Summertime.

While I'm not a fan of the super hot, humid weather we get in my little corner of the world, summer has always been a time that weight loss comes into full focus. I'm not sure it its becuase the sun washes away by S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder -- my favorite abbreivation for a psycholocial disorder, by the way) or that seeing skinny girls in tank tops and short shorts brings out the jealousy in me.

What every it is, a walk on a sunny evening really serves to improve my spirits and all that sunshine makes it easy to be outside. In the past, summer has been one of my greatest weight loss periods. I rememeber one summer I rollerbladed four miles a day. My mom says I had never looked better.

Now that Mom is home, we'll be embarking on this journey together -- motivating each other and being workout buddies. They'll be salads and shopping trips, exercise and talk therapy. Hopefully this summer we'll be able to see each other reshape our figures and get healthier.

To help us on this road, I got the Wii fitness game -- EA Sports Active. It's an innovative game that includes a resistance band and a leg strap so the game can include weight training. You can use it with one person or two and with or without the balance board. I've played a couple of times and am finding somethings I really like (boxing that includes kicks) and somethings I don't (darn those squats!), so I think it will be a great addition to my exercise routine.