Ok based off of what you wrote on my page lets start making a plan...
Wow 4 kids! Thats a lot of running around!!
Ok so you have a desk job for 8 hours a day.... Lets start packing meals and snacks to take to work. Instead of snacking on peanut m&ms (the best kind of m&m by the way!) how about bringing fruit, veggies, 100 cal packs, ect. Lunches can be salads, wraps, sandwiches ect...tons of options here! Do you have access to a fridge at work where you could possibly keep lunches and such?
Also water water water. It is your best friend. If the taste of water starts to get blah, they have some great flavored ones or crystal light packets that you can mix in. For some flavored waters though check the calories and stuff, sometimes that flavoring probably is high sugar so just watch that.
Subway is also a great place to go but they have bad for you stuff too. So make sure you chose an under 6g fat sub, no cheese, LIGHT ON THE SAUCES! I dont even get sauce on mine when I go there cuz even if I say light mayo they put like 1/2 c on there and you cant measure how much they truly squirt on there. So I just put my own sauce, if any on at home.
What are we doing for groceries though? Is this also being changed? With kids I understand how hard it is when they all want something different but kids learn from their parents and this could teach them how to make good food choices as well.
You said "And the worst part, alot of it is muscule. Which is ten times harder to lose!" In no way should you be wanting to lose muscle mass. Muscle burns fat. Period. Muscle is good.
What are you doing as far as working out? Now I'm not saying you have to go to the gym, which is an option. You can get the family into going for a walk everynight after dinner, bike ride, buy a wii fitness or just going for a walk yourself and set goals for yourself. Today I will walk 2 blocks, today I will walk 6 blocks ect. Do you have a dog you can walk with?
It sucks that you have no one to do this with, but have you truly searched for a weightloss buddy? Maybe a girl you work with might be looking to do the same thing and then you can get a group together like I did. I know it may be embarassing at first to ask around, which is why I brought it up to my co-manager when only her and I were in the building. But after I got her support and she was on board I started asking around cuz theres more people than you know that are unhappy with their weight. Theres people who arent even involved with the group who are coming up to me high fiving me going "Hey! I heard you won this week and lost 8 lbs! 8 LBS! AWESOME GIRL! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!" I mean its like a high for everyone to be so supportive of this.
ok ok ok its gettin pretty long but i really hope this puts some ideas in your head of where to start. You can do anything you put your mind to!
