Wii Fit - finally 270

It took much longer than I thought it would, but I finally crossed the 270 pound mark. I had been close to it a few times, being sub 271, but was never quite able to drop enough to get below 270. I went up slightly with the trip to Disneyworld, had worked it down to almost 270 by the end of the year, and the spiked again with the holidays at the end of that year.

Last year I maintained a weight between 270 and 280 pretty steadily. I still haven't been exercising enough but have been aware of my portions. With the holiday eating from Christmas and New Year's, I started this year at slightly over 280.

Since then, I have been slowly losing weight again. I've been inspired by Penn Jillette's book Presto! about his weight loss. Not inspired enough to just eat potatoes, mind you. I still fluctuated a few pounds here and there, but finally got down to 269.6 pounds on Tuesday. So, I am a year behind, but am still going to try to push for a goal of 250 for the end of the year.

Wii Fit - 100 days

Today was my 100 days on the Wii Fit. I've been pretty good about getting on almost every day to do a body test at the least. I've gone up and down a bit, back up to close to 300 a few times but mostly trending downwards.

I was at my lowest of 283 lbs yesterday and at 285 lbs today. That's a solid 15 pounds since I started and I'm continuing to trend downwards. I tend to spike a bit on the nights we go out to the movies, and up a bit on Sundays, but usually recover during the rest of the week.

My daughter and a bunch of her friends also set up profiles and had set up a bunch of the records on a most of the games and then stopped playing. I've worked away at clearing them off but cannot make headway on some of them.

I find that weighing in every day is helpful - knowing that the weight can fluctuate day-to-day. It has made me a bit more conscious of what I am eating - especially the portions. (Do I need that extra piece of pizza? Yes. Yes I do) I am also aware that I could be losing a lot more, and quicker, if I did more of the aerobic exercises instead of spending my time playing the balance games. Most days I only find enough time to do my daily Body Test.

All-in-all I believe that it was a good purchase. As long as I keep up with it, I should be able to keep from packing back on too many of the pounds, and work away at bringing it down closer to the 250-260 range by the end of the year.

Wii Fit

While at Value Village, looking for games, I have occasionally seen Wii Fit Balance Boards but I could never convince myself to risk it for the $20 that they were asking. The last time I was there however they had a pair of them for $9.99 each so I figured that I would give it a try. I bought them both.

At home, with replacing the batteries, they both seemed to light up so I popped into PnP Games and bought a Wii Fit game for another $6. When I loaded it this morning, they both worked fine. I updated my profile, and it told me I weighed 301 pounds and that my BMI was obese for height. It also promptly updated my Mii to a more bloated version of myself.

I did a few of the balance exercises to start, but now I can work away at it.