Wii Fit Plus

Today our wii fit arrived. Excitedly, I set it up and got right to the test. My wii fit age is 39. Yikes. I am obese and seriously have poor balance. I tried two balance exercises, and then a short run. I was seriously challenged by running. I also did the snowball fight, which is majorly fun. I plan on doing at least 10 minutes a day on the wii as part of my plan. The whole family is joining in.

The Challenge

I have been overweight almost all my life.  By age 14 I was a size 28 in woman's clothing.  I have tried numerous diets, healthy eating plans, exercise programs, and fads to loose the weight over the years.  I have yo-yo'd from 285 pounds to 195 pounds and everywhere in between.  Before I had my daughter in 2005 I was down to my lowest at 195 and a size 32" waist.  I wore my fiancee's clothing because nothing fit.  But pregnancy took its toll, especially after almost 4 months on bed rest. I was right back up to a size 26 in no time.  Fast forward a few years.  I just had baby number two, and am hanging in at a size 20.  I gained all of two pounds during my pregnancy.  But in the following four months I put on 15 pounds with out gaining an inch somehow.  I am breastfeeding, trying to eat healthy, working part time, and over all undergoing stress.

So here is the challenge.  I want to go from 260 pounds to 185 pounds by my thirty second birthday.  That is 75 pounds in 513 days.  I am tracking my progress on an iPod app called TargetWeight which is free to download. But in order to hold myself accountable I am going to blog about my progress.  It might be messy, it is sure to be emotional, and it will be one heck of a wild ride.

Why blog

I have been inspired to write about my quest to loose weight after watching ironically two movies about food. Eat Pray Love, because it is important to have passion and friends. And Julie/Julia because with strangers supporting you, encouraging you, well anything is possible.