I've made just a couple of simple changes, and I'm slimming down. One, I now walk for a long time (1-2 hours) every few days. I go around the neighborhood, up

I've made just a couple of simple changes, and I'm slimming down. One, I now walk for a long time (1-2 hours) every few days. I go around the neighborhood, up hills and such, so it's not a huge strain but not trivial either. I find a 2 hour walk all at once is much better than, say, 4 days of 30 minute walks, because your body only has to "ramp up" once and spends most of the time at a higher metabolic rate. Two, I reduced, but did not eliminate, the "bad" things from my diet, permanently. For example, I like soda; but I drink mini-bar cans (100 calories) instead of bottles. I'm slimming anyway; soda is fine, as long as you don't drink so much that there's no calories left for real food. Sure, maybe I could slim down a week or two faster without it, but I wouldn't be happy, so why go through that? :)