Getting back to basics...

Before the financial mess, housing foreclosures, gas prices skyrocketing, grocery pricing caused us to think about trading in our first born for a gallon of milk... we had a national crisis called OBESITY!
So today I did some research, since most all nutritionist will say that as we get older our metabolism slows, and this can occur as early as our thirties.
So I GOOGLED: "What foods REV Up Your Metabolism". Let's face it food cannot be our enemy we need it to survive and thrive. So since we do I felt food is not the problem our slowed metabolism is! (And of course portion control)
Deductive reasoning, you can probably tell I used to write mysteries.

Anyway, the information is voluminous and mighty, also redundant since more than once I found the same stories, which indicates to me that they must be truthful. Exercise, green tea, hot soup, drink plenty of water so as not to become dehydrated, eat lean meats like turkey, and don't forget antioxidant super foods like broccoli, vitamin supplements of magnesium, and the B complex and vitamins B12 etc, are also helpful long as you stay within the recommended daily dosage. Snacks are permittable when healthy and portioned apples or pears, wedges of cheese, grapefruit halved and such. The best part was that three healthful meals were suggested with also three smart snack-times.

Exercise is the usual, which is also suggested by the CDC, Center for Disease Control; walking, bicycling, and swimming, all three are the least harmful to your joints, but most helpful to your heart. All exercise should be daily when possible for at least half an hour, minimum three days a week; and should or could build to an hour or more, mornings were suggested as the best time.

It seems that the main concerns are where the weight accumulates, and the belly area is the worst for our internal organs since they gather there too. Bulgy hips and thighs are not health risks and are considered OK, but we women don’t like that and neither do our men!
Women should try to make sure that their waistline never goes above 35 inches and for men 40 inches is max; beyond those numbers you are at risk for all the major diseases heart, diabetes, arthritis of hips and knees etc.

Sounds like a plan to me, which I have already started since I somehow gained three more unwanted pounds to my overweight slight frame.
And no I am not big boned, I am tiny bone-wise and this blubber on me is causing me too much grief!
Motivation is always hard to start, but somehow a full length mirror might be healthful, a scale, and a tape measurer will help and do not lie.

Good luck to all and find something necessary to do in your life to improve that quality.