Here my rules for healty life, nowadays...
1. Drink at least 3 lt. water for a day.
2. Get at least 4 meal for a day. 4 hours break...This is an excellent solution to lose weights.. if you leave one of your meal out, then your stomach starts to keep calories from your previous meals. But if you get 4 or 5 meal for a day, your metabolism works better and spend calories.
3. Do exercises (for me its about 1 hour for a day) but even if you are very busy, you must do it for 20 minutes at least, I think so.. I don't know you can do something that you like contains some action
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4. I do yoga also...It relieves me...
5. And I quit to smoke... Please, don't smoke...
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Thats all by now.. If I remember something I will come back..
By the way, mrsmac, if possible, could you please attach your pup picture to the site..