Instructions are relative

I have to correct myself on one piece of information I've been given.

I've been telling folks that there's no need to cut out on your favorite desserts - cake, cookies, etc., or sugared drinks - Pepsi, etc., just cut down on them, add weight training and walking to your regime, and that after 2 weeks, you'll have lost a pound or so - after that caloric imbalance has been established.

And this is true....for people under 40.

But remember that once people hit 40 - well, when women hit 40, with guys it might take til 50, the metabolism, however slow or fast it was, slows down even further.

So if you're over 40, do not despair if you have gone your 2 weeks and see no measureable loss of weight - or see a weight loss in the morning, only to disappear by evening since you have drunk water and milk and coffee throughout the day.

But if you've been following a weight training regime - even with the lightest weights, you will see an improvement in your muscles - if no other proof than that you started doing 5 military presses with 20 pounds on a barbell, and after 2 weeks you're up to 8 repetitions or even 10. Your strength is increasing, your muscles are increasing - and as you continue to work out and increase those muscles - that weight will disappear.

So stay patient, stay with the regime. You will see results.