2 small steps to lose weight

Hi, I'm Dr. Vonda Wright with a simple two-step plan to help you trim down. [MUSIC PLAYING]

Got a pair of jeans that you can't quite zip up? Fitting into them again might be easier than you think, according to researchers.

They found that you don't have to completely overhaul your life to shrink your waist. Just follow these two steps.

First, walk an extra 500 steps every day. That's about a quarter of a mile or a couple times

around the block. Second, cut 100 calories from one meal a day. That's just one less tablespoon of butter,

three fewer sips of soda, or leaving three or four bites at a meal. And here's the best part.

If you can stick with this simple plan, chances are you'll make even bigger changes. That's what happened to a group of people in this recent study.

They started with 500 more steps and 100 less calories a day. Soon, they were cutting 300 calories a day

and walking an extra 1,450 steps a day. That translates into shedding about a pound every 10 days.

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