At Home Workouts

Some days going to the gym seems like a battle of the wills. Today was one of those days. I substitute teach and on days when there are no jobs it is hard for me to motivate myself to head to the gym. I work much better with the schedule involved with working. So today I motivated myself to work out at home and I felt like I had actually gotten a workout afterwords.

I tried the Wii Fit for the 100th time today. Some of the activities seem like a waste of time but others are actually a good workout. The three best Wii Fit activities that I have found are the boxing activity, doing the hula hoop game which is a great exercise for your core, and the yoga section. I was surprised to find that I really liked the yoga section. I am one of the least flexible people I know, touching my toes is difficult so yoga is one of the exercises I have avoided like the plague. However, this morning I did the very basic yoga as part of the Wii Fit program. It was difficult for me, as I've heard yoga would be, but I am motivated to do some form of yoga several times a week after today. My body was tired afterwords, which sometimes doesn't happen even after a trip to the gym.

A few other at home workouts that I would recommend if you just can't get to the gym, or if you're like me and just don't want to go sometimes, are any of the Biggest Loser or Jillian Michael's Workouts. They are reasonably inexpensive to purchase and provide a great work out in a fairly short amount of time. I have heard great things about P90X but can't bring myself to spend that kind of money when I can take my dog for a walk outside or do a less expensive video at home.

I hope you will get up and workout with me at least a few times this week, no matter how hard it is! I will be back posting about all the ways that I'm trying to stay healthy and posting delicious recipes along with other tips, tricks, and frustrations I might face.

New Beginnings

In our lives we go through so many changes, I've found that it's almost impossible to maintain healthy habits in a constantly changing world. My husband recently joined Weight Watchers with me and we are starting on that journey together. I have been attempting to do it on my own for months and failing miserably. I hope this accountability will help keep us both on track! This is only one of many new beginnings in our life. We are also planning a cross country move to the East Coast in the coming months and with packing and travel come unhealthy habits like eating out too much and skipping them and skipping my daily time with the Lord. I hope that what you find here can help to encourage you in maintaining your healthy habits!

I have recently begun looking at several other bloggers for tips and tricks on keeping it healthy. One of my newest finds that I absolutely love is http://www.skinnytaste.com/ . Her recipes are wonderful and healthy and they help keep me on track with my weight watchers points, I will be posting some of my very own recipes here and linking you to other great recipes that I find.