Wii Fit!

[TheBauhausCure]

I've read that one woman who lost 160 pounds (that's a whole me!) Did it using Wii Fit combined with EA sports and the biggest loser. I can't see a sports game appealing much to me, but I am going to look into 'The Biggest Loser' game.

[TanRu]

EA Sports Active isn't a sports game, it's a structured workout. It's got resistance bands and a thingy you strap to your leg so it can read the angle your leg is at. It's got a 30-day challenge that takes you through workouts of increasing duration and difficulty, or you can just pick the exercises you want to do, and (I think) save a custom workout.

[TheBauhausCure]

That actually looks really interesting. Is it compatible with the balance board?

[TanRu]

Yes. When you start the workout you can say whether you want to use the board or not.

[TheBauhausCure]

So, yesterday Dracura and I went to Pennsylvania and ate at a smorgasbord. I thought I'd gain weight from it for sure, but I didn't! This makes me feel like when I'm out it's okay to go overboard a little, as long as I'm not doing it every day.

[Seth]

Remeber to not get discouraged if one day you gained a couple pounds out of nowhere, too! "Water weight" is no myth. Like if you drink a pint of water - you gain a pound. A pint's a pound the world around. Weird stuff can happen weightwise with your body hydrating and deydrating as you work up a sweat and drink to replenish over days. If anything odd like that happens remeber the diet and exersise like a good stock - it might fluctuate with 'the market', but as long as you're pretty consistent in burning off more cals than you take in, it will trend in a good direction over time if you sick with it.

[Jeppe]

Congratulations! Glad it's working out well for you.

I've started exercising daily (when I'm in New Haven that is) a few months ago, but it's only because there's actually a small gym in the bottom of my apartment building. If I had to travel to get to the gym, I would probably be a lot less motivated.

[TheBauhausCure]

Remeber to not get discouraged if one day you gained a couple pounds out of nowhere, too! "Water weight" is no myth. Like if you drink a pint of water - you gain a pound. A pint's a pound the world around. Weird stuff can happen weightwise with your body hydrating and deydrating as you work up a sweat and drink to replenish over days. If anything odd like that happens remeber the diet and exersise like a good stock - it might fluctuate with 'the market', but as long as you're pretty consistent in burning off more cals than you take in, it will trend in a good direction over time if you sick with it.

I used to go to weight watchers (okay so I went once, quit, went again, quit...) and they used to say the same thing. It still hurt when the lady next to me got the "lost five pounds" star and I didn't.

[Seth]

I did WW a long time ago (Veggieboy, and some others I know too), but never did the meetings/weigh-ins for exactly that reason. Competing against myself is tough enough, thx.

[TheBauhausCure]

So far so good! I went up a bit from a big night out, but for the past eight days I have been going down more than .2LBS a day. It's going slowly...but the slower the weight comes off, the better.