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Day 20

May 2009

Linda

It has been 20 days since I started using Wii Fit.

Of those 20 days, I have:

taken a body test 19 days
exercised 16 days
logged 11 hours and 43 minutes of exercise time
reached the Wii Fit age of 24 twice (my lowest)
reached the Wii Fit age of 47 once (my highest)
gained 2 pounds the first week
reached my goal of losing two pounds in two weeks (which was a loss of four because of the gain)
lost weight in a slow but steady pace

My favorite activities (according to what I do the most) are:

Advanced Step (35)
Soccer Heading (19)
Basic Step (17)
Boxing (16)
Balance Bubble (15)
Ski Slalom (13)
Hula Hoop (11)
Table Tilt (9)
Torso Twists (8)
Palm Tree (8)

My favorite activities (according to what I like):

Advanced Step
Boxing

I created my Mii avatar using the website http://www.myavatareditor.com/

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Losing it Again

May 2009

Linda

I’ve lost this weight. It was just a year ago that I was SO CLOSE to my temporary goal of being under 200 pounds.

I never made it, but I came OH SO CLOSE (207). But it is a year later, and I am once again too far over 200. I don’t know how it happened, but I am again in the 230 pound range.

If I had to tell the truth, I would say it was because I was eating too much, not exercising enough, and not paying attention to my weight.

Once I lost that weight last year, I thought I’d never see anything about 220 again, but I did.

But I am determined to lose it again, and I hope this time, it really will be the last time.

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New Goal: Ability to do the Shoulder Stand

May 2009

Linda

When I was a kid, I could never do a head stand unless I was leaning up against a wall. I also never learned to do the splits completely despite being a cheerleader.

This was OK with me. I accepted my limitations, and I never went swimming without doing a headstand in the water. OK, it was cheating, but I loved that I could do something that I tried so hard to do.

One of my favorite moves as a kid was the bicycle. This involved stretching out on my back, sticking my feet up in the air so most of my weight was supported by my shoulders. I would place my hands in the small of my back and with my feet up in the air, I would start to pedal an imaginary bicycle.

I loved this move. I have no idea why. I just liked the way it made me contort my body.

Yesterday, I learned that my body does not contort as easily as it used to. I was working out and trying some yoga moves. One of the options offered by my Wii Fit was the shoulder stand.

When I saw the option, I remembered my favorite bicycle moves from when I was a child, and I figured the shoulder stand would be a breeze.

It wasn’t. I was not able to get my feet up in the air. In fact, I broke out in a sweat just from being flat with my legs at a 90 degree angle to the rest of my body. Of course, I was holding this position for 60 seconds, but still…. it was pitiful.

There are some exercise moves that make me think “Yes, I am so GOOD.” But right now the shoulder stand makes me realize exactly how far away I am from my goals.

I might not be able to do it today, but I know that there is a shoulder stand in my future. Baby steps.

In the meantime, if you want to find out if you can do the shoulder stand, you can find an explanation of how to do this move at this link http://www.yoga-made-ez.com/Yoga_Shoulder_Stand.html

(This site is also where I found the image of the shoulder stand that I use in this post.)

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15 Reasons I Love You (even when you drive me crazy!)

May 2009

Linda

15. You aren’t afraid to laugh loud and hard. The sound of your laugh can make me feel good, and it also makes it very easy for me to find you.

14. Your cheerleading tendencies — I know you would hate being called a cheerleader (I’m sure you are rolling your eyes as you read this), but you do a BEAUTIFUL job of cheering on your friends and team mates. You never fail to tell someone when they are doing a good job, and you work very hard to get other people motivated and fired up. I like hearing your chatter when you play sports.

13. When you are grumpy and tired and your siblings won’t leave you alone, you find me and curl up next to me and call me Mommy.

12. Your independence — you know what you want and you know what you need to do (although this one does sometimes get you in trouble when you’ve been told you can’t do it).

11. When I am cooking dinner and a sibling or your dad distracts me, you take over stirring the food without being asked. This is usually done without either one of us realizing it, but you have saved more than one dinner from being burned and for that, I suspect, the rest of the family loves you too.

10. Your ability as a writer — you write amazing stories that I love to read.You are a very talented fiction writer.

9. Your voice when you sing (if not all of your musical selections)

8. Your attempts to manipulate me even when you know they won’t work.

7. Your ability to admit when you are wrong even if your agreement is only to me and only lasts for the length of the trip in the car.

6. Your curly hair even though you prefer it straightened. I love the way you look with your head full of curls.

5. The redness of your cheeks and the blue of your eyes.

4. When you finish reading a really good book and your first words to me are “Mom, you HAVE to read this” and then you tell me why.

3. Watching you play softball — you are good, and I love the way your eyes sparkle when you catch a fly ball. (I enjoy watching you play any sport, but your love for softball shines through.)

2. Listening to you talk about your day — you are always so animated and excited.

1. That there are signs that my 15 years of nagging are starting to pay off. For instance, this morning when you went into the mudroom and noticed your siblings were not following the system that you created, and you wondered out loud how long it would take before they figured it out. Based on your own learning curve, I estimate 13 years of nagging. Luckily, I started nagging them long before you did, so you won’t have to wait the full 13 years.

Happy Birthday, Autumn!

P.S. Where is my Klondike bar?