WiiFit Friday update # 5

It's time for another WiiFit Friday update. But there really isn't much of a story to tell. I did 15 minutes one day this week. (are you proud of me.. I didn't say 'only'! LOL) I rocked that 15 minutes! There.. how's that???

But anyway.. life has just been a struggle lately, with unexpected interruptions and problems that don't amount to much, but can eat up a whole day.

I have been trying to watch my snacks. I've been eating more Wheat Thins and hummus. I like that and unlike Cheetos I'm not going to be overeating it.

So there ya go. Not much of an update. I almost didn't post this week. But I think if I skip doing this, it will fall by the wayside and I won't do it at all. I do want to do it. And I'm hoping to get back in the groove! : )

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WiiFit Friday update # 4

I feel like I don't have much to report. I've been doing my WiiFit some days... other days not. I have the standard excuses. Too busy. Sick family. Had company. But I know that even when all these things are going on, I could be working harder at this. But I'm not. I hate that.

But anyway..here's the rundown:

Friday - no. I had a hundred and one things going on that day.

Saturday - yes, but only 25 minutes.

Wednesday - yes. 30 minutes. Woo hoo! But the last couple of minutes were me doing Lotus Focus.. which I basically did so I could sit down. So I don't see that counting for much! I also had my legs folded on the floor. I'm not flexy enough to get them up on the board with me. Maybe when I was 12.. but not now!

Thursday - yes! I did 30 minutes in the evening. It isn't my favorite time of the day to do it, but I was glad I at least did it. Did a little bit of yoga. Not my thing, but I will continue to try it.

I devoted an entire post to eating. It hasn't been pretty. Check it out here. I don't plan on spending an enormous amount of time discussing numbers or every morsel of food I ate. Or many if any more whole posts devoted to dieting..that's not my main focus as a blogger (not that I know what my main focus really is sometimes... anyhooo...) But my point in sharing at all is that I need to get rid of my middle, where most of the extra lbs are. I am trying not to be fixated on numbers or sizes, BUT obviously those correlate with getting to where I want to be. A flatter middle so I am at less risk for disease.

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WiiFit Friday update #3

In some ways, I feel like I don't have much to share. It hasn't been the best week ever around here. I would have felt bad telling my sick daughter that she couldn't watch tv so I could jump around and make a fool of myself exercise. And I was pretty wiped out from taking care of her, too.

Anyway..here's the rundown:

Friday: yes 30 minutes

Saturday: Yes 30 minutes. I did lunges and boxing - both for the first time. Will take me a bit to get used to the boxing thing. I'm not exactly coordinated. The lunges made my legs pretty sore, so that's a good thing. I felt like I could have gone longer than 30 minutes, which is also a good thing, but I had to do something else.

Monday: no It was a crazy day and I never stopped long enough to do it.

Tuesday and Wednesday: sick kid. 'Nuff said.

Thursday: Yes. It was a crazy day, and I got interrupted more than once. The first time, I barely got the machine going and the phone rang. And then towards the end of my 30 minutes and during a run, the doorbell rang. Something about the plumber and water gushing outside bla bla bla. Whatever. My Mii was waiting on me to finish my run when I got back in the house. : )

About eating: I have been eating like there is no tomorrow and that drives me nuts. There are times in my life when I've been 'working out' that I haven't wanted to woof down everything that's not nailed down. Having a little trouble with that right now. Having said that, I went from normal weight to overweight between Saturday and Thursday. Bummer. But on the flip side... the scale on this thing is wonky, in my opinion.

I am still trying to work on some sort of routine. Having different things to concentrate on each day etc. Haven't sat down with it to figure out a good system yet. As I was peeling myself off the floor the other day after doing jack knifes, it congratulated me on doing so well and unlocked more reps. I 'bout threw up just thinking about that. But then it hit me (duh).. 'back in the day' when I used to work out, I didn't do 30 or 40 of something at one stretch. I did SETS. So I think I'm going to start trying to apply what I used to do in resistance training to this and do shorter reps and more sets. Might keep me from tossing my cookies when I do jack knifes! LOL

Another question... doing the tricep work.. I can't remember what those are called.. you hold just under your elbow and then bend the other arm back holding the wiimote. I get that.. but then the trainer chick says that if you get good at doing that, you can increase the weight by holding a water bottle etc.. just exactly how am I supposed to hold a wiimote AND a water bottle. Because it is actully keeping track of the ups and downs of that hand. If it weren't keeping track, I could understand the water bottle comment, but since it does.. I'm a little stumped. Any ideas? This one seems like a waste of time to me. I need weight. I might skip using the Fit for this and use my resistance bands instead. Dunno. It just feels like a lame movement with no weight. But that's just my opinion.

I'm thankful to be able to link up with others, because without it I would have quit a long time ago. And knowing I would be posting on Friday and I told people I was gonna do it has made me step on when I would rather be lazy. So I'm so thankful for this. I just need to stop eating so much and get a move on.

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WiiFit Friday update # 2

I feel like I don't have much to report this week. A bad quality about me is that I can be strong out of the gate and then kinda lose my mojo uummph not very far into things. I think that's what happened this week.

That and a snow day and a half and a regular schedule thrown out the window for a bit.

But here's my week. The good, the bad and the ugly. Mostly the bad, I'm sorry to say, this week.

Friday: I did 30 minutes.

Saturday: I did 30 minutes and I was proud of it! LOL I did not want to do it. It was cold and all I wanted to do was chill out on the couch under a blanket, but I did my time anyway and felt better afterwards.

Sunday through Wednesday: I didn't do it. I should have listened to myself on Saturday and made myself do it anyway. But I didn't. I hate that.

Thursday: I did it! Yay! I was going to be getting out with a friend yesterday but I had to wait on her to finish working out at the gym and I thought I'd feel really horrible about myself if I sat there on the couch and watched tv while I waited on her... so I got off my sitter and got after it. I was glad I did. I increased the time on hula hooping to the 6 minutes. Wow, I was ready for that time to be over! LOL I am learning how to use hula hooping correctly still. I tend to hula with my legs and while my legs need help too, I'm trying to concentrate on actually using my abs and I can tell the difference. It's kinda like one looong crunch. Well, sorta anyway. Definitely feel the tightening there if I'm working on keeping the focus there.

I'm still unlocking more things and trying to increase some times on things I already do. And like most of us I'm sure, I've found what works best for me as far as warming up and then getting started. And I'm trying to add things in that I'm not very good at or that hurt since that is a sign that I need to do it more! When I was out yesterday, we ended up at a sporting goods store and I saw some ankle and wrist weights, but I didn't buy them. I'm not ready for them yet. But it made me see how far I have go to to just be ready to add weights.

One thing about posting every week, is that it keeps me accountable. And without that, I would have stopped altogether already, I'm afraid. So thanks for the nudge, y'all! : ) Looking forward to the day when I need to buy weights. And that day will come if I stick with it!

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WiiFit Friday update #1

I decided last week after reading Donna's post about doing the WiiFit, that I was going to give Fitness Friday at Wiifit Mommies a try. I have it at home. It is free and I can do it at anytime. So this is my update on just now my week went. I'm trying to do it for 30 minutes each day. (I'm working on not being bored at the end of 30 minutes.)

Friday - yes
Saturday- yes
Sunday - no.. by design a day of rest.
Monday - yes
Tuesday - no.. I was a news junkie that day.
Wednesday - yes
Thursday - no... I felt bad for most of the morning. Cramps will do that to ya. I should have done it later in the day, but never did. Grrrr.
Friday - the day is still young!

First off.. the eating... I am trying to eat less, basically. I'm not doing a certain plan. Just trying to watch what I eat and cut out a lot of the snacking. Thank you everyone for wishing me luck on that one!

Secondly.. the WiiFit itself... wow, am I outa shape! It's kinda depressing! We got our WF right when they came out and we all did it some and then it started collecting dust. So I had weights and skill levels from way back then. First of all, I had gained 7.5 pounds. Very sad. And there were things I could do 'back then' that I can't do now.. some things I can do poorly and other things, not at all. It's depressing to me that 'back in the day' I used to do crunches with a 20 lb weight sitting on my chest and now 'jack knifes' make me wanna throw up. But it just shows I am out of shape. It is a needed nudge to get going. I have opened up quite a few thing just by doing it this week. And have started adding reps to some of the things I do sorta well. So that's encouraging. I enjoy just about all the cardio work.. I like the hula hooping.. and have finally mastered going my backwards way. I seem to be much getter at going right then left. And I like the step. I am way uncoordinated, so there is no clapping for me. I am doing good to do it plain. LOL I do hope to add weights to this one though. I had an ah-ha moment and realized I could put the remote down for some of these things and free up my hands (for when weights enter the picture) Yeah.. I'm slow!

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