The Over 60 fat-fighter plan

Did you expect the full impact of the challenge to control your weight as you entered the sixth decade of life? I didn't. And I was fitness instructor and weight control expert! 

But we must rise to the challenge if we expect to live life to the fullest throughout our golden years. 

So, read on for a few suggestions that have worked for many 

 Move, and limit those yummy sweet/starchy goodies!

Exercise as often as possible (minimum of 3 to 4 times weekly). Any exercise is better than no exercise. A few suggestions for beginners are: walking, running (for the physically fit), bicycling, join a gym, join an aerobics class, etc..

Food

• Limit bread/potato/sweet snacks (at least try not to eat all three on the same day)
• Treat the high calorie snack you just splurged on as a meal (not conventional advice but occasional use is effective in weight control  
• Drink more water (you almost can't get too much), and add a ½ tsp apple cider vinegar to at least one glass or bottle daily (the physician who wrote Vermont Folk Medicine swears the apple cider vinegar regulates metabolism)

Plan the eating and snacking

•  Plan menu’s for at least a week in advance
• Cook ahead when possible and refrigerate or freeze meal sized portions
• Buy snack-size storage containers & fill them with healthy snacks and snack combos

 There you go, a simple plan to stay (or get) in shape, and control weight for life!