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For the past year---Amy Teeple has taken a “two-step” approach to losing weight, a new diet, and a new way to spend her lunch hour.

“I started walking during my lunch and slowly getting myself going again.”

Step by step she stayed true to her vision not letting her 9-5 desk job or slow start get in her way.

“It didn’t start off quite that well. It was a very slow 10-15 minutes. Now I’m doing 20-30 minutes depending on my day and at a much faster pace.”

As it turns out---taking daily walking tours of her San Diego office neighborhood has worked wonders.

“I’ve lost about 35-40 pounds and consistently kept off 35. Kind of my goal is to keep off 35. It’d be nice to keep off the whole 40, but I am trying to be a realist here.

”Having lost the weight I feel great. It’s one of those things where I didn’t actually realize I’d been putting on the weight. I’ve been kind of playing with my weight on and off for a few years.

Allison Fierlit works right next door to Amy. She too has been trying to slim down despite her day job---and the “always on” responsibilities of being a full-time mother of what she calls an “active” 3-year old .

“My job really has me sitting all day long, so I had to figure out ways that I could exercise during the day. I have a little girl, who I exercise with by chasing her around, but actual quality time for me exercising doesn’t exist.”

Allison has chosen to try the so-called 10,000 steps plan -- everyday, she wears a pedometer and tries to take 10,000 steps, the equivalent of about a half hour workout.

Although she isn't quite hitting that 10,000 step goal just yet, she’s getting there.

“On an average day I can get about 7,000 steps, so I think that's pretty good. I figure if I get 7.000 steps a day, that's good, because maybe next week I'll get 10,000 steps a day. So I'm kind of doing a tiered thing and hitting those small milestones to make it worth my while.”

But taking on a workable fitness routine at the office is not without its challenges –time management---and sheer willpower are daily requirements of the routine.

“I really have to make a conscious effort to take the required breaks that we have built into our days and at lunch.”

“I sit about three feet from a candy bowl where even if I wanted to pretend it's not there, people are constantly going up and taking it. And I know it's there, it's right there in the side of my vision.

“I just bring anything from grapes, to carrots – anything that's going to keep me from reaching into the candy bowl... I'm reaching for something that's a little bit better.”

Both Amy and Allison agree that the office workout may not be the “only” answer to their weight loss goals, but at the very least, it’s a giant step in the right direction.

“My ultimate weight goal is quite significant, and I don’t think that 10,000 steps is going to help me lose 50, 75 pounds because I could stand to lose that. But I think it gets me started in that direction. I hope to maybe lose 10, 15 pounds and then, increase that.”

“When I started walking, I started to realize that I was enjoying the feeling of exercise again. Once I got the walking down, I was walking every day, I wanted to figure out what my next step was. Ok I’m walking I’m losing some of the weight that way, what do I do next. It just made sense to start going back to the gym again. It was sort of an inspiration.”

Angelique Frame, Docshop TV.