Tools

You can't just jump into getting healthier without having some tools to guide and help you. Now I do not have a home gym or a gym membership, which by the way I think is a complete waste of money, but I do have some tools to get me started.
(1) An aerobic step

(2) 5 pound dumbbell

(2) 10 pound kettle bells

(1) yoga mat

A couple of DVD workout videos: Kim Kardashians: Fit into your jeans by Friday, Yoga with Gaiam, Tai chi with Gaiam.

To be honest whatever you choose would be great as long as you enjoy doing them and they are a little challenging.

ALL this exercising would mean nothing if we just pig out every night, so unfortunately we need to cut sweets. OH NO!! Almost seems impossible but how i see it is once I lose this 20 pounds and get my body looking sexy :) then that's when I'll add those sweets back in.
To help with this eating plan not diet! I must exaggerate that it is NOT a diet just a way to trick your body into losing weight and burning more fat with the foods we eat.
I bought a book from Barnes and Noble's top book picks! Weird because I've never done that but this book is awesome!

Now although it sounds like it's only 17 days, it's not. It's actually 4 intervals of 17 days and I read through the first 3 chapters and it seems promising. The first cycle is called Accelerate. In this portion I can have unlimited protein (which I don't get enough of and meat is a good source that I really don't like to begin with) and vegetables and fruits. Carbohydrates and sweets are cut out completely so like I said I WILL GET MY DONUTS at some point :)

Alrighty so those are some of my tools that I am going to use. I hope I have the strength to do this.