Well thanks for asking Susan
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I changed how I ate first. I cut out fried food, fast food, processed food (sugar, white bread, white rice, prepared frozen meals). I chose low cal/low fat/low sodium with calorie counting as that system seemed to make sense to me. I added more veggies and fresh fruit to my diet, more lean meats and seafood. I came here and started to learn about good fats, good carbs, that weight lifting wouldn't turn me into a man and the wonder of protein.
For exercise, I started out walking 2 miles a day at a steady pace, I then joined a gym and started with light cardio on elliptical machine and weight lifting 3 x a week. I now work out 5 x a week every morning before work with weights 3 x a week and 1 hour of cardio 2 x a week. I am in training for my first 5k road race. I enjoy my exercise!
In the past year I've dropped 3 dress sizes, reduced my body fat from 44% to 39%, lost 12lb of fat and added 6lb of muscle.
Wow, after writing all that I feel kinda proud of myself!
30lbs gone....
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