Weight Management: Take Action

Online Tools

Talk to a doctor.
If you are planning to lose weight, talk to a doctor. Your doctor will explain your options, like joining a weight loss program. Here are some questions to ask your doctor about losing weight.

Keep a food and activity diary.
When you know your habits, it's easier to make changes. Research has shown that keeping a daily food diary can double a person's weight loss.

Print out this food and activity diary and use it to write down:

• When you eat
• What you eat
• How much you eat
• Your physical activity

Eat Smart.
Make healthy food choices to balance the calories you eat with the calories you burn.

Use the ChooseMyPlate plan to find out the number of calories you need to eat each day and get a customized food plan based on the information you enter.

Other resources can help you learn:

• How to manage your weight without being hungry
• How to use fruits and vegetables to help manage your weight
• To rethink your drink
• Avoid portion size pitfalls
• Also check the Eat Smart resources page for more online resources that can help make healthy food choices.

Move More.
Get active to balance the calories you take in with the calories you use. Aim for 2 hours and 30 minutes of activity every week.

• Use this activity calculator to find out how many calories your activity will burn.
• Check out these activity tips for all body sizes.

Also check the Move More page for other online resources that can help make be physically active.

Other online resources
Successful weight loss and ongoing weight management is no easy feat; however, it is possible. The following websites contain tips and tools to help you reach and maintain a healthy weight.

• Aim for a Healthy Weight. (National Heart Lung and Blood institute)
• Healthy weight – it’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle (Centers for Disease Control)
• Watch your weight, quick guide to healthy living (Healthfinder)
• Weight-Control Information Network

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