Things are looking up!

You two are making me feel tired just discussing all this exercise!

You know, I keep saying I'm not at all interested in the Wii Fit, but right now I am interested in being more active, and know watching this discussion has made me want one. Unfortunatly they're still rather expensive, so it will be awhile before I can get one. At the moment, since it's too cold to go outside and I can't afford to go anywhere else, I'm getting the majority of my activity by playing Dance Dance Revolution on the X Box 360. I guess that's better than nothing.

Hi Ellie - and thanks so much for that! I'm not brave enough to actually look at the weight (the BMI is scary enough!) - but I agree, the step aerobics are great, so I do those each a day (one basic and one other) - and a jog. Sometimes I do an island lap, but mostly I do the short one. I love the island lap when you get to follow the dog and he goes through the caves and down on the beach - but that's only happened once - usually I have to follow the person and the route's not as interesting! Hula hoops is HARD!!! My son has the high score on that - and for some weird reason, the panda-head throwing thing gives me a headache - it's painful when you get whumped by boots and pandas (and I can't help thinking about Sconi's panda spanking and wondering whether that's where he got it from) - hahaha! Slalom, penguin and marbles are great - I waste too much time on those trying to beat my son's high scores. The thing I'm having a LOT of trouble with is the rowing squat jobbie in the muscle section. I must have really terrible posture, as I can't get it in the blue area at ALL! My son can - so it's me, not the machine. Is it in the blue area when you do it? When my husband goes back to school at the end of the month and things are back to a 'normal' routine, I'm going to work much harder and will definitely do some muscle and yoga (which I haven't tried yet). It's lovely, though - and definitely motivates me to exercise. Thanks so much for the handy hints ... now I'll have to be 'sensible' so I can report back to you with good progress! xxx

I think my daughter is too but I am biased cos I am her mum. LOL Like the new word of the week. Huggles. Ellie :D

Ellie, your daughter sounds like an absolute love! And Guybrush, is buggerise in the dictionary? Cool new word of the day :-)

Hi Ellie ... sorry for butting in on your response, but I'd LOVE to know your WiiFit regime! I also received one for Christmas, but I'm afraid I waste a lot of time buggerising around with the balance games rather than doing 'sensible' stuff! As you can imagine, it keeps telling me I'm putting weight ON rather than the other way around! I guess a change in dietary habits would help, too ...

It´s always lovely when people go out fot heir way to help you. I think this guy in the bar could see larger bar tabs looming, and he was probably right. It´s cost me a fortune in bags of crisps to keep my kids quiet so far!

My brain doesn´t seem to function fully much of the time, so you´re in good company LoL I´m rather hoping it means I´ll be online a bit more, but after I posted my discussion he took the router out so Iºm back in the net cafe in town this evening!

Aw, that's a shame. I hope he'll let ya on a bit more often so you don't have to wait until you go to town to get online.

That´s really cool. I wish someone would fix mine!

That´s a really good thing to do. I believe that what you do comes back to you, so I hope someone does that trucker a good turn when he needs it.

I´ll be watching your discussions with interest in that case!

What a sweetheart! That really is a superb thing to do for a neighbour.

I dont think there´s enough people out my way to put too much pressure on his internet, but he does get the benefit of all the extra drinks we buy in his bar whilst we´re using it, so he does benefit from it too.