Weight Loss - One Step at a Time

Just like two people are alike, not everyone approaches weight loss the same way. What worked for me was giving up (well, let's be honest, mostly giving up) sugar. What works for you might be something different.

But when you've got a lot of habits to change -- you eat too much, you drink too much, you never exercise, you have a love affair with your couch -- it can feel overwhelming to change all your habits at once. That's where baby steps come in, and CNN has a great list of places to start. Cutting out cheese and mayo won't transform your body overnight (or even over a year), but for some people, taking it one step at a time is the thing that finally works for them.

I have a friend who lost a significant amount of weight over a 12-month period. A soda-addict, she started with a glass of water -- just one -- instead of her morning bottle of cola. At lunch, she drank another. At dinner, another. A year later, she's got healthy living down pat, and it all started with that one glass of water. Baby steps, indeed.