I feel your pain Wendy. Charity and Ruthie's suggestions worked like clockwork when I was younger but not anymore. These days I get up at 4:30am to "chug" (upper body running lower body power walking because of shin splints from running when younger) before going to work. I do yoga stretching and work with weights. I started this in February because my doc wanted to put me on blood pressure meds. I have been on a very strict diet, basic McDougal no salt, almost no oils, olives, avocados or tofu. The good news is my BP is down in the 112/60 area (been a long time since I have seen such nice numbers-- stress and anxiety attacks, long story, screwed up metabolism) and my cholesterol is down from 220 to 188. (No coffee, black or green tea either) The bad news is that my weight has not budged an ounce. So discouraging. I was sedentary as late as mid February. I feel so much better as long as I avoid mirrors and waistbands. I am told I should hang in there, that I have to start loosing soon, but I've got to tell you, cookies are looking good and since there is no weight change anyway I keep wondering why deny? It has to change soon, right?
Hang in there girl.