Here's to 'a whole new way of eating'

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/fitness/weight-loss-challenge/2011-01-20-WLCmarilyn20_ST_N.htm

Here's to 'a whole new way of eating'
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY


"My cooking has changed," says Marilyn Pearson, 67, of Rochester Hills, Mich. Here, she prepares a turkey lettuce wrap. She keeps track of her calories on her iPhone

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She read a profile in USA TODAY about a woman who trimmed down by using the Lose It application on her iPhone. Pearson figured she could do that, too, so she downloaded the program and got started. "I was really motivated, finally."

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Pearson had wanted to lose weight for years, but believed she couldn't succeed because of her age. "My biggest excuse was that my metabolism had slowed down because I was getting older."

She was trying to watch what she ate, but now realizes she was eating 2,000 calories or more a day, which was too many for her small frame and low level of physical activity.

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"My cooking has changed," she says. "We used to have steaks and hamburgers. Now we eat very little beef. We have fresh fish two or three times a week. We love fresh salmon. I have discovered a whole new way of eating."

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"I have more energy and feel better," she says.