My Other Tip for Weight Control

My other suggestion is activity.  If you use up some of the calories, they don't set up housekeeping on your hips.  I am not a big exeercise guru.  I don't like to go to the gym.  I have done it, but it was a drag.

You don't really have to use all that fancy equipment or pay money monthly or hire a trainer.  You can buy a calorie counter that tells you how many calories you are using by walking, swimming, or biking.  It may help you to get a grip on what you can expect in losing weight, or at least controling it.  A good counter will use half the book to list the calories in the food and the other half to list the activities and how many calories they use up.

Think about the places you go and the activities you do.  If you go to the grocery store, you are walking.  It is not power walking; it is more akin to a leisurely stroll, but if you do it for two hours of shopping, it counts.  The power walking might be only 15 or 20 minutes, but it is more beneficial for strengthening your heart. 

Other activities can be incorporated into your secret training.  When you dust tall furniture, be sure to stretch, and repeat the stretches twice--one to get the dust, and one to feel your muscles.  When you do things that have repeated motions like mopping and sweeping, stand tall and practice good posture.

If you sit at a computer, be sure to get up often and stretch, walk around, touch your toes--keep the blood flowing and the muscles limber. 

Walk up the stairs instead of using the elevator.  Park at the back of the parking lot.  Walk to the park or the church every chance you get.  The main thing you need to remember is to find chances to stretch, exercise, and strengthen your large muscles.  They are the ones that use the most calories.  Arms, legs, and back muscles are big and use lots of calories.  Fingers and eyelids don't use that many calories, so typing may not be as beneficial to your weight control as jogging.  (I hate jogging.)

Weight control is a balance of eating and exercising.  If you use up the calories you eat, your weight will remain constant.  If you use a little more than you eat, you will lose slowly.  If you eat a lot more than you use, you will gain quickly.  If you don't change your eating habits and eat the same amount, a small increase in activity will bring your weight down slowly over a long time.  It's a good plan.  Try it.