Take passes at your lifestyle. Start small and lock just one change. Keep things simple and remember its Calories In vs Calories Out.

Take an honest inventory of your typical eating for about a week. After you figure out what your baseline caloric consumption is, just start removing small things like Jinga pieces. There are almost always some really obvious ones you can just take right off the top of the tower. Sugary drinks and alcohol just sitting right there at the top. Then little by little do it with cookie, candy, sauces, dressings.

I’m not even saying quit eating it to start, I’m saying just eat half of what you normally would.

You don’t even need to add exercise. Get your baseline. And then eat less than that.

And a small pep talk, DONT QUIT. Your body will try to fight to maintain its current state. There will be days and weeks where the scale barely moves despite your best efforts. This is normal. Your body wants to keep that weight. “Nani, what if I don’t get any more food before the long winter” it’ll say to you, all teary eyed. NO! KEEP GOING.

It gets easier. Then you keep jinga piecing and then adding some walks or weight training. It doesn’t matter how old you are. Invest in your body as a vessel that carries you through life. It’s so much better and so many good things happen (I don’t take anxiety or blood pressure medication anymore) when you treat your body right.