I am going to do something I have never done as a Wii Mom.  I’m going to ask for help.

Ever since my blog post about my 60 pound weight loss, I have seemingly become an inspiration of sorts.  People from all over the world email, comment and tweet me telling me I have inspired them to start their own fitness journey and a few even credit me with the success they’ve had.  It is both awesome and terrifying at times.

Never in my life would I have thought that I had the potential to be a role model, let alone a FITNESS role model.  I’ve been up and down with my weight for over a decade and for a few years just stayed a size 12, which I was unhappy with but content enough to be.

Then the Wii Fit happened.  I found something I loved and it really worked for me.  Then blogging happened.  I didn’t even realize the reach I could have. THEN I combined the two and my whole world changed.

As one of the four founders of the Wii Mommies, I feel that it is my duty to stay positive and healthy for all of our readers.  I try to talk people out of cravings, inspire physical activity and motivate everyone to help others to do the same.

This week, I need you.

Memorial day weekend tossed my “diet” out the door.  Then down the street.  Then it buried it very deep into a hole.

I must say, I enjoyed every second I indulged in my favorite meals.  Grilled cheese, french toast, ice cream.  YUM.  I didn’t necessarily overeat (much), but I ate.  I had dessert.  I skipped a workout.

Today on the Wii Mommies Blog Talk Radio show, Sarah and Jenn are going to talk about perseverance.  I’ve already talked about choices.  We all face the same challenges and how we progress depends on the choices we make.

I haven’t weighed myself and  my clothes fit fine.  However, I started to feel down on myself and guilty for my weekend indulgences and confided in a member of the Wii Mommies Forum.

THANK YOU,  TRICIA!

You gave me a beautiful wake up call.  You reminded me that not only am I human, but I need to practice what I preach.  IT’S OKAY TO INDULGE.  Just acknowledge it and work through it.  Don’t let your setbacks weigh you down (pun INTENDED).  Savor that indulgence and make the choice to take a different route the next time the situation presents itself.

You see, I NEED the #wiimoms tweets to maintain my motivation.  I depend on these Fitness Friday posts to inspire weight loss.  I read every single post written in that forum, whether I comment on it or not.

So as you can see, even us Wii Mommies need inspiration and I personally want each and every one of you to know that YOU are our role models.  YOU make the choice to support this cause and each other and in turn are supporting us.  We are on this journey together and we appreciate and acknowledge each and every listener, reader, tweet and post you all make to keep us all on track.

So please keep doing what you’re doing.  I really need to lose 10 more pounds. 

I just wrote a big ass post about social media, then I realized I don’t have enough social media knowledge to warrant a blog post, so I’m writing this instead.

The jist of it was me asking how you use the two to draw readers to your blog.  I don’t want to say ‘traffic’, because when I think of traffic I think of clutter and congestion.  I mean readers.  I don’t want thousands of people coming to my  websites to simply give me numbers, I want to make friends and share all this shit rattling around in my head with you.

I’m not sure what I recently got on my hands but immediately rubbing my eyes was a bad idea. (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)

Mr. Linky, you’re killing me.

I’m getting to where I actually PLAN my Random Tuesday Thoughts, created by the beautiful and brilliant Keely from  The Un Mom.

I am completely against animal cruelty but have an overwhelming urge to kick my dog in the ass if he doesn’t stop barking at the invisible squirrel in my back yard.

I want to show you the picture of satisfaction.  We drove 40 minutes to the closest Friendly’s Restaurant, the greatest place on earth (followed by Denny’s-I’m not hard to please).  I was shocked to see that they’re both on Twitter, which is hilarious and awesome at the same time.  Finding Denny’s on Twitter got me a $5 off coupon for Sunday’s French Slam craving and finding Friendly’s simply gave me a massive and immediate need for Grilled Chee, so we went there Monday.  I know people are freaking out everywhere about companies sponsoring Mom Bloggers but I think BOTH of these restaurants need to fight for me and give me some free shit.  I promote them constantly anyway, may as well get a Fribble and a Grand Slam out of the deal.  I’m just sayin’.

Tell me that doesn’t look like one satisfied baby.  Josh, with his awesome 90′s Bon Jovi hair, was clean when we arrived yesterday.  He was also about 5 pounds lighter.  That’s the satisfied grin of a one year old who just housed some chicken tenders, fries and a happy ending.  I’m talking Sundae, not that special massage you get in China Town.   Sickos.

Following that tasty treat, we decide to get the kids to burn some calories at the Mall play area.  I’m not sure why I insist on going.  There is always some douchey kid out to get one of my children.  The other day, a little girl was insistent on trying to get her bare feet to step on that chunky face you see above, while another kid kept yelling for him to “Step off”.  Josh is just learning to step, period.  Who tells a one year old to step off?  That little d-bag, that’s who.

I can not for the life of me find where that smell is coming from.  I think it’s the smell of having 2 sons.

So there they are, Jake and Josh.  Cute as can be.  I took that picture shortly after arriving at the play area yesterday.  We actually turned Josh’s shirt inside out, thinking it’d be classier than leaving the Friendly’s dominated stained side showing, because we put the ASS in class.  (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)

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Check this out, all you have to do is visit www.GiftHero.com and all of your gift buying is at your fingertips.  You can sort by gender, age or price and Gift Hero will help you select the perfect gift for a child aged 3-7.  Gift Hero designed an eco-friendly gift bag to eliminate the need to wrap your gift and find a suitable shopping bag to bring your gift to the party.  They also offer the ability to donate to a children’s charity like the Urban Horizon Head Start Program in the South Bronx, NY to help fund enrichment programs such as school trips. (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)