Mom's been dying to get me interested in fitness and working out since I got home from college. The other day, I thought it would be fun to try The Biggest Loser workout for Wii instead of going with Mom to the gym. The game has been sitting down in the basement with the rest of the games for a couple of years and no one's dared to touch it. We were probably either afraid it would work too well or that it wouldn't work at all. But I can report that it works; oh yes, does it ever. I wasn't brave enough to create a profile on it yet, so I just freeplayed some of the exercises for about 45 minutes.
It seemed legit enough. I mean, Bob was leading me through squats, punches, yoga, stretches, and jumping jacks that really got me working hard. I am not totally out of shape (although my shape is pretty curvy), but I was still out of breath and shaky by the end of it. And on that note, I left it alone for a few days.
So last night, I decided to go all-out and get on The Biggest Loser workout program for Wii. I made a personalized profile with all my information, from height to waist and chest size--kind of embarrassing to have my mom measure me for the thing! I worked out for 30 minutes doing all sorts of intense stuff, but the worst was the standing mountain climbers. It makes you go through the motions of rock climbing, only WAY faster. Oh wow. The only time I've ever been more out of breath and in pain was the first week of soccer practice the only season I ever played sports in high school. But after it was all over, I decided this is exactly the kind of workout program I want to continue to do. So I'm going ahead with it.
Today is technically Day 2 of my program. I worked out this morning for 30 minutes again, and it had a lot of the same stuff I had done last night, with a few minor changes. The hip stretches were a little different, and the dreaded mountain climbers had only gotten harder, not easier. Next time, I will conquer them!! They also have challenges like the show, and they can be really fun. I actually won this one! I had to push a cannon up a hill and then crank it to fire it. (It was much better than the one I tried the other day with the freeplay, where you had to jog up a hill and a giant fan was blowing you back. I lost that one big time.)
It also has a handy little calorie-log for me to keep track of what I eat. I'm not liking this tracker as much as some of the other logs I've seen, because it pretty much only logs in 10s and 100s, so you can't get very exact. I don't know how well I'm going to keep up with that, since I'm not too good at totaling things up and remembering to put it all onto the game. But at least they have it. There's also exercise tips, recipes, and diet ideas. It's a great way to start out getting fit, especially if your rear end is parked on the couch while you perpetually play video games and eat chips.
Here's to a summer of getting in shape!
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