Week One

Happy Sunday fellow bloggers, the week has finally arrived.  This is the week that I start my journey to a healthy lifestyle.  I have my workouts lined up and so are my meals. I must admit I’m a bit excited.  I’ve been anticipating starting this journey for a while and now its here.

I’m sure by the middle of the week I will be very cranky, and full of attitude.  The first week is always the worst but at least I know what to expect.  My workout will consist of a 30 minute workout in the morning and a 30 minute workout after work.  I will build on my workouts as I go along.  I’m not trying to get too burned out too soon.  I plan on keeping a journal for the week so I will have something to report to you guys when I return on Sunday.

Well that’s all I have for now.  Have a good week.  I will be back to soon.

Operation "Road to a Better Lifestyle"

*Bells and whistles* I made it back.  Boy, let me tell you I didn't think tonight's blog was going o happen.  I feel as thought I have a million things to do and blogging is at the bottom of the list.  However, I am on a mission. So I am heading into Week 2 of preparation for Operation "Road to a Better Lifestyle."  Going into week 2 I realized that I need to have some goals and a plan on how to reach those goals.  So that's what I will be getting into tonight.

Before I set out on a journey I need to first know where I'm going and how I plan on getting there. So the first thing I did was set a monthly weight goal.  I decided that I wanted to loose 5lbs a month.  Its not to much but its going to require a lot of work.  So after setting a monthly goal I wanted to set an overall goal just to see how well I'm doing.  So I decided to set a time frame of 3 months.  That would be a total of 15 pounds.  I feel like that's doable.  February 1, 2012 I will be recording my ending weight loss goal.

Now that I know where I'm going, I need to decide how I'm going to get there.  I have decided to assist with my caloric intake I will be joining Weight Watchers again.  I was successful with it the first time so I'm sure I will have success this time around.  Another reason I decided to go back to WW is because it teaches permanent change.  I pick up habits that I can continue.

Working out for me has always been something to hard to start but once I'm in it, I'm in going hard.  Then somewhere along the way I hit a brick wall.  I've yet to figure out how to recover from that head on collision, nevertheless, I'm back to give it another shot.  I will be joining a gym.  I will be working out 5 days a week.  In the morning I will be doing some sort of dancing video game for the Wii.  I will do a 45 minute workout.  After work I will go to the gym and get in about an hour of cardio which will consist of treadmill, elliptical, bicycle.

So there you have it folks.  My goal and my plan to reach my goal. There are some other things I am factoring in to assist with the emotional aspect of this journey.  Not only will my body be going through some physical changes it will also undergo emotional changes.  I plan to have you here every step of the way.  November 1, 2011 is the first day that everything begins.  Before I go is there anyone who's willing to participate in this journey with me?

Lets do it!!!!

Blogging my way to a healthy lifestyle

I know I have been away for a while but now I'm back and I'm going to at least try to do one post a week until I feel as though I can commit to doing more.  I figure one way to commit to this whole blogging thing is to blog about something that I'm really interested in myself.

As my close friends know I have been really struggling with trying to loose weight for the past year and a half now.  I can say that when I started this weight loss journey I was a whopping 310 pounds.  I knew it was time for a change when I was lying in bed one night on my back and was having difficulty breathing.  I only found comfort by either pressing the fat down in my chest area with my hand or by either sleeping on my stomach or side.  This was definitely not good. 

So I decided to join Weight Watchers (WW).  At the time Weight Watchers had a free 3 month trial.  The only think I had to pay for was registration.  So I said "What the heck.  I have nothing to lose, but weight."  Those 3 months I was on Weight Watchers I was very excited.  I excited about learning how the system worked.  I was even excited about grocery shopping and that is one of my least favorite activities.  During this time.  I was working out very little.  I would get on average 3 twenty-minute workouts in a week...maybe.  At the end of my free 3 month trial I had lost 30 pounds.  Woo-whoo!

Needless to say I did not renew my subscription with WW because I really was not in position to to afford the extra expense.  Therefore, its been a constant yo-yo every since.  So today I mange to bounce between 280 and 290 pounds.  At my lightest I weighed 278 but I was not there very long before I gradually started back picking up weight.

Just recently I discovered I really do have a passion for learning more about living a healthy lifestyle.  However, I think I've just been too lazy to actually implement some of the simple changes.  I am working a better a job and making more money now days so I've decided to join WW again and see what happens.  This time I think it will be an awesome idea to blog my way through the process simply because I've come across some awesome blogs that have been such and inspiration to me.

So those of you who come across my blog if you have any tips I've very open to suggestions and would love to have you along beside me as I become a healthier person.