I Need to Lose Weight!

Well, I know that I have mentioned it before, but I am fat. (I weigh 224.6 lbs!) I need to lose about 100 lbs, especially since it impacts my activities of daily living. I went to Target with my sister today (who has a great body and is of normal weight) and I had trouble keeping up with her. My back started to hurt and it hurts because I am carrying too much weight. Sometimes I get winded from getting ready in the morning.

I need to lose weight runs through my head often. I often feel, however, that it is going to take a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time to see any benefit. That is not true though. I remember previous attempts at losing weight where I felt better simply because I was taking better care of myself.

What I need to do is formulate a plan, follow the plan, and if the plan doesn't work, change the plan. One small, doable action that I can take is to find healthy, low-fat recipes. I also need to clean my kitchen and make cleaning my kitchen a priority. I also plan to order some healthy cookbooks. Other things to do would be to drink more water and eat more fruits and vegetables.

I would really like to go to Weight Watchers, but because of money, I need to create my own plan. I would also like to join a gym, but again money is an issue. I have exercise DVD's and I can just workout with those until my financial situation improves.

My homework for this week is to formulate a weight loss plan for myself. I'll outline it in one of my posts.