I hadn’t talked to my mother and sister in quite a while.  Yeah Yeah I know shame on you for not calling your mom more often.  It’s just been a bit busy at work etc..  Anyway I have continued to work on losing weight and exercising more.  Haven’t started to tackle quitting smoking yet but have cut back quite a bit.  The funny thing is that When I was talking to my mother this evening and told her I was trying to get myself in better physical condition she mentioned that her and my sister had both been going to weight watchers. 

Now I’m not one to spend tons of money to help me lose weight or get in shape.  I used to be fairly athletic and know what it takes to get it done, I just lack the will power.  Anyway, mom informed me that over the last few months she had lost over 20 lbs and my sister has lost 35 pounds.  I was quite impressed and had always thought weight watchers was a joke or money grabbing scam, but it seems to be working pretty good for them.  They said the biggest advantage to going to the weight watchers facility was having someone else help to motivate them to lose weight.  So if you looking for alternative to help keep you motivated about losing weight or getting physically fit you might benefit from a program like weight watcher or other health and fitness program.

Well It’s only been a couple days since I started working on exercising and losing weight so there has been little progress as far as the scale is concerned.  I have however stayed on track with my walking and starting to exercise and hopefully within a couple weeks will start to see some weight loss.  I’m not looking for anything drastic as far as the weight loss is concerned just a small indication that that the exercise is starting to work would suffice.  I will say that starting the exercise has helped me sleep a little better at night as I usually take my walks late in the evening well after dinner.  One of the leading causes to gaining weight i’ve been told is eating late and heading straight to bed, which was one of my old habits.  I’ve also started to change my eating habits to help with the weight loss.  I’m eating 3 meals a day instead of just 1 big meal late in the evening.  It may not be a big change but hopefully it will start to change my metabolism so that I burn more calories through the course of the day.  I’ve done quite a bit of looking on the weight loss websites most are pitching weight loss pills, fad diets or the new weight loss exercise gizmo but there have been several out there with some really good weight loss tips.  Well time for that walk yak later