The Plan

So here's the plan:

1)Cutting out Sugar
2)Using the Wii Fit System for Exercise
3)Doing Army type drills for abdominal and back and arm strength
4)Eating healthy foods with a limited amount of processed food and starches
5)Limiting Fast Food, mostly preparing food at home

Sugar is pretty much an addiction for me, I can't resist it. So I try not to have it around my home at all except for cooking. So removing it from life is an important part of eating healthy for me. I have had to remove sugar from my life in the past and I know I felt much better when I wasn't ingesting very much.

Using the Wii Fit System is fun and easy for me. This was a Christmas/Birthday gift from my husband because I love the Wii. I use the Wii Fit Plus games and the Biggest Loser game. I have been able to do this so far for 7 days straight. I love the variety and the fact that they change the surroundings and the words that they use. I love the Aerobics exercises such as Walking (step aerobics), Rhythm Boxing, Super Hula Hoop, Basic Run and Kung Fu. The Wii Fit Board sits in front of my fireplace right under the TV, so when I sit down to use my laptop or to watch TV there is always a reminder, and its easy to get to that way.

My husband does sit ups, push ups, arm exercises, leg lifts, high knees and other "fun" stuff to keep up with his Army workouts and PT tests. He does these a few nights a week and I have started doing them with him as much as I can. That way we get to exercise together and he pushes me to work hard. I also get a lot of extra calories burned and build up stamina this way.

We have started planning our meals a month at a time and cooking pretty much every night so that we don't have junk for dinner. Planning helps a lot to make better food choices, and when you only buy groceries the stuff you plan, you don't end up in the grocery store when you're very hungry and buy a lot of bad stuff. This also saves a lot of money because we aren't eating out or ordering pizza.

So that is the basic plan. Hopefully building up to longer workouts and getting smaller and healthier.