SUCCESS!!!!!!!!! (So far)

I haven't smoked a single cigarette today! The idea is to stop smoking, start eating healthier and exercising. Steve and I are going to do it together. We are on a mission to become better people, or at least better looking people.

So, the plan has begun. No smoking. I'm not really sure how I feel about it. It'll save money and hopefully make the exercise part of this program a little easier. I started first and Steve will be starting (or stopping) in the next couple of days. He's taking Chantix and I think he has 2 more days before he stops. That will really be something!

If you have ever been to my house, you know that we have plenty of exercise equipment. There is a treadmill, stationary bike, weight bench with two trees full of weights and a stomach/back machine thing. When I decided to try to lose weight and exercise we started collecting all this equipment. There was even more before. We got rid of a buns & thigh rocker, some ab doer, a nordic track and a stair climber. The funny thing was that I had all that stuff and didn't lose a single pound! So now we've thinned it out to what I feel are the 'essentials' and I believe that once I start using them I should start seeing some results.

Actually, Steve has been doing exercises every day now for about 3 weeks. He has really been committed to it and I am very impressed. I'm going to start slow on the treadmill because the bike hurts my butt. I will try to do some every day. It will take some prodding but I think it will eventually become a habit. That's kinda why I'm writing all this down. If I've written it down and people have read it, I don't know, it just seems like I will be less likely to allow myself to fail since it's so public.

We haven't started the eating healthy part yet, though. And by eating healthy, I don't mean icky vegetables all the time. That would certainly be doomed from the start. We are just gonna try to consume less calories each day and eat less fat stuff. I think my body would go into shock and I may suffer irreperable medical something or others if I went all healthy all the time. Baby steps, right? But, again, we haven't started it yet..........so, FRIED SHRIMP tonight!!!!!

I Just Created A Blog . . .

I'm not sure why or of what use it will be, but I have one. I'm sorry if it looks plain and that there are no pictures posted, but you must realize that I am just getting started and, as with most things computer, I don't really know what I'm doing. So if you've ever considered it and thought it might be too difficult you can rest assured that it's not since I figured it out. I've known about the existence of blogs for some time now but never chose to make one of my own until about 10 minutes ago. Again, not sure of what the content will be, but I'm sure I will write stuff and add pics soon. Any suggestions are welcome.