Q: What is the best way to start losing weight?
submitted by the Meadowlark Hills Medical Professionals

The best way to start losing weight is to start with what you can control. This includes your food intake as well as physical activity. To lose weight, you can decrease your caloric intake. One easy way to do this is by cutting portion sizes and be aware of what you are eating. Drastic diets don’t generally work, so start small. Examine your current eating habits and make changes where you have problems. The other important factor in weight loss is adding physical activity to your life. This could be dancing, walking, an exercise class (some offered right here at Meadowlark Hills!) or even gardening. What’s important is that you increase how much you are moving, which burns calories and aids in weight loss. If you go on a diet or increase your activity for a short time you may lose weight short term. To keep the weight off these changes must be lifelong. Weight loss is about changing your habits for good. The best way to start is to make small changes and stick with them. Then, little by little, you can add new changes that you can also stick with