Information and opinions on health from energygal at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8484/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8484/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/8484/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/8484/12313/lost-weight Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:39:00 -0400 energygal After having my daughter, I gained about 20 pounds over the next year.  I tried the "eat right for your blood type" diet, and didn't notice any difference.  What finally worked for me was to step it up with exercise (I bought exercise videos at Goodwill, and sold the ones I didn't like on amazon.com) and doing handweights.  Increased muscle means increased metabolism.  I also began taking quality... http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/c/8484/12313/lost-weight