Eager to be healthy.

Today is day seven in mine and hubby’s pursuit to be healthy. Well, actually on day two we ate loads of junk, making us blow off walking on day three which was to be our first day of exercise, so that makes today instead day four in our pursuit to be healthy. Except that on day five we had cheesy lunches and fried pork for dinner, so how bout we call it even and just say today is day 1.

Here’s a minimal history to bring you up to par. Dh has insanely high blood pressure & cholesterol and I am “obese”. In other words, we eat poorly, and we’re lazy bums. Unfortunately if we continue down this path, one or both of us is going to leave our children parent less. Also since I used to be thin, it stinks when someone see’s a photo of me from 9 years ago and gasp’s, adding how young I looked. Well either I have turned into one old looking 30 year old, lol, or this is the recovery line. Either way, I am dying to be much thinner than I am now.

Step one is our diets. I have been cooking healthier meals and have actually been surprised to find some really good recipes for chicken. Step two is exercising. Dh and I have committed to walking every morning and every evening (starting today of course) plus I finally pulled in the Total Gym from out of the garage (which has gone unused for over two years). What I need now are ideas to keep myself motivated. This certainly isn’t the first time I have attempted to lose weight. But it will probably take three or more months to see any change at all, then it will be another couple of months for the rest of the world to notice. (Actually, I have never made it beyond the first three months, so that’s just a guess). Any thoughts on staying motivated?