Today it begins

I've been thinking about it and thinking about it and I decided that today is the day to start weights and doing cardio like Bill says in his book "Body for Life"  I have weights here that my husband bought me a long time ago and I will to arms today.  Tomorrow its to the gym and getting on the treadmill.

My plan is to pray hard that I will LOVE working out and seeing results quickly to help me keep it up.  I hate sweating but my husband tells me that sweating is good that it means you are losing fat.  I also need to work out on an empty stomach.  Bill Phillips says in his book that when you work out on an empty stomach that your body has to grab energy from somewhere so it will get it from the fat stored in your body, where as if you ate then worked out its just grabbing it from the food instead.  Bill also says that you shouldn't do cardio any longer then 20 Min's.  He says the low intensity workout for a long period of time does nothing for you.  He tells you how to do the 20 min cardio so you can lose weight.  He also says to write down all your goals.  On his website he has charts you can fill out to keep track of your work out.  He isn't all about losing weight fast, he's about doing it right, eating right, exercising right and doing it for life.   It really is a good program and a wonderful book.  You should get it.  They aren't paying me for saying anything about his book, I just believe in it.

Bill tells this story about this woman who is in her 80's - 90's(?) and she's in a wheel chair and she started working his program and there is a picture of her "standing" in a work out outfit!  Amazing!!

So wish me luck!!  Here's how the plan works:

1. Drink at least 10 cups of water a day
2. 6 small meals a day -  every 2-3 hours
3. 20 min cardio every other day
4. Weights the oppisite days of cardio (when doing weights you are working on diff parts of your body each time, i.e. arms, back, legs, shoulders and so on)
5. Take a before picture
6. In 4 weeks take another picture and do that every 4 weeks.
7. In 12 weeks access where I'm at with a final picture.  I will post these pictures as I go.
8. Do it all over again until the weight is gone. (this will take a long time)