the sporty look doesn't work for me

Today was day two of my Sports Active 'thing'. And no, this blog isn't going to turn into a play by play of every little thing about this.

But I do have some observations.

My legs are in terrible shape. And since doing day two a couple of hours ago, it's getting harder and harder to move around the house. Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!

And another thing.. ahem.. I wouldn't mind the running parts so much, if I were an A instead of a C, if you get my drift. I noticed while doing some of the movements yesterday, that at times 'the girls' seemed to have their own ideas, and at my age, that's not too comfortable.

So I went out in search of a sports bra some sporty under things. It did not go very well. And I hope places like Walmart and Target (yes, I wanted to try the cheap places first) don't have hidden cameras to watch folks change, to make sure they're not gonna put on ten things and try to walk out of the store, or something.

Because if they did, whoever watched me yesterday got an eye full. I hope I certainly hope it's a she isn't scarred for life by what she saw. Because here's the deal, there should be one rule for sports bras SB's... they should buckle in the back. The two I tried on did not. I repeat... did NOT buckle in the back. So I had to put it on over my head. That part wasn't so bad. Not great and certainly not a pretty sight, but not bad.

Taking it off. Well, that's another story. I got it up and 'over' part of the way. But then I ran into problems. It's like the thing shrank. It seemed a little small and I struggled and wondered if I was going to be able to get the thing over my head. Let me just say.. not a pretty picture!!! I had images of myself either wearing it out around my neck and casually telling the lady at check out that I'd just like to wear it out and leaning over to scan the tag for her... or calling in the jaws of life from fitting room three to come and cut me out of it!

But finally.. and I do mean finally, I was able to free myself from the crazy thing. And in case you're wondering... no, I did not buy either one of them!

I told my husband about my little adventure and I think he wishes he could have been there to see it. So he could laugh. But he did offer up an alternative. Why don't you just use an Ace Bandage?

The funny thing is... I had the same thought while driving out of the Walmart parking lot.

getting active

I'm not an overly active kinda girl. In the past, I went through a period of getting in shape. Really in shape. I was very lean and very strong... for a girl, that is.

And then life happened. Or something like that. Actually Bub got sick. And everything else in life came to a screeching halt. I did a little bit for myself during that time, but not much. There were times when he was sick that I could go for walks. So my legs stayed toned part of the time. And I also used to run the stairs to the fourth floor to his hospital room, rather than take the elevator. (I still can't believe I used to do that!)

I can't even hustle up one flight of stairs now!

I did Wii Fit for a while. I liked it. But there were things about it that bothered me. For one, I almost never got my heart rate up enough to be of any cardio benefit. And secondly, it was heavy on balance... and one of my legs is stronger than the other, and I was having a hard time overcoming that. And then there's the boredom factor... and the 'this thing takes forever to move from one movement to the other' factor. And the lack of resistance!

Enter the EA Sports Active for Wii! It came out yesterday and I was one of those crazy people standing outside Best Buy waiting for it to open. I only got the setup part done yesterday.... telling it my age and weight and making my little person and all that.

Today I got to start it! There are endless options for creating your own workout...including resistance! I was pretty impressed! And no unlocking (like the Wii Fit)! But there was also the option for a 30 day challenge thing. Everything is programmed in for 30 days of workouts and I got to pick the intensity from easy to medium to hard.

I picked easy. And I'm glad I did. Dern. Kicked my hiney.

And I actually got winded and sweaty! Both of which are good things if you're trying to workout. Also... I could do this in the privacy of my own home and didn't have to subject myself to young, fit bods at some workout place. And that kept me from feeling like a doofus doing weird things I don't normally do, too! Hello.. squats!

Well, today is/was the first day. 29 more to go in this little challenge! Hopefully I can stick with it. I have a terrible habit of coming out of the gate strong, and then getting really sloppy with this sort of commitment.

So, I'm hoping I can stay active and challenged for the 30 days and have a little something to show for it!