid yo-yo dieting.  This often results in recurrent weight gain - each time!
• Learn good eating habits.
• Eat small portions.  Five small meals a day will be less caloric and give you more energy with less hunger.
• Enjoy foods you like that may more unhealthy less frequently. 
• Exexrcise routinely.  Frequent intervals of 10 minutes 2 to 3 times a day a few times a week is adequate.  Start slow like with five minutes for first week.  This will help encourage a positive attitude and more activity.

Ask your primary care health provider to refer you to dieticians and nutrition specialists for more details.  Weight loss surgery is an option that can be considered if obesity is causing and making other health problems more serious; however, serious side effects can occur and you can gain the weight back.  Talk to a doctor that specializes in bariatric surgery for details.

Healthy weight is always great. It is one time when less is more.

Best health!