For some reason I started packing on the pounds and I needed to get it off. This is my story, the trials and tribulations of an everyday person who wanted to lost weight. Somebody who wanted to do it themselves without a trainer and without a program to follow. Just by checking out the internet and watching a number of youtube videos to find out how to the exercises. The rest was getting started and changing direction when new information cropped up. To lose weight you just have to do one thing and that is follow Nike's advice and' Just do it." If you can't do that then losing weight could be beyond you. To start, if you are totally not fit, is to sweat it out on the floor or in the garden or where ever. But you have to start doing exercises and sweating it out. When you first start you will find you can't do very much, but if you keep at it you will start to get fit. And the key to losing weight is getting fit enough to keep increasing the length of time you do exercises. So don't over do it when you first start out, because you are just not fit enough. And to get fit takes time. Because you are doing it yourself, you can change your exercise regime to suit your fitness level, and the exercises you do. As well as changing anything or everything to suit your daily schedule. This way you are in control. And I think you have to change if you are not making any progress. Everything about my exercise schedule had changed from when I started. Even the exercises changed over time as I tried out new combinations. Then when I found out about inflammation I slowed down to give my body time to recover. And that is when I started making progress. I even threw in a bit of HIIT to give me something more to try out. And it all helped. Now I feel lost if I don't do some exercises and some jogging each week. I just don't try to overdo it. The other part of the equation is you have to do it. If you want to slim down, you have to make the effort and find the time to do your daily exercises. This way you will get fit enough to do more exercises then you will slim down faster. You have to find out the best time to do your exercises, and if you do not like the time you are doing your fitness exercises, change. It is that simple.