a few tips to help you get started in your weight- loss.

NEVER SKIP BREAKFAST. sooo many people do. They either dont have time or do it on purpose because they think itll help them cut calories for the day. Bad news-it doesnt help. Instead it slows your metabolism down AND stores more body fat on those lovely hips. Also, eat every 3 hours. It helps to speed your metabolism up. I, on the other hand, took it to the extreme and tried to eat a little something every hour. No not a full meal. Like an apple, something small for every hour between your 5-6 small meals per day. Think of your body as a furnace. To keep burning, a furnace needs wood right? Your body is no different. It needs calories often.


Drink at LEAST HALF of your body weight in water. Seriously. Thats how much you are supposed to drink. take your weight & divide it by 2 whatever that equals is how much you are suppose to drink a day. It will help you clear up your skin and give you energy. If you dont drink enough water your body doesnt know when the next time its going to get it & it shows on the scale..so MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR WATER! :)

Go through your kitchen and throw out ALL processed. fatty, greasy, fried, oily, buttery, sugary, high carb, and junk foods. Rid your kitchen! It makes temptation a lot harder to fall to when you have nothing there to grab thats unhealthy. Instead go buy new groceries-healthy foods. Google healthy recipes and see what you like. Not all health food is dull. I swear.  here's a site to get you started: http://www.snack-girl.com/recipes/

Now make sure you're getting some form of excersize. I have lost 46 lbs so far & i never stepped a foot in a gym. instead i started off just walking a couple miles a day with a friend. friends ALWAYS help motivate you so get a friend to join you & set up a weight in day..like mine & my friends is sunday so we weight in and c who lost and who didnt..so far..this whole year ive lost the most weight. Friends can make it fun & easy & since you guys are doing this together & you defintely want to win it'll help motivate you to lose more.

 Right now i'm doing p90x & if you have the money its well worth it. First starting out I found toneitup.com and i didnt have any equipment so some of their videos really helped me untill i was able to get some dumbells. bodyrock.tv is also another good one to do at home. If you dont have time to work out..while ur food is in the microwave cooking.. do some jumping jacks, lunges, squats, run in place..when a commerical comes on get up and some some pushups, sit ups, crunches..anything. MAKE time. even if its a couple mins out of the day..its better to do a few mins than not at all! it'll help give you energy too & if you're working out you wont think of food & search pictures of someone you want to look like.. a model, a fitness model, an actress, a singer, it'll help motivate you also.

my BEFORE pic  A YEAR ago!




& this is me NOW! 11-2011.