Considering weight loss and exercise regiment…

Well I did say I would wait till after Christmas to begin my journey, well it is over and my time has come.

I have to get busy and start considering how I plan to eat and what my exercise regiment will be.  Wouldn’t be nice to not have to think about anything.  Whatever I chose, it has to be cost effective.  Remember I was talking about our insurance costs going up so we can’t afford to add more debt to our budget.

This leads me to a question.  If money were no object what tools would you use to get in lose weight and get into shape?  Before you say it, nothing surgical.  It has to be good old fashioned hard work.

  • I would hire a personal trainer.  I don’t want to think about what I should do, I would love for someone to tell me “do this, do that…”
  • I would hire a personal chef or join a program like Nutri System or something similar.  It would be so nice to not think about food.  A lot of thought goes into what to eat, how to prepare it, etc…
  • I’d have a pool so I could swim every day.  I love swimming but pools are a distance from my house and I really don’t to be in a public area in a bathing suit right now.

Ok, back to reality.

I have been working on the water intake.  Next I have to decide how I will be eating.  I was leaning towards Atkins, but I want to do something a little more realistic and something I can do while cooking for the rest of the family.

What I really want to work on and make a habit, is to Exercise.  Daily would be great, but every other day would be a good start.  I’ll use my Wii, exercise bike, dance, yard work (when it isn’t snowing), walking, exercise bands, etc…

If you have any thoughts or ideas, please please share…

Monday is Momma's Maintenance Day?

It is time to really start getting my butt in gear, shape, etc…

So I have decided that Monday’s will be my Getting Fit Day or Momma’s Maintenance Day! I haven’t decided.

Isn’t it funny or sad, how we as Mother’s take care of our selves last if at all. We avoid going to the doctor, buying ourselves necessities, pampering ourselves in anyway. Why is this? And before its asked I am “Guilty as Charged.” I will take care of everyone else first with their needs, feelings, health etc and think nothing less of ignoring my needs.

Well that is just plain sad & silly!  So I begin with getting my eating habits under control, exercising on a regular basis and even going to a physical today.

For my exercise, I will use my Wii for at 30 minutes a day.  But I will also incorporate my bands in the evenings.  Before I used those, I had no idea at how effective they are.  So while I would normally be sitting on my duff, I will be using my bands.  Oh and Walks whenever possible.

For my horrendous eating habits I will start a lean low carb-”ish” diet.  I once did the Low carb diet hardcore.  I lost a lot of weight using it, but I was WAY to strict (kinda crazy) about it and I don’t want to go that route again, SO these are some of the things I will be eating, in moderation of course.

Grocery List

(thanks sis for your help as well)

Veggies:  Broccoli, Celery, Carrots, Cauliflower, mushrooms, green onions, lettuce, spinach, romaine lettuce, pickles.

Protein:  Tuna, chicken, eggs, roast, turkey, deli meat, turkey pepperoni, beef cuts, can chicken.

Whole Grains in moderation and only the good stuff!  Thanks Sis.

Drinks:  Water, decaf tea, flavored soda water.

The key will be fore me to have a lot of these things already made or requiring as little preparation as possible.  So I will bake off some chicken in broth & garlic to get me started.

I will track my weight loss over on the top right sidebar.

If anyone has suggestions, please feel free to jump in here.   If anyone would like to buddy up with me (I like lots of buddies) and support each other, that would be great too.  Some things are better with a buddy!

Fit Buddy

My goal:  Take care of myself so I can better take care of them!

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