Wednesday, April 22, 2009

wfmw tracking weight loss

Sometimes, I amaze myself. I often jump before looking. I volunteered (Who does that?!) to run a 5k. . .and I am NOT in shape! I've been training using the couch to 5k program you can find on cool runnings. My weight, however, had not budged.

Now, I am loving this new website a friend of mine introduced me to. It's called sparkpeople.com, and it lets you input your cardio/strength training info and nutrition info OR let it customize a strength training and meal plan (complete with weekly shopping list) for you. How cool is that? You set up your own page (check out mine HERE) where you can motivate and be motivated by others! I'm afraid to say that I am addicted to it. . . and it's starting to work. I've lost about 7 pounds. More than that, however, I've gotten great encouragement from people who have been through/are going through what I am. The site also gives you points for your hard work, which makes you feel like you're really doing something--even when the scale doesn't!! It works for me. To see what works for others, check out We are THAT Family.

4 comments:

Rachel@just another day in paradise said...

oops. the link won't take you to my page, but try the site and see what you think.

Kirstin said...

Hi, thanks for stopping by today! I should check into spark people!

Dory said...

Oh cool! I need to check this out!

Joy Tilton said...

Rachel, Thanks for stopping by grannymountain. I don't know a Mary Ford. We live outside Rogers on Beaver Lake so it's kind of country with just a few neighbors. Come again soon!
joy at grannymountain