biggest lower challenge kickoff

i've joined a biggest loser challenge with a handful of my friends and a handful of their friends and a handful of their friends and so on. in all there will be about 30 people involved, and we each are kicking $20 into the pot. at the end of the 14 weeks, the participant who has lost the highest percentage of their beginning weight wins all the money. quick math: 30x20=$600. that's a decent chunk of change.

i got my wii fit set up last night. i'm going to let it keep track of my weight and bmi from week to week. plus i really like that it estimates calories burned. plus i can enter info on exercises i do outside of the wii and it estimates those calories, too. it's a little disheartening that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat. but that's okay. i can do this. even if i don't win - the changes will be fabulous.

so here's to 14 weeks of focusing on eating right and making time for exercise. i'll keep you updated on how it goes. :)