A few minutes ago, I set up the sub-domain that will house my health blog which will hopefully be up and running by the end of the week/over the weekend. I decided that I don’t want to think about the changes I want to make, need to make and will make in terms of me going on a diet. Instead, I would prefer to think about these changes as a change in lifestyle and a change for the better. When I think about the word ‘diet’ I think of strict eating plans, counting calories, this that and the other and while I understand that a lot of DIETS do include those things, I would feel more at ease thinking of it different terms; I guess it’s a psychological thing. So, I have opted to alter my eating habits to include more vegetables and fruit, eating healthy portions, not over eating or eating when I get bored as well as adding Slim Fast products to the mix.

Now you may be think, wasn’t her last post on Weight Watchers? Yes, it was but after signing up and looking around the website I felt really intimidated by it. The website is overally crowded with a bunch of information as well as different calculators to track the points of foods and recipes as well as activities. I thought that tracking points for the foods I eat would be a breeze – you enter the food name, the size of the portion and there you go, you have the number of points for it. But after trying to figure out the point value for the chuck roast I made last night, I was like there’s no way I could keep up with this, especially with my school/work schedule. So, I started looking at the Slim Fast products – after seeing these products were being used in Dez’s diet – and read a meal plan that included the products. It would be much simpler for me to incorparted the products into my diet than it would be for me to keep eating WHATEVER I want and simply adding up the points.

I honestly feel that adding the products to my diet will have better success than me trying to figure out the Weight Watchers program or finding the money to attend. It’s something I really wanted to do but when I thought about it last night, I came to the conclusion that I honestly don’t’ have the extra $40/month right now to even go to meetings. Sure, I’ll have to spend money on the shakes and meal bars for Slim Fast but I would get those any time I go grocery shopping so I really wouldn’t be spending that much more than I already do. It just makes more sense for my wallet and my schedule.

I also asked my mom to look for a Wii Fit for my birthday which will add SOME kind of activity into my day aside from walking to class on campus. It may not be the ideal form of exercise but it will get me moving until I can afford to go to the gym or figure out a schedule to go to the Rec center on campus. I really am determined to do this. I’m tired of the way I feel in the morning, how I feel through out the day and just want to feel like myself again. I plan to make my official start date on February 8th which is this coming Sunday. That will give me the rest of the week to plan everything out, make a list of items I need, as well as wait for my paycheck on Friday so I can go shopping over the weekend. Wish me luck!