My husband surprised me this year (hard to do) with a Wii Fit + balance board for Valentine’s Day. We don’t exchange Christmas gifts anymore but tend to go all out for V-day. Our Wii has hardly been used since we got it last year (my gift to him for his February birthday). However, since I opened the Wii Fit on Friday, February 20th, I’ve only missed 4 nights (including tonight) on the Wii Fit. As husband said last night after I did the Hula Hoop exercise for 6 minutes, “This was the best and most used gift I have EVER gotten you!” It is true! I love it.
I gained over 20 pounds when I moved from NYC/Northern NJ to Indiana in 2003 which I attribute to my general lack of walking and being active. I’ll put it out there…I weighed about 120 lbs. in January 2003. By March 2004 (when I had a final fitting for my wedding dress), I was at 127 lbs. Then two kids later, I weighed 143 lbs. in November 2008. So my main goal was to maintain my weight through the holidays and beginning January 5th, I set out on a calorie cutting diet and exercise regime to lose about 17 lbs and get myself back to the 125-127 lb. range. I ended up losing one pound (!) over the holidays - no clue how on earth I did this, but I’ll take it. Over the last 2 months, I’ve gotten down to 137 lbs. but seem to be stuck there. February was hard to get exercise in…kids were sick, work was busy, blah, blah. So now I am spending 4 nights per week on the Wii Fit along with 1-2 cardio sessions either at the YMCA or at-work training room. I’ll keep you posted on the progress, but my goal is to hit 130 by the end of April and, as a reward to myself, purchase a new dress for the Welcome Dinner at the May Sales Meeting on May 5th!!!!
