Exercise Tip: Know Your Limits (aka, how Jillian Michaels taught me to recognize when I might be about to hurt myself)

One of the biggest challenges I've had this year is exercising more. I'm getting better at eating healthy, but I've been working on exercising more. But I've never been good at exercising. Recently, I bought my first exercise DVDs. The first one I'm trying, Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred, is meant to be a quick, intense workout that you do every day for 30 days. The advertising says you can lose up to 20 pounds in 30 days. I figured it was worth a try. And I'm glad I did. I learned some pretty important lessons.

Eating Healthy On the Go: Struggles with Restaurants and Weight Loss

We all know that restaurant food can pose problems when you're trying to lose weight. Restaurants have much larger portions, and you don't always know what's going in the food. Calorie and fat content is way higher in a meal from a restaurant than when you can make that same meal yourself. Does that mean you shouldn't ever eat at a restaurant? Of course not. Here are some helpful hints to eating at restaurants and staying within a diet.

Diary Reboot: A lesson in Goal Setting

Hello again, everybody!

I know it's been awhile since my last post, and I apologize for that. Life's been crazy with various things happening, and I didn't have as much time as I wanted to for updating. I did stick with my diet and exercise routines, as much as I could in the craziness that's been my life the past few months. I'm proud to say that I've lost 23 pounds so far. I don't know about you, but I'm pretty proud of myself.