Fitness Friday – Trying To Figure Out Where To Start

Here I go again. I’m ready to lose the weight. I know I’ve said it before. I know I’ve said i’ve meant it before. But was I really ready? Probably not. Am I ready now? I really REALLY want to say yes.

I’ve half assed planned how i was going to lose weight before. I joined websites, created food trackers, planned exercise routines that I KNEW I would never stick with. I want to change all of that right here and now.

My first goal is to start eating healthy. I don’t want to “go on a diet.” I hate that term. It seems like that’s instant failure right there. I want to change my way of eating. But how? Where do you start when you live in a house full of people that say “Why should I stop buying what I want to eat just because you’re dieting?” It’s a test of willpower and I KNOW I need to improve my grade on that particular test.

I went to the store today and got a few groceries. Some sandwich thins, fruits and smoothie fixings and lunch food for work. I’ve found the lower calorie way to make a smoothie in the morning that fills me up at least through my first break. I have an idea of what I’ll take for lunch so that I am eating healthy but still feeling full.

These aren’t my main problems though. It’s once night time rolls around! What do I do about the severe night time food cravings? How do I manage these?

This is my health goal #1 for the wek. My 2nd goal is to get in to the gym and sign up. I have said I was gonna do it all week. I never “got around” to it. No more of that! I NEED to do this.

I’m going to get back on Spark People and start tracking my food. Not paying attention to the stats at first. I just want to create the habit of tracking my eating.  Once I have my gym membership I will be heading out to aqua aerobics at least twice a week and trying a spinning class once a week. Yoga will come twice a week.

But it’s baby steps I need to take.

Question – What are your healthy eating and fitness tips?