Tweightloss

Jenny and I have both become pretty obsessed with Twitter in the last couple weeks. It’s fun – it’s like IM’ing with 50 (or 100 or 1000 if you’re really cool) of your closest friends all at the same time. If you want to “follow” us, my screenname is @momminitup and Jenny’s is @jennyitup.

A week or so ago, I was checking out the Mom Generations blogs and read about Tweightloss. You can read the details here but basically Audrey and Jane came up with the idea of using Twitter as a way to form a weightloss community and competition… it’s kind of like Weight Watchers and the Biggest Loser and blogging all rolled into one.

Which means it is right up my alley! The Tweightloss Challenge divides us into teams and we “tweat” back and forth, offering tips and motivations and “You’re doing great!” comments. And there’s nothing like a little competition to get me going! Our yet-to-be-named team is going to ROCK!!

As I’ve mentioned before, I am doing Weight Watchers on my own (without going to meetings) and while I’ve been fairly successful (except for, um, the month of July during which I lost my Palm Pilot, and since I couldn’t use it to keep track of my points, I just, uh, didn’t keep track of them. But now I have a new one so we’re in business), I definitely could use some extra motivation and accountability.

The baby weight is gone, but I still have some work to do. The Challenge is 12 weeks long, and since I’m still nursing and want need to take it slow and not mess up my milk supply, I’ve set a goal to lose 15 pounds. I actually can’t believe I’m blogging about this… that takes the accountability thing to a whole new level.

YIKES!

So a huge thanks to Audrey and Jane for coming up with this awesome idea. I am very excited! If you’d like to join in the fun, get over to Twitter!!