Progress report and a new tool I am really excited about!

Holy cow, I feel great!  Now if I can just get through the holidays, hmm!  

I haven't mentioned on this blog yet that with my new-found weight loss, I have finally gotten up the nerve to join a band.  I sing and play keyboards and wear sexy dresses.  It is so much fun.  I can't wait to lose some more weight.  Sexy dresses are easier to find in size 14 than they are in my current size 16 -- but at least they're available in 16s, as opposed to 20s, which is where I was when I started!!!

This weekend my daughter's Rainbow Girls group had a sleepover party, and the girls and I stayed up half the night playing a game called "Dance Dance Revolution."  And then we slept the rest of the night on the hard floor of the hall.  I am so proud of myself, that I was able to "dance dance" for hours in my pajamas and then sleep on the floor without calling an ambulance in the morning to get me up.  What a blast!

I am so out of the loop when it comes to video games.  When I was a kid, I played Pac-Man for hours on end, and I think it really helped my piano playing and typing/stenography skills.  But this Dance Dance Revolution thing was so much fun, I now really want a Playstation just so my daughter and I can play this particular game at home.  What a great way to improve concentration and get a workout.

When I got home the next morning from the sleepover, I found out that there are lots of grown-ups who love this game just like I do, and they're losing weight with it.  In fact, Dance Dance Revolution even has a "workout mode."  And schools are using it also to combat childhood obesity and improve concentration and self-esteem.  WOW!  All that from a video game! 

If you're interested in more about that, here's the website:
http://www.getupmove.com/

While researching this stuff, I ran across one other -- well, for lack of a better word -- "game" for Playstation to improve fitness.  This one looks really wonderful to me too.  This one is by Yourself Fitness and features "Maya," the virtual fitness trainer.  The website for this one is at:

http://yourselffitness.com/

And people on Amazon.com seem to love this application!

Anyway, since I have a lot of weight still left to lose, I'm always happy to find fresh ideas, so today I'm thrilled!  I hope these ideas are helpful to someone else out there too.  Drop me a comment if you're out there.  ;)