| So you set out to take off a few pounds and to get | | | | very boring. We made walking our together time. Our |
| into good condition again. It was so easy to put on | | | | quiet time without TV or any distraction. Just the |
| those extra pounds. A little cheating here and there | | | | two of us hand in hand. Did I mention we have been |
| and on goes the weight. My big problem is sweets. | | | | doing this for about forty of the fifty two years we |
| Chocolate is my favorite. I kid myself by saying | | | | have been married. It has not only kept us healthy |
| chocolate is made from beans and we all know that | | | | but happily married. A great combination. |
| beans are good for you so... | | | | The benefits of walking an hour a day are |
| Those extra pounds go on gradually over a long | | | | outstanding. Walking makes everything inside your |
| period of time. An extra fifty calories a day can add | | | | body work properly. Everything inside gets a good |
| up to a gain of six pounds on our bodies a year. So | | | | shake up. The first thing you will notice is that your |
| then we go on a diet and are upset that our weight | | | | bathroom habits will become very easy and regular. A |
| refuses to come down this week. Not going to | | | | good low fat diet does the rest. When I say diet I |
| happen that fast. | | | | do not mean the diets outlined in diet books or diet |
| For the extra weight to come off you not only need | | | | websites. I mean a good balanced healthy food |
| to eat fewer calories but you need to work the | | | | system where you yourself gradually change the high |
| body. You might want to consider joining a gym or | | | | fat content of your old system to a lower one. Drop |
| begin to walk. My wife and I are in great condition. | | | | the sugar from the coffee and replace it with |
| We eat a good healthy diet and we walk. Both the | | | | substitute sugar. Change the white bread for whole |
| gym and walking take time. An hour a day is what | | | | wheat. Change the whole milk for skim or one |
| we have done for years. We tried the gym. It was | | | | percent. |