My Game Plan

Thursday, February 3, 2011 (originally posted on my family blog)

A few people have asked me what my game plan is for losing this weight.  

I think I have a pretty good one figured out. 

The biggest is portion sizes and calorie counting. I have been doing good with it, stickin to it.....so far. 

For calorie counting, I found this website  MyFitnessPal  You can go in there, search for food and it will give you the calories, fat, sugar, etc.   You can modify it to your needs also. I found that i can track my Sodium this way too. It's pretty neat!  You can also do the same with your exercise. It also has forums so you can talk to other people doing the same thing as you so you can get motivation or get questions answered. 

Food wise, I have cut out all soda since before the beginning of the year. I did it way before i found out about my HBP because i noticed when i drank it it was making me light headed and shakey so i quit cold turkey which is HUGE for me!  I have replaced all white bread/rice/pasta with whole wheats whole grains.  I have been eating so many more fruits and veggies. We bought one of those collapsible vegetable steamers. I LOVE it!  We have done broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, zucchini, asparagus.  YUM! 

For the exercise I have been doing a combination of    Wii Biggest Loser Challenge,  Biggest Loser 30 day jumpstart DVD  and Walk Away The Pounds.   Yesterday I did 30 minutes of Biggest Loser Challenge and a mile with WATP. and i was feelin the burn. First time in a LONG time and it felt good! 

I have a bad ankle, so i am slowly building up strength in it before i do anything hard core. SO this is working for right now.  Hopefully in a few months I can join a gym and get this party started!