Wii Will…Rock You

I took another step towards my goal of being in really good shape when Hunny gets home for R&R. I took my youngest daughter to the gym, and quickly realized…it sucked. There was very little nautilus equipment, it was very small and quite crowded. To add to this it was poorly ventilated (ewww) and the lighting was way too low. Working out should be somewhat relaxing, and I just can’t relax in an environment like that. We have other gyms, no I haven’t checked them out. Instead, I bought a Wii.

The girls got together and decided they wanted it for Christmas anyhow. So they got it early. With it, I purchased a Wii Fit Plus for my youngest to use to do her daily workout, the activities are fun, and give her the exercise she isn’t getting in her "We only do PE one quarter" school.  For myself I chose AE Active: More Workouts. I started it up yesterday.

In EA active you can set up a goal, a time frame, and it gives you a daily workout. I’m doing the 30 day challenge at the moment. I underestimated it completely. I did the full cycle on medium intensity yesterday. Thirty minutes, of various exercises, targeting every area. Including warm up and cool down. I was dripping sweat at the end, and I was beat. But I did it. And I didn’t wake up sore today. At least I didn’t think so. Til I did today’s scheduled workout. This time on LOW intensity, I learned my lesson yesterday. It was after that I remembered, as my thighs started shrieking at me, that my muscles NEVER hurt until a full 24 hours after working out. Ow. Ow. Ow.

But, I will keep going. I have a schedule of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday set up. I just can’t believe a video game system can deliver a real workout. I’m impressed.

nd since my girls both like video games, I am really glad I have chosen a system that encourages moving, and most of the games they get will be chosen based on that idea.

But before I go any further, I’m going to suck it up, and post my before picture of my squishy spots. Don’t let anyone hand you the "Oh you’re skinny, you don’t have problem areas/need to work out" bullcrap. I’m 5′5 and 123 pounds. And I sure as heck have problem areas. Mostly in my midsection, that’s the biggest part of my goal, is to tone that up. But also, everything else could use some too.

So, Week 1 of Operation Get My Ass in Shape:

The before pic.  Love handles on the right, in the circled area, undefined abs in the other circle. Ignore the weird posture, it’s hard taking your own picture, so I’m leaning backwards a bit…lol