The first thing I did when I was over 150 pounds overweight was to accept it. The reason I was overweight was because I had over eaten when I was pregnant. I did not give excuses or blame it on being a new mom again, I accepted it and decided to work on how to lose the weight.

I hated being over weight for the following reasons.

I could not fit in my jeans.

I had to buy new jeans and yet I did not have money!

Surprisingly I did not think I was unhealthy and nothing about cholesterol or heart disease came to my mind. I was just a broke woman out to lose weight. And I was desperate.

In that line. The first thing I did was to buy some dress pants in size sixteen and some even size eighteen. I bought two pants. This was twelve months after the birth of my baby when I made up my mind to start losing weight.  I waited this long since I knew too much exercise would affect my milk supply. Prior to the twelve months, I stayed mostly indoors and put on my maternity clothes all the time.

Okay back to the basics. I promised I will detail this process step by step. I love writing so I had a journal going and I have all the books I used so it will not be some guess work here.

So here is week one.

I did some research on weight loss products. I did not go far, I did not Google, I was already in a mailing list of a Christian network that sent me weekly emails on healthy lifestyles and they had a segment on weight loss and how to lose weight.

The first thing I did was to get information from them and make a plan.

Here it is.

  • Exercises to start with- The best one and the easiest for was aerobics and that included walking and running. I did not start doing that the first week, I really wanted this to work and so the first week was just to gather the information I needed. I found out that to lose weight fast, I  was to walk thirty minutes a day, a brisk walk and to run. To make sure I sweat out for thirty minutes a day. Since I was desperate  I walked for one hour or ran for thirty minutes.
  • The second thing I found out was that I needed to have a heavy breakfast.  I will send out the recipe on my next email since it is detailed and needs a lot of clarification.
  • I addition I learn t the importance of protein powders in relation to losing weight.
  • I also found out that the best time to exercise was in the morning when the the stomach was empty and then stay one more hour before eating to help the body burn stored fat and help lose weight fast.
  • I learn t more about snacking, eating healthy snacks all through the day. Ways to incorporate more vegetables into my diet without feeling like I am on a diet.
  • The importance of drinking more water and how to use apple cider vinegar to help one lose weight in a short time.
  • The crazy way weigh lifting helps one to lose weight.
  • I also made my shopping list which included the following

Whey protein powder

Almonds

Avocados

Apple cider vinegar

Oat meal

Yogurt

Flax seed oil.

Apples

Bananas

Milk

Orange juice.

Small dumbbells for lifting weights.

In the above shopping list the challenge for me was getting the whey protein, apple cider vinegar(Braggs) and dumbbells. I spent a lot of money driving around to buy them until I found out that amazon is not only about books!
DESIGNER WHEY Protein Supplement Powder
Bragg – Apple Cider Vinegar, gallon, 1 liquid
Highest Lignan Flax Oil by Barlean’s Organic Oils
Valeo HW5 5-Pound Neoprene Hand Weights

In addition I also borrowed the following books from the library but you can order them from amazon101 Ways to Work Out with Weights: Effective Exercises to Sculpt Your Body and burn fat!
Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life

As you can see this week is all about knowledge. I did not spend a lot of money but I spent a lot of time finding out from the right sources the best way to lose weight.

So that is it for the first week get the resources, my next stop will be all about breakfast.

All the best, nice week and stay healthy!

Cheers,

Sandema.

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