Well It’s only been a couple days since I started working on exercising and losing weight so there has been little progress as far as the scale is concerned.  I have however stayed on track with my walking and starting to exercise and hopefully within a couple weeks will start to see some weight loss.  I’m not looking for anything drastic as far as the weight loss is concerned just a small indication that that the exercise is starting to work would suffice.  I will say that starting the exercise has helped me sleep a little better at night as I usually take my walks late in the evening well after dinner.  One of the leading causes to gaining weight i’ve been told is eating late and heading straight to bed, which was one of my old habits.  I’ve also started to change my eating habits to help with the weight loss.  I’m eating 3 meals a day instead of just 1 big meal late in the evening.  It may not be a big change but hopefully it will start to change my metabolism so that I burn more calories through the course of the day.  I’ve done quite a bit of looking on the weight loss websites most are pitching weight loss pills, fad diets or the new weight loss exercise gizmo but there have been several out there with some really good weight loss tips.  Well time for that walk yak later

Well I started my long journey towards good health.  Actually just making it to decent health would probably be an improvement.  No I didn’t give up the cigarettes or fatty foods yet, but I did start to do some exercise.  I’ve started taking a nightly walk around the block with my wife and daughter in attempts to lose some weight.  I know it doesn’t sound like much but walking a mile a night is burning more calories than I would If I was sitting on the sofa drinking a beer.  I wasn’t quite up to jogging so my wife and daughter did that after I completed my laps around the neighborhood.  What’s amazing is that in my youth I was in great health. I was a wrestler, cross-country runner and played baseball all through high school.  Wow looking back at it I’ve really let my self go   I doubt I’ll ever be in good enough shape again to run cross-country but perhaps I can shed enought pounds to bend over and field a softball or two.  Anyway its a first step towards improving my health and losing weight.  More updates to come as I catch my breath. LOL