Checking In

Hey, I just wanted to stop by to first apologize and clear something up. First I'm really sorry about the 90-day work out. I'm a creature of habit and if that habit breaks after three workouts then it doesn't set in. So I rested on day 4 and now I'm apologizing many, many days after. I'm really sorry. Part of me thought that if I actually blogged about it every day it would be easier to continue. I mean there is a reason why I haven't really worked out before (That is I'm somewhat lazy) and I can't expect to change on a dime.

2nd I wasn't lying when i wrote my June article. It was actually written during the time that I was working out and blogging about it. I just want to clear that up. Maybe I can restart in July (It's really a 30-day work out anyway) although we'll see. I'm also working on getting time to add more to this blog like video's about the toys. Would you be interested in that? Leave me some feedback/encouragement in the comments and I'm more likely to continue

Day Uh.... what number was I on?

So resting isn't a very good option for me. Since I rest one day and then keep resting several days afterward. I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to go. Now some nights have been very busy for me so I haven't had time. Other nights I just haven't done it. I'm sorry I haven't stay diligent. Please forgive me and I will try to get back on the right foot.

Day 3 & 4

Here is the deal with the rest days. It's suggested that you rest after two days of working out but you can choose to workout instead. So last night I decided to work out. I worked out for 27 minutes and I did all the workouts. I can't say how many calories I burned because I had some troubles with the game mechanics. Apparently you have to hold the Wiimote and the nunchuk in certain ways or it doesn't register that you're doing it right. And there is also the chord from the Wiimote and nunchuk that only stretches so far, so when you jump and your suppose to extend fully, you can pull the nunchuk out of the leg strap. So I tried last night and I'm resting today.

Also why did I say 90-days?

Day 2 (posted on Day 3)

Last night after working out I went straight to bed. It was a good workout and of course my stats from last night are at home, while I am writing this from the office. I do remember that I worked out for 29 minutes and I didn't skip any of the exercises (I think 20 in all.)

Most of the workouts I did were lunges. One of those were backwards lunges. You lunged your foot backwards then bring your knee up and then set it down. Now the first time I did these I thought I was supposed to leave my knee in the air until it told me to put it down and so me and the trainer would get out of sync, which was frustrating but the next time it came around, I did much better.

The hardest part about working out with a television is that you can't always look at the TV. I know I'm constantly looking down to see what to do which probably causes me not to do it correctly. Plus when I get to running, I like to run in a circle so it feels like I'm actually running instead of running in place so I constantly have to look back at the screen to see if I'm at the rest point. Love those rest points.

Well in this 30 day program every 3rd day is a day of rest (I think) so I'm not going to do a full workout tonight. I do want to continue doing something, so I am going to look into doing other things besides EA Active. But I am going to use tonight to toy around with some other sections of the game and I'll let you know about them tomorrow night after Day 4's workout routine.

Day 1

Is it bad that I skipped the first day of my 90 day workout thing? Unfortunately, I missed the first day because I was out of town and was unable to fit it in but I did start today.

I had a real hard time setting it up, but not because of the game. First my Wii's clock was wrong and I had to reset the clock, then my balance board's batteries were dead so I had to start over to uncheck the fact that I had one. Because I don't have my balance board at the moment, I can't tell you might weight or my WiiFit age so that will start when I get batteries.

Today's workout stats:

Calories burned- 125.3

Workout time- 00:19:38

Exercises complete- 15/16

I skipped one exercise because I had to keep my knees bent while doing it and the first time I did it my left knee was hurting so the 2nd time it came around I skipped it. Better be safe than to injure myself.

More about the game and another workout tomorrow.