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Yes Alice, I definitely think the "fun factor" is key. I think that you can do some of the simpler yoga poses at the moment, if you wanted to start trying it. They will help build strength and flexibility without a bunch of gymnastics. There are beginner videos that have specially modified poses for people with limitations, so that people with all levels of fitness can do them.

My husband and I have the wii and wii fit. I know that I don't use it as often as I should. I don't have a job yet but hope to get a job lined up for me before Thanksgiving. I just have to wait for them to call. In any case, It's really a fun game and I think it's aimed for teenagers and young adults, but that it still has elements that make it interesting and fun for older adults as well. I was looking at a website yesterday, I don't think I have it on my tabs anymore, but it was a compiled list of websites that offered video's, tutorials, support, and even showed some of the bigwigs of video gaming companies taking part in a challenge to lose weight. It was quite interesting. I know I need to lose weight, Here's a link to a chart that shows the height to weight ratio for men and women. It shows low, target and high weights for a given height. http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/height_weight.shtml As I was saying, I know that I need to lose weight not just because of what the height to weight ratio says for me (I'm about 5'11 so used those measurements) but yesterday I went with my husband to wal*mart, and we were walking to gamestop but parked in the middle of the wal*mart parking lot. I was starting to get out of breath, and almost asked my husband to stop and let us rest because my heart was beating a little fast. On the runs for the wii fit, I can only get so far before I have to stop. Yesterday I was hula hooping but had to stop for a few minutes, I'd done 117 twirls, then 112 or something along that line, but I couldn't do the third go around because I had to take a break, and I didn't go back to it. So I know I need to lose weight, I don't look too terribly overweight, but in the chin I do, and ladies, you know how that looks, and how it makes you feel too!

Oh yes, I was glad when the baby weight finally came off my face. I had complications during my last pregnancy, so I was swollen up like a balloon just about everywhere. I especially hated to see my face and chin like that, and I was happy when that was one of the first areas that lost weight. I am finally starting to lose it in the other "problem areas", too, so that feels even better. I love playing video games, and I like lifting weights and doing some types of workouts, but I have not been motivated lately. If I could start doing the Wii Fit again, it would feel more like playing video games and less like a workout, so I think that I would lose the last ten to twenty pounds that I really want to take off before I even start to think about wearing my belly ring again, and I am really looking forward to getting a new belly ring as a reward.