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 Starting weight:  285.2
 Weight Last Entry:  240.0    Weight Today:  237.6
Change today::  +-2.4 lbs.         Loss-so-far:   -47.6 lbs.    
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Yesterday I weighed in at 239.4 and then today at 237.6, so over the past two days I’ve managed to drop 2.4 lbs.  Yep, water.  Most likely some of it was from swelling.  But back on the 9th, I was 234.6, so I’m still carrying around 3 extra lbs. that shouldn’t be there.  Eh, they’ll come off soon, probably after TOM arrives.

Thanks for all the support and encouragement!  This place is so cool.  =D

It was grabthebull that asked the question yesterday.  THE question.  The one that occurred to me as I wrote what I wrote on Saturday.  The very same one that I was asking myself.

“So… when will it be time to pull that DDR back out???”

After all, it was fun.  I liked it.  I enjoyed doing it.  And I lost weight - consistently!  That’s what I want!  CONSISTENCY!  I want to see the numbers on the scale drop most of the time instead of every once in a while. 

Okay, so I was scared.  I was afraid I’d mess up my knee again.  It was no fun doing the game without the jumps because I got crappy scores and what fun is it if you do your absolute best and still get a D?  So while my knee healed I stayed away from the game.

Then - Christmas came and my son got X-Box 360 for Christmas.  It was my understanding that if we got him the one with the hard drive, we’d be able to play regular X-Box games on it.  Well that worked for some games but not for DDR.  So since the XB360 was hooked up to the back of the TV, it was a pain to switch it out for the regular XB - so I stayed away from the game.

A couple weeks ago, I suggested to my hubby that we could buy one of those multi-game-hookup-thingies to plug both video games (and the DVD player) into.  So we bought one and brought it home, but we didn’t buy an extra cord for it so my son couldn’t hook it up.  So I stayed away from the game.

Then about a week ago, my hubby searched through his stuff (he’s a packrat, saves everything) and found a cord that would work to hook up the multi-game-hookup-thing.  Son plugged it in and showed me how to turn on the X-Box and switch the TV over to the game. 

Still, I stayed away from the game.

Scared of injuring my knees, I was testing them out on other things - the jumprope, the running/jogging - and even though my knees felt okay and the outlook was good, I was still scared. 

Eileen.  You wuss! 

Step up your game.  Add another layer of effort.  Get off yer damn butt and get moving, woman!

So tonight I put in an hour of DDR.  The last time I used it was October 18 - nearly 4 months ago!  I thought I’d be rusty but I really did well, even set a couple new records.  Woohoo!!  I wore my heart monitor and yeeehaaaw no wonder I lost weight doing this!  It’s an awesome workout!

So far, my knees … they feel fine.  =D

PS In case any of y’all missed it the first time around, here’s the link to the video I posted back in September:  You Tube DDR  I’ve lost some weight since then, maybe that’s why I did better?

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