Lose Weight? Exercise More? I Don't Think So!: What to do when your doctor tells you to make changes for your health.

So your doctor has told you to "lose weight" and "exercise more." Did you tune out? Or when you heard it, did you immediately have thoughts like these: "That's for other people, not me." "I feel pretty good the way I am. Why change now?" "It's too much work. I don't have the time or energy at this point." "What difference will it make? Diets don't work. And I've never been able to stick with exercise." These are thoughts that come to many of us when faced with what seems to be a big change....