The struggle

The struggle of losing weight is so real! I mean I have my days were, I am just so tired of dieting and exercising,  and what not. Most women and some men can relate to the "struggle" of fatloss and getting healthy. I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that its like squeezing molasses out of a tube on a cold winters day.

I know there is no magic pill, or no "cookie cutter" exercise, but must it be so hard.
I get the calories in, calories out mantra,  but what if thats not enough with diet and exercise?

Well Im sure im not aline on the issue, and try to keep good spirits about the matter. So a little advice I may have for some of you is the fun exercises that fit your interest level and your lifestyle.

First let me lead with some things that might be interesting to some of you before I get into the eating part, calories in and calories out ordeal.

So some of the things I like to do when it comes to exercising and keeping it interesting for me is things like playing a sport that I enjoy. When I play sports like flag football, or Brazilian jiu-jitsu, or sparring, boxing, anything of that sort it makes me feel invigorated, and keeps my competitive spirit up. However if you are not the sporty type, there are other ways to keep yourself moving. Another thing that I like to do is dance; and when I say dance I mean a vigorous nonstop rhythm Matic movements that gets my heart rate going. I cranked up the music and dance while I'm washing clothes, while I'm folding clothes, while I'm cooking, while I'm watching TV, or when I'm just simply happy.

I dance my heart out!!!! 

If you're not much for dancing and you might be just too busy with housework or if you go to work there are many things that you can do while doing your household chores and while at work.

For example while you're washing the dishes go ahead and march in place for as long as it takes you to wash the dishes or load the dishwasher. If your cleaning the windows or moping the floor, go ahead and so some squats or lunges. Lol seems weird, but it works.

Or while your in the shower, do 10 squat, wash up and rinse, 10 more squats after. Than pretend to hula hoop while drying off for 1 min.

At work... pending on your job. You can take the stairs instead of riding the elevator. If you have a desk job, do like 20 dips with your chair. Or stand up and give yourself a nice 5 min stretch to start the day. So many things can be found on the Internet to demonstrate different ways to work out at different types of jobs. Or be creative and think of safe ones for you to do at work, also that won't bother others of course.
Some other things that I like to do at home is play with my wii fit which keeps me entertained for hours. Sometimes I think it's not that accurate when it comes to weighing myself and on certain movements but for the most part it's fun and it keeps my attention.
I strap on my Fitbit force and I go to town on my wii fit.

These are just some of the things I'd like to do on a daily basis rather than go to the gym and endure the daily grind of commute. However if you're a person who loves the gym, like really loves the gym then I probably won't seem so tedious to you have it.

Ok now for the calories in calories out ordeal.
So I don't know if many of you heard about the whole calories in calories out counting calories or counting anything that has to do with your food such as weighing stuff and paying attention to your seasoning intake as well as water. No for me to elaborate on this I'm going to get pretty specific on what I mean.

Okay so the calories in calories out dilemma,  consist of mainly what you put in your body how much of it you put in your body what you do after you do this to your body.

Okay so that one piece of pizza totals to be about 560 calories. Alright that doesn't seem so bad for a breakfast, which should be your largest calories in the morning when your most active. Then you have a small snack of carrots and peanut butter which are both let's say 60 calories, do you have your lunch which is a Caesar salad with extra Ceasar dressing on it and that's about 300 calories, then you have your next small meal after lunch and said its in a bowl with some walnuts or peanuts and say that's about 60 calories also of pure protein, and then you have your dinner what you decide to make a lasagna which totals abults another 700 calories. No if you're on a diet plan that says you can eat 1700 calories,  you have essentially
Eaten 1680 calories which mean you are a littlw under budget, but that ok.
Also say you worked out fir an hour burning 400 calories,  meaning for your daily calories in calories out youve maxed 1280.

So you most likely will lose weight if this is your consistent routine. You should always strive to burn more or equal to the calories that you eat.

With that being said I have a hard time with this concept also. It's not a hard concept to get, it is just a bit difficult to keep a strict eating plan full of clean meals as well as exercise every day at a set time.
But I try to keep up a steady routine and even if I fall back I was bring back and bounce right back into it. I want you all to remember that life is a process and can also be fun. Remembering why you're doing this should be a positive effect on your lifestyle.

Do not do it for your husband or your spouse or your boyfriend or girlfriend, don't do it for your kids don't do it for your friends, do it for yourself; because doing it for yourself is like doing it for everybody. To become more healthier, fitter, and happier human being.
Remember ladies that its ok to get it wrong sometimes,  or ask for help. This is your life, and you want and need to get it right as you only have one life to live.

With that I leave you with this famous quote.

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other thing. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek". -Pres. Barack Obama