Getting Ready

Ok, so now that I've made my decision to do this, there are a few things that I have to do in order to get started. No, this is not one of those "It's New Year's, let's make a resolution we can break later" deals. This is for real. So, in order to suceed, I believe I must first prepare. Being that this is just after the holidays and I have been out of work for a couple weeks because of it, I do not have the cash on hand to run out and stock up on veges and diet food. What I can do is start researching. Yes, you read that right, I need to do research. I am one of those people who is not a huge vegetable eater but I know that I will need to eat them...a lot..if this is going to happen.

So, the first thing I have done is go online and try to find some different way to do vegetables that I will like. I would also like to try some that I have never tried..who knows, I just might like them. My fiance is not a vegetable eater. He won't eat anything green; he says he's not a "cow" and does not need to eat grass. So...this is basically up to me. However, because he does not care for vegetables, that means that I can eat whatever I like of them and I don't have to worry about whether he will like them or not...because he won't. LOL

I also want to check out a calorie counter website. That way I will know what the calories are of the foods I eat. Also a fat counter, for the same reason. As I said earlier, I intend to keep track of everything I eat and drink. I have lost weight in the past, and that is how I managed it so well...by keeping track of everything. That is my biggest suggestion to anyone who wants to lose weight: Find out how many calories you need in a day and keep track of everything so you know!!!

I would also like to find some exercises that I can handle doing. I drive for 6 or more hours a day, so obviously I sit a lot. I also go to school online, so yea, more sitting. However, there has to be something I can work on during some of my "spare" moments. I am afraid that one commitment I will have to make will have to be to spend less time online doing things like Facebook. But, if that is what it takes, and if I can manage my time well enough so that I can get everything done, I should still be able to get some time for Facebook. LOL After all, I can't give up  EVERYTHING or I'll undoubtedly fail. One step at a time, that is how I have to do this.

I have written a bunch of stuff in a notebook that I want to research and before I get into this entirely, those things will have to be done first. However, I see this as my first big step--announcing my decision. This is not as easy as it sounds simply because of all the failures I have had. But I do not want to give up on this, and I figured this is a good way to do it. So, tomorrow is Sunday and school starts up again on Monday so tomorrow I will need to do some research. I will post some of the stuff I find.

Later!!