GREAT DAVID! I am in your corner and pulling for you! Remember, it is all about choices and you are on the right tract making this choice to get healthier. You can sit on the sofa or get out and walk.. your choice! Just a little hint here, I took a stress test last week and while I have been walking.. I was doing it WRONG. Never start cold, do stretches and bends, loosen up and warm up...Start out walking at a slow pace and increase the pace. The idea is to get the heart rate UP.. this was what I was not doing. You want to walk at a fast brisk pace to get that heart rate UP! Don't get out there and try to do a mile the first time, work your way into it a little at a time. Start out with only a 15 minute walk and work you way up.. Wish you were close by, I'd get out and walk with you! (I LOVE walking).

If you cook, make all your meals at home so you can control what is in what you are eating. Avoid processed foods, anything tampered with by man and fast foods! You can eat all day long and still loose weight, I DID! Aim for no less that 5 pieces of fruit a day and a salad with every meal. DON'T drown your salads with dressing and all that extra stuff that just adds calories. Buy a uncooked turkey breast and use that in salads, meals or snacks... Shoot, I'll shut up before I overload you with to much information.

I am here to root you on David! You can do it and will learn a lot along the way.