Exercise...Make it part of your daily routine

The recipe to success is not only eating right but fitting exercise into your day. If you are new to doing any type of exercise I recommend you start easy and work up to increasing your amount of activity. So many people decide to take the world by storm, especially in the New Year they start out strong and in a few weeks totally tire out or get hurt. Exercise should be fun as well as healthy for you. If it isn't fun then you will lose interest quickly. If you can make exercise a daily part of your routine...just like brushing your teeth then you will soon feel the benefits and getting a workout in will be a no-brainer.

When I first started exercising I used to get to the gym by 6am every morning. I just decided one day that is was more convenient to exercise before I went to work everyday. It took me 3 weeks to finally get into the routine and then I would wake up effortlessly and get myself to the gym. Once I started going to the gym, I started making friends at the gym and before I knew it we would start hanging out together outside of the gym. That was 20 years ago, but it became part of my daily routine so much so that I would miss my workout if for some reason I could not get to the gym. And now to this day I value my gym membership and the time that I get to workout. My workout is for me and when I am there getting in my exercise it feels great.

Find something you like to do. It may be a sport, joining a gym or becoming part of a running group. Most importantly start moving, try something new, meet friends and have fun with it.

I look forward to getting started with all of you on Monday. On Monday...I will discuss overcoming challenges and making a decision to having a positive mindset.

Choose a Eating Plan

I recommend that you choose an eating plan that will work for you. A healthy plan that you can live with is important to your success. I will be following the Weight Watchers Online plan. Right now you will see advertisements that let you register for free online or at a meeting if you prefer checking in to a local facility. It is a great time to get involved with Weight Watchers. Their motto is "Stop Dieting and Start Living" Love the motto and love the plan because it will not deprive you of any foods. You can enjoy anything in moderation of course...as long as you keep within the point system.

The Weight Watchers plan give you daily points to work within...for me it is 19 points a day. You also get an additional 35 points for use during the week. So if you go over the daily points, you start deducting from the weekly points. You can also accumulate points for daily exercise. The online program accumulates your activity points and once you deplete all your weekly points it will start deducting from your activity points. At the end of the week on your weigh in day the Weekly points reset and your Activity points return back to zero. I think the plan is great and very easy to use. The online plan is very easy to track all your points for food and exercise. There is a variety of tasty recipes to try and there is also an online community you can participate in. There are different groups or challenges you can join and converse with other Weight Watcher members.

Thumbs up for the Weight Watchers plan! Be Back tomorrow with other tips and comments.

Hello World

Hello Out There:

I am setting out on my 150 Days to Fitness Journey starting on February 1, 2010. My goal is to lose 25lbs by June 1, 2010 and get physically fit for the Summer and frankly Forever.

First, a little about me...I am a Wife, married for almost 15 years to my husband, Dave. He is an entrepreneur and CEO of his own company, Renegade Concepts, Inc. He does Sales, Marketing of several product lines and is a Business Consultant. I have 2 daughters, a 5 year old and a 13 year old daughter. I Homeschool my 5 year old, now in Kindergarden and my other daughter attends middle school here in town. We reside in Northern Nevada.

I also consider myself a Fitness buff and coach. I can even label myself an "expert" dieter because I have tried every diet under the sun. From the 9 Day Wonder diet as well as other Fad diets to prepackaged plans like Jenny Craig. I even worked for Nutri-System many years ago. I currently belong to a popular gym in town that uses the Les Mills program for all their classes. I participate in Body Pump(weight lifting), Body Combat (kickboxing), Body Flow (yoga), RPM (spinning classes). I am also a Pacer for a local running group and help train runners to complete 10K runs and half marathons.

You would think with all my knowledge and with all the exercise that I participate in that I would be in the Best Shape of my life. I have to admit I have had some hurdles to overcome this past few years and I am now ready to get to my goal weight by using the age old system. Eating right and Exercising.

So Why am I blogging this? Well to keep myself accountable to me so that I will reach my goal but also to keep myself accountable to YOU. I intend to blog everyday to you and share some tips on diet and exercise. I am hoping to help someone else out there that wants to follow along with me and reach their goals. So, if you are reading this blog...and have a goal to attain in the ways of Fitness or Motivation or attaining a Positive mindset then please tune into my blog. I will be sharing ideas of this nature with you. You, see Physical Fitness really starts between your 2 ears...thats right with your brain. You must first get yourself into the Mindset of where you want to be so you can be Successful.

I will see You Tomorrow.