I purchased an autobiography of Julie Andrews and at one point, she had gain quite a bit of weight and someone told her to 1/2 what she at. If she usually ate two potatoes to eat only one, if she had two servings of cake to cut down to one...that way she was not depriving herself any of her favorite foods and was getting the nutrients and calories she needed...
I started doing this at the beginning of this week and I have dropped another pound! :D
I have also started walking on the treadmill... not fast... a nice leisurely stroll at about 1.5 - 2.0 mph... I can still talk on the phone and I can walk longer than if I try to go at 3 - 3.5 mph where I get tired, sore and can't/don't want to do anything for the rest of the day.