I've decided to take baby steps right now because I do get so winded and sick to my stomach if I try to jump into alot of exercise at once. Also if I take baby steps to make habit changes instead of changing everything at once I feel like this will help me stick with it more.
So here's a list of changes I've made starting this week!
- drink more water
- cut back to one soda a day (I'll eventually quit but I get headaches if I go cold turkey)
- get a little more active each week
- pay more attention to what I eat
So it's not alot but it's a start! I have found for me a really fun what to start getting active though! I play xbox with my husband ( alot of Call of Duty: MW3) so for Christmas I got a Kinect and the Dance Central 2 game. My mom got this for me cause in school I was in colorgaurd and loved to dance and still do although I've got to where I only dance when I'm at home alone. So sad...
Any who.... this game actually has a fitness mode and you can select warm ups, cardio, and so forth AND you can pick easy, medium, and hard settings for each. I have been doing warm-ups and cardio on the easy setting for 30 mins to an hour a couple times a week. Mostly when the hubs is at work. Looove the music and for some reason I just love this so much more then the Wii I use to play on in the past when I tried to lose weight. And the fact that I see it every time we play MW3 reminds me that hey I need to put in a little dance time.
Another thing I've been doing is following along to Tiffany Roth's youtube channel and doing some of her work outs. Alot of them seem amazingly simple but...when you start doing it you find that it really works you out. These are fun and I think the way she coaches you through is very helpful. You can find her channel here !
I also wanted to let you know that for a while you will not see numbers on my blog. Not because I'm embarrassed but because I'm not ready to count them. If I kept track of them now I would just get discouraged every week when I've only lost a pound or two. I'm not doing this to get to 150 or whatever my recommended BMI is..I think it's actually 140...whatever. I'm doing this to feel better and I want to SEE the results not the numbers. This will probably change when I do notice that I'm losing weight but I'll still keep myself to only looking once or twice a month to make sure I'm maintaining or still losing.
I've honestly not sat down and thought about how I'm gonna manage this blog yet. Like should I just do a weekly check in, or just post whenever I've reached a goal or when I've not reached a goal and need to vent. Just writing this now is giving me ideas and I'll most likely start on that as soon as I finish this post.
Anyways. I hope that you'll follow or join me on this hard road ahead and that we can help each other through advice and encouragement.
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