Fitness Friday Post - 3

Here's my third week posting my Wii Fit experience and I'm proud to say that I exercised EVERY DAY. Now granted I didn't make my 30 min goal over the weekend, but I did make it every week day and I'm pretty happy about it.

I'll admit, I'm impatient! I want results and I want them NOW, but as I tell the families I teach Baby Sign Language to, "don't give up, you will see results, just keep trying." I AM still motivated to keep going and while neither my waistline nor the scale shows improvements, I get 1st Place, New Record one something every day, my balance on the body test was perfect twice this week and my Wii Fit age is in the 20s often, so that's something.


My routine is holding up so far, a row of Yoga with the corresponding Strength Training, some Aerobics, then finally the fun balance games. Then I top it off with my Body Test. I'm still having fun, and my little guys keep watching me, cheering me on, which I love!


I'm trying to work my way up to the challenge on the 6 minute Super Hula Hoop but the 3 minute is still kicking my butt. Hopefully I'll post more about that next week!

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Fitness Friday Post - 2

Here's my second week of being accountable for my fitness. Knowing that I'm going to be posting this does make me want to do better! Thanks Wii Fit Mommies!

• Friday I worked out for 30 min as soon as I posted last week! I felt good!

• Saturday we had battery issues and it kept getting disconnected :( My husband finally fixed it, but I had already taken a shower, so...oh well, it marked that I had 5 minutes!

• Sunday I did my body test and worked out for 5 minutes, but I was working on family history with my mom and felt that was more important. When I did my body test it said I had gained 15 lbs since Friday. AS IF! Whatever!

This week I've kinda gotten into a routine. Start with one aerobics, then do a full line of yoga and some of the strength training that go with it, then move on to some more aerobics for most of the time, and finish with a column of balance games. Then I do my Body Test. I find I do better on my body test at the end.

• Monday I worked out for over 30 min. I tried the Super Hula Hoop 10 minutes...that wore me out! But I was pleased to have my Age be 24! Too bad my weight was only down 1 lb.

• Tuesday I again got my 30 min and did the basic run, island lap, for the first time. I was exhausted by the end and was glad it gave me 9 minutes credit for that. In general I wasn't really feeling it as I did my yoga and strength training. Again it said I lost less than a pound.
  

• Wednesday, I didn't do as good. I can make lots of excuses about taking the kids to the library and having a church activity I was in charge of, but they are just excuses. I did do my body test though, so that's something...right? Two pounds gone today. I don't trust the scale though!
  

• Thursday my mom was over, my husband came home from work early and I taught a baby sign language class. Seems like the same excuses from the day before! My body test today said I had gained 3 lbs. Grrrr.

• Friday again, I know I'm about to post but I did just work out for over 30 minutes and felt really good about it! I've got kids home sick today, but not too sick thank goodness. We all just worked out then took a nice long shower together! Again my scale was wacky. I took it and it said I had lost the 3 lbs from yesterday, but then one of my kids was playing with my remote, so I had to re-do the test and 2 minutes later it said I had lost 5 lbs. Whatever!
  

I'll keep at it and post again next week...I promise!

Fitness Friday Post

Well, I haven't been as valiant this past week on the Wii Fit as I tried to be, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. And I won on the Wii Fit Mommies Forum yesterday! Yippee!

I worked out for over half an hour on Friday, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. Sunday and Tuesday I only did my body test and nothing else and Thursday I didn't even turn it on (although I did play bowling on Wii Sports with my little boys.) Both Friday and Saturday I did a full row of Yoga and then the Strength training exercises they told me to do to complete the workouts. I'd also do some aerobics and MAN WAS I SORE Saturday night and Sunday. Monday and Wednesday I did more Aerobics and Balance Games and just a little Yoga.

I'm really loving doing this, and I feel pretty motivated, both by myself and by my 2 kids and husband who are also all doing it. I don't trust the scale on it though, it'll tell me I've gained 10 lbs one day and that I've lost 10 lbs the next day. Ignoring those few random outliers, I think it says I've lost about 5 lbs since I started right after Christmas. I haven't noticed it on my body yet, but I really hope that happens soon.

I'm also really hoping to get pregnant again soon (we've been trying for well over a year) and feel confident that this will be a good way to exercise when I'm preggo, although it may throw my balance off some. Pray for me that I get blessed with another child soon!

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