We are "gettin skinny" sisters!
Had such a lovely chat with my good friend Kelli today. She too has lost a lot of weight over the last 2 years, and sometimes its nice to share your woes with a fellow loser.
Based on our conversation I did two things:
1. I joined Spark People to track my Calories, Goals, and Workouts.
2. I put on my Neoprene Sweat Suit and am moving the coffee table to do the new Wii Fit Plus that Mr. Gaunt bought me. Per Spark People I need to burn 252 Calories tonight. I can do this! Although I have no idea how long this will take me on the Wii Fit, the new “plus” has a calorie counter, where the old one didn’t. Ill keep yah updated.
We also mailed out two paintings tonight (thanks Mr. Gaunt!!!)
Sigh…such relief. And a smidge of motivation too!
Only bad thing is, per my desired Calorie intake on Spark People, Im spent. No dinner tonight. Maybe some hot tea and a Tangerine.
***************UPDATE*****************
It took me 40 minutes on the Wii Fit to burn 255 Calories. And in case anyone wants to know that included:
-The “SUPER HULA HOOP” (10 minutes)
-4 reps of 10 Lunges (on each leg)
-2 Beginner boxing Sessions
-1 “Island Run” (10 minutes)
-2 Short Runs (5 minutes)
-1 Meditation Session (apparently sitting there burns 1 calorie…lol)
The Family Chapters 
I’m a fellow Sparker! I use it every day to track my calories and workouts too and it helps so much! It also helps to plan and track a day in advance so you know what you are eating and don’t overdo it and spend all the calories before dinner. If you have a community page, friend me here: http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=vraklis
oooo, I wanna join!! I was doing that for awhile on Myplate.com but I got sick of measuring things, but the time doing it did help me get my portions under control!
ooh be my friend! and then we can keep eachother in check!!!!
Also I wont lie, Im a bit of a guesser. Usually over though, not under. I feel like life has a bit of wiggle room. I doubt calorie loss counters are any more accurate.
Morg! I looooved talking with you last night! Thanks for the chat! You have remotivated me to get my butt moving and watch what I eat again.
And damn, we look good in white.
I joined it today… Gonna try and sit down and figure it all out tonight. I don’t really understand the whole measuring stuff and how it works. But I do need to get my butt into shape sooner rather than later and keep it up!! 🙂
Scott and I love Sparkpeople!!! It is amazing! I used it to help me lose weight at a reasonable rate for my wedding and it totally helped. I still use it occassionally…I should use it more…
I’ve only ever done 6 mins super hula hoop cause I get bored. I did 10 mins for the first time ever because if you can, I can! It was really, really boring. Having the radio on loud to drown out wii plus music helped. How do you deal with the boredom?