Tips from a weight loss nurse:

• When it comes to weight loss, think small. Focus on a few pounds a month rather than looking at your long-term goal.
• Don’t focus on Diet. Focus on healthy eating.
• Shop in a grocery store’s perimeter – that is where the fruits, vegetables, fish, dairy and lean meats are found.
• Just reduce your calorie intake by 300 a day and increase your calorie burning up by 200 per day can take off one pound per week.
• Too little food begets hunger, hunger begets overeating.
• If you have trouble exercising 30 minutes a day, break it up to six 5 minute workouts – Walk up stairs instead of taking an elevator. Park at the FAR END of a parking lot and walk.