So, today is Day 30 of my challenge with Nancy and our friend Amy, as well as Day 30 of my first go around of the EA Sports 30 Day Challenge. All in all, a good month!
For the personal stats, I’m down 5.5 pounds. Not too shabby. Probably enough to win our three-person challenge. And, you know, better down than up. But I can’t lie, I wish it was more. I wish it would be easier, or at least faster. I know that slow and steady is the way to go and all of that, but 5 measly pounds seems like such a drop in the bucket when I’ve got soo much more to go. But, alas, it’s a start. My approach this month was to count my Weight Watchers points as best as I could, and complete the 30-Day Challenge on the EA Sports Active game for the Wii.
The EA Sports 30-Day Challenge was definitely worth doing. I managed 19 of the intended 20 workouts (I’ll do #20 tomorrow, on day 31), and they really are workouts. Real squats, real effort, real sweat. And I have to say that I noticed a difference from the first day to the last. Now that the 30 days is up, the workouts feel easier and I’d definitely be ready to move up to the medium level (I did this month on “easy”). Jump lunges still suck in a major way, but most of the other exercises feel easier than they did a month ago.
Nothing’s perfect, and there were times that the game seemed to not quite pick up on what I was doing. It took a while for me to figure out the right way to do the fast kick-ups and have them recognized in-game, and as Nancy pointed out, it means that you look like Phoebe Bouffet going for a run. Sometimes the tempo is a little weird. But overall, I love that the workouts are programmed so you don’t have to choose individual exercises, and the interface is pretty darn nice. I’m a little done with it for the moment, but I could definitely see going back to it after trying something else for a little while.
So, anyways, month 1 is up, but the Biggest Loser challenge on Loser Moms is still going strong. The competition and desire to win actual money help keep up the motivation, I cannot lie. Going to try to be good over the weekend while we spend time with M’s family for Rosh Hashanah, and I think that I’m going to start taking my licks from Jillian when I get back. I hear it’s rough, so think strong thoughts for me.
oh MAN! I just realized that I need to whip my butt into major gear if I have any chance at all of overtaking your lead for the Loser Moms challenge.
I have a day of rest tomorrow (technically day 30) and then one “final” day as well…strange.
Not sure what’s next for me. I’m afraid if I stop doing the EA Sports, I might not come back to it (kind of like the Wii Fit that’s sitting there staring at me…) So I might start in with the next level on 30 day challenge.
The biggest problem that I have right now is that while my “shape” is definitely changing and I’m gaining muscle (or at least, uncovering it), I’m not losing weight. Not necessarily a bad thing – unless you’re trying to win a Biggest Loser challenge!!
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I’m right there with you sister! Keep it up! Keep it up! Keep it up! I don’t know what it is, I guess that it’s been almost TWO YEARS since my little guys have been born, but I’m done with excuses. WE CAN DO THIS!!!
Jillian would strike the fear of God into me so that’s pretty good motivation right there.
Well done!!!
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Ha Ha! Just this evening at The Little Gym, Katie was running and I said to another mom she looked just like Phoebe Bouffet when she ran!
Congrats on the EA Challenge! Making yourself do it is the HARDEST part. I would love to join you when you start on Jillian. I worked up to her level two in the Spring, but never got past that point. Jillian is good. You might cough up a lung, but it’s only 20 minutes, and I am pretty sure you can’t die doing it.
5.5 lbs is awesome! Keep up the good work!
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Way to go Liz! I am in desperate need of some weight-loss and exercise motivation.
Way to go! Little by little is the way to go–anything else would just be a fad diet and you’d be destined to gain it back. We just started at Life Time Fitness since our youngest is now old enough for the child care (included with membership!) and are loving it. I like the classes, got one month free of team workouts with a trainer and a nutritionist, and we go once or twice a week as a whole family so my husband and I can work out together (like a date night!) and then we take the kids to the pool. I strongly recommend it to anyone with kids and a Life Time Fitness nearby! (And no, I’m not getting any royalties or anything like that; I’m just ecstatic that there’s a gym with child care!)
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5.5lbs is SO GOOD!
I think you’ll love Jillian! I thought Level 1 was pretty hard but when I got to Level 2, I thought it was ridiculous and that she was CRAZY! 
Keep concentrating on the “done in 20 minutes” thing! 