getting a little healthier, over the summer Options

[bambamboozle]

okay, well, I'm not really healthy and it sucks. I'm not saying I'm fat because I know I'm not, just I want to live a healthier life style. The thing is, my mom is sort of...fat, so things around the house aren't that healthy and I was never raised to be active.
So, I want to try to get healthier over the summer. Thing is, I don't want to have to run outside in 90-100 degree weather (I live in Texas). So, do you guys know what I can do that will help me lose some weight and get healthier. Something that I could slowly progress into perhaps. I'm concentrating more on my lower body (calfs, abs, thighs) Plus what kind of foods should I eat... without going on a drastic diet that is?
Any help from here would be nice.

[mai_z]

Be more assertive about your approach to making a healthy lifestyle for yourself. If you want to eat healthy, go grocery shopping with your mom/dad and convince them to buy more healthy food, and then help with the cooking, and cook stuff that's healthy. Do some strength training stuff, lift books, and boxes. Also, you can do power walking in a mall, you don't have to run outside.