The Your Shape Challenge is now in it’s final week. I would like to conclude with a final wrap up about my thoughts, feelings, and idea’s about the fitness program by Ubisoft. Also I would like to share my final results.

The 12 week challenge I just participated in was the longest running challenge with my blog I have participated in. I must say, it has been a fun, invigorating, frustrating, exciting, disappointing, stressful, energetic, blissful ride. And even though the official challenge is over, I do intend to keep with doing the Your Shape program, along with other fitness programs, and also continuing to go to the gym, and walking outside too.

I didn’t reach my goal of losing all the weight I wanted (there was no way in 12 weeks this could occur anyways without a miracle) but I feel like the Your Shape program has given me a jump start of a beginning!

I also intend to fully maintain eating healthier too, not just me but my whole family. We have started these little steps already and have accomplished so much in these 12 weeks, I am not going to fall back and lose that.

I have been sick the past few weeks, so I have gotten off track and have actually gained a few pounds back, but, I am not going to let this deter me from getting back on the bandwagon.

The support of the Your Shape Team Leader (@StacieinAtlanta) has been phenomenol, as well as Brooke’s (@austinbrooke). I have also met (over the phone and twitter) @YourShapeGame who is fitness trainer -Laurel House. She has given great advice and tips on how to keep on track. Lastly, but never leastly  is my crew of wonderful ladies who all participated in the challenge along with me. They are phenomenol and we have all had our ups and downs and shared pains, happiness, excitement, and defeats, and triumphs with eachother. They are an amazing bunch. I would like to recognize them all now:

• Toni from A Daily Dose of Toni. @totally_toni
• Kim from Crafty Mama of 4. @craftymamaof4
• Amy From Selfish Mom. @SelfishMom
• Lori from A Cowboy’s Wife. @ACowboysWife
• Claire from The Mom Claire. @TheMomClaire
• Elizabeth from Busy Mom. @BusyMom
• Kelli from The Centsible Life. @CentsibleLife
• Stephanie from Mommy Musings. @MommyMusings
• Jodi from Multitasking Mommy. @JodiGrundig

and a big thanks also to you; my readers who gave me some great tips, recipes, and support along the way as well.

The Your Shape fitness program for Wii, is a great tool to use when you cannot get outside, goto a gym, or if you like to be able to work out in your own home. The work outs it selects for you are geared to your specific likings. They are hard, this is a REAL work out. Some may think, oh this is for Wii and it is a game, well, I kid you not, it is for real, you will feel the burn, the pain, and the sweat. You will see results if you keep up with it, and change eating habits and make bit by bit changes towards a healthy lifestyle.

While I think the Your Shape can have a few changes to the camera, to make it pick up better, some great idea’s I have read are to create arm and leg bands that can pick up movements better on the camera. The camera part of the Your Shape is very innovative and neat. It motivated me to want to lose weight cause I looked so awful on the screen, especially next to Jenny McCarthy, who is sensational looking! I also enjoyed the great updated music that the game plays to work out to.

All in all I think this has been a great challenge and I am grateful to have been a part of it. To Wrap it all up, below I have entered my results.  (Please remember everyone’s results from it will differ).

Weight – total lost = 12 pounds in 12 weeks! (not too shabby)

inches lost :

arms = 2 inches

waist = 4 inches

hips = 3 inches

calves = 2 inches

shoes = no change

neck = 3 inches

The above are all measurements I have taken.

I feel that if I wouldn’t have been asked to do this challenge I would have fell off of the Healthy living bandwagon months ago and wouldn’t have had even close to the above results. It isn’t only measurements and numbers that count either. I feel better, I feel more energetic. I get up and move more. Prior to doing this challenge I led a pretty sedimentary lifestyle. Now I am up and moving as much as I can all day long. I don’t get winded like I used to and I just feel better.

The Plus Size Mommy

*Disclosure ~ I was given a copy of the game as well as other perks for participating in the Your Shape Challenge. My opinion and review of the game was no way influenced by the perks I received.

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