The Exercise

       I have absolutely no time to go to a gym and doing simple things like walking and simple exercises will cause me to lose interest and stop after a certain point. So my idea of a great workout for me would allow me to do exercises from the comforts of my own home , use the type of music I like to listen to, and is exciting enough for me to continue to workout on a daily basis.
      I decided to invest in a Nintendo WII. I feel this would give me everything I am looking for plus it would involve the whole family. I found that the two games I like to use for working out is "My Fitness Coach" and "Gold's Gym Cardio Workout". My Fitness Coach has a variety of workouts for different areas of the body and it allows me to use my own music by turning the sound down. I really like Gold's Gym Cardio Workout because I am a fan of kickboxing and after reaching my weight goal, I plan to make kickboxing a hobby.

My goal is to get up at 6am every weekday morning and workout for an hour. So far I have managed to get up at 7am and workout for 30 minutes. But I feel as long as I get up and workout, I am off to a good start.

The Diet

After thourough research and history of trial and error, I decided to create my own eating and workout plan. I have tried various eating plans and used bits and pieces of my favorite plans to create my own personalized eating plan. To you it may sound a bit complex but to me, I strongly feel that it will work. Here's the run down:

Weight Watchers: I decided to use there point system because it gives me a good measurement tool to use when deciding what foods to eat and how much. I decided to go with 32 points which is 1600 calories.
1 point = 50 calories (approx) (32 points x 50 = 1600 calories)

Medifast Diet: I decided to use there eating format. So instead of Six shakes and a meal, I will replace it with two 300 calorie meals and five 200 calorie foods of my choice.

Drinks: Water, Coffee, and Crystal Light.

Schedule

Morning: (200 calories)

Morning Snack: (200 calories)

Lunch: (300 calories)

Afternoon Snack: (200 calories)

Dinner: (300 calories)

Evening Snack: (200 calories)

Extra Craving Snack: (200 calories)

Because I am on a strict budget, eat foods that are on sale and within my daily calorie limit. Jewel Osco has good sales some of the time. I also shop at Ultra foods or Food 4 Less. Some of my favorite foods that are on sale most of the time are:

Yogurt, Bananas, Campbell's soup, Lean Michelina's, Dole Fruit Cups, Turkey Hot Dogs, 100 Calorie Snacks, Fruit Snacks, Animal Crackers, Tuna, and Chicken Breast. These foods are mostly low calorie and very convenient to eat on the run.

My overall eating plan is to eat foods that I like and are easy to get to at any time of the day. On my next blog I will tell you my exercise plan.