My current workout schedule works...

So you should try it!

I use my Roku TV with apps like YouTube and BexLife, as well as the WVU student recreation center, to support me in my journey to a healthy mind, body & spirit.

MONDAY - Morning, home: full body workout with stability ball from the xhit channel on YouTube
TUESDAY - Morning, home: xhit butt workout, do crunches with stability ball through any song on Pandora
WEDNESDAY - Afternoon, home: xhit arm workout, also do crunches with stability ball
THURSDAY - Morning, home: back workout, yoga Evening, rec center: Zumba
FRIDAY - Night, rec center: 40-minute bike workout, 15-minute arctrainer workout, 15 reps at each leg machine, crunches with stability ball, go for a swim/relax in hot tub (mini-reward)!
SATURDAY - Do what you want, don't have to do anything
SUNDAY - Day of rest

This looks like a lot,  especially if you are starting at nothing. The truth is it's very little. The morning workouts are usually about 15 minutes long, but they are intensive, engaging and get your body ready for the hours ahead. Isolating different parts of your body each day is really effective!

You can do yoga whenever, but I especially like to do it when working on my back muscles.

For the home workouts, all you need is: two 5-pound weights (or two cans of food), a yoga mat (you don't have to have one, but you can get them cheap), a stability ball ($20 a WalMart), gym shoes, WATER. Water is the most important thing. Don't over-do it, and always stay hydrated.

Obviously, if you binge-eat cake and ice cream, this workout will merely maintain your weight. The best way to balance this with a good lifestyle change is to only buy food low in calories and high in nutrition, so if you do feel like binge-eating something, you'll only have healthy things to choose from. Cooking meals at home is the easiest way to keep it low calorie. After your body gets into gear and you start moderating healthy meals, you will stop having craving and you will have so much energy!

You can do it!!! The excuse "I don't have the time" does not apply - 15 minutes out of your morning is nothing. Make time if you want to see the changes. The key is to find what works for you, though. Those times when you are just sitting around bored but you don't feel like calling anyone and there's nothing on TV - get your booty moving! :)

 If you don't have a gym membership, you can always do Zumba and other things in your home as well if you're willing to put some money out. But I do recommend to anyone who is serious about a healthy lifestyle to join any gym; it doesn't have to be fancy or expensive, it just has to be.

I also work on my spirit by meditating at least once per week and taking bubble baths with candles and flue meditation Pandora in the dark. I reflect, read and I also write in a journal or sing! Being creative helps us feel more at peace - even if being creative means simply analyzing your favorite TV show on the couch.

Being healthy doesn't mean always working out: It means knowing how to balance moving around, relaxing, eating well and doing all our regular duties like work, school, cleaning, etc.