Wii Fit

Now that I have decided it's time - what do I do next? Of course I know that I have to cut calories and do that dreaded exercise but man I am so out of shape where do I begin?

I had gotten a wii and a wii fit for Christmas and it was still pretty much unused. I had played a few games on the wii but not even set the wii fit up yet. So I got it going. I step on the wii fit board - hoping it can handle me - it tells me I am obese! WOW - what a great thing to start off this exercise journey lol Not that I didn't already know it but man it's tough hearing it.

I also started counting calories at that time. At first I had planned on just going down like 500 a day but decided to go ahead and drop to 1200 calories. I am not sure if that was the right thing to do or not but that's how I did it. I put my weight into my calendar on my phone to keep track of my weight loss and would write down what I was eating on a piece of paper and look up the calories.

It is really and truly amazing how many calories are consumed in a day by most people and they don't even really know it. I think that was a huge eye opener for me. I had already switched to diet pop from when I had done weight watchers a few years back so that was already done.

Going back though - one thing I knew that had to be different for me this time was that I really wanted to get healthy. Wasn't simply about losing weight this time and I really knew it was different. I had lost 40 lbs on weight watchers a few years back but as soon as I went back to eating the way I had always ate it came back on and then some. This time it's going to be a life style change - I knew and know that it has to be that way for me. No more burger and fries at lunch - salads - chicken - no donuts for breakfast or a breakfast sandwhich. Now it's time for fruits and veggies and oatmeal. *gulp* Baby steps baby steps!

The wii fit though is really a great way to start out losing weight. It isnt over the top for exercise but it gets you up and moving and making you think about doing more and more. I worked up a sweat plenty of times doing that wii fit and learned that exercise can be fun and not too bad. 30 minutes 5 days a week is how I started this part. Then I moved on ----- :)

Start with a photo

I am not totally sure when this was taken and it's definitely not me at my heaviest but it does show how big I was - I would guess I probably weighed 220 in this photo. When I begin my weightloss journey in May 2009 I weighed in at 237 lbs.

Trust me I was a complete shock when I realized what i weighed. I avoided scales and didn't have one in my house. I didnt want to know how big I really was I guess. One thing that started me to realize that it was time is the fact that I had found out that my father who is over 6' weighed just about 240 at the time. Huh? How could he weigh just a little more than me - he is a big guy! *gulp*

Then comes facebook - hmmmm no one else gained weight? How did that happen? Seems like everyone I was finding from high school looked and weighed the same - not me!!! I did battle weight problems in junior high and lost a lot of weight when I started high school. I think that for me was something that was always there so to speak and it didnt long for those old lazy habits to creep back in after I had kids. I tried a few times after having kids to lose the weight but never seemed to be able to stick with it.

Lastly comes in the health issues. My brother had died of a massive heart attack a few years earlier - my mother had a quad bypass and I finally had quit smoking. Some news about my DH and his health brought it all into light that life is too short and I was making it shorter by what I was doing to my body. It was well past time.

Starting at the end

I was asked the other day if I have my story posted somewhere about my weight loss journey. Sadly I had nothing other than the memories in my head. So I am starting now :) I will post what I can remember as I go along in hopes to inspire others out there there it can be done.