Time to work it out....

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Good morning!!! I’ve been up since about 6am, yet just got out of bed. My oldest is staying home from school today complaining of a tummy ache (ugh), so it looks like I’m going to have my hands full today with both the girls at home. My youngest is pretty happy about her sister staying home, poor kiddo misses her playmate when she’s at school.

Myself. I’m starting with my daily fitness today!!! I’m going to try to post each day what I’m doing to keep myself accountable as well. Here’s one thing about me. I love to workout, if I’m at the gym. At home, not so much, workout videos bore me, and I get tired of doing the same thing over and over and over again. So what I found out was giving myself a bit of variety and different things work best.

Until we can actually afford a gym membership (which hopefully will be sooner than later), I’ve got to work with what I have. A normal day consists of me walking my daughter to and from school which combined is about a 20 minute walk, but with walking with a 3 year old it’s a slow, slow walk.

You’ll find my routines vary from using my Wii Fit, Wii console for games like EA Sport Active (I have both bundles now yay!), Your Shape and Just Dance. I’ll also be doing the Leslie Sansone Walk At Home videos as well as my beloved Kettleworx workouts. Once the weather gets better I hope to get outdoors more, but that seems like a long ways away right now with the cold and snow we have....I hate the cold!!!

Today I’m going to start out with something fun and simple since I have a ton of things to do around the house today; I’m going to start out with the Just Dance game for the Wii.

”Ubisoft's self-explanatory title Just Dance lets up to four music-loving gamers shake their bodies to the beat of more than 30 licensed dance songs. Players use their Wii Remote to mimic real dance moves as they swing their arms and move their legs to hits spanning multiple decades, including: "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper, " Groove Is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite, and " Hot N Cold (Rock Version)" by Katy Perry. ~ All Game Guide”

Sounds like it’s going to be more fun than a workout, this is the first time I’m trying the game so we’ll see just how much ‘moving’ it will get me doing. I hope to do at least a ½ hour workout with it, maybe more but no less. We’ll see how it goes! Maybe I'll get into the best shape I've ever been this year.... Maybe even good enough to wear a bathing suit and vacation at one of the lovely st lucia hotels. Now that one.... That's a stretch of the imagination! Lol!!

Day 2 and still working up a sweat...

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I was so sore from my workout yesterday. I woke up with a sore butt, and extremely sore thighs/hamstrings. I never get that way from my usual workout videos. I love the sore feeling the next day, that’s when you know you did a great workout that actually did something. Although all I did this morning was whine and complain about how sore I was.

I wasn’t completely sure I was actually going to do a workout today with my EAS Active. I could barely walk up the stairs my legs were so sore. I couldn’t miss a day though, I’m doing the 30 day challenge and I can’t wimp out on day 2.

I started up the Wii and away I went. Doing the workout I was surprised at how my body reacted. I could no longer feel the muscle pain that I was in beforehand; my body went right along with the workouts. The sweat poured down my face, I pushed myself no matter how tired or weak my legs felt and I got my workout done.

I again exceeded the calorie burn that EAS Active gave me as a goal and burned another 176 calories during my workout. I can’t boast enough about this new ‘game’. It’s definitely kicking my butt and is a REAL workout. I’m so glad I decided to purchase it.

My workout today was filled with cardio, as well as both upper body and lower body workouts. I got to play tennis, which was fun, I was hoping to see more boxing today but I guess we’ll do that again another day. I’m not a runner, I hate running, but with the EAS Active I’m actually starting to enjoy it. I love the intervals that it gives you instead of just a straight run.

So I sit here dripping sweat, I need to go shower but I wanted to make sure I posted my Day 2 workout before I forgot.

**UPDATE**
Ok after not hurting while I was working out, I have to say, going up and down the stairs is so not fun right now, legs are still sore...LOVE IT!!!

Day 1 of my 30 day challenge.

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Well, I did it. Hubby went out yesterday and finally purchased the EA Sports Active for Wii.

This morning I got up, and was ready for a great workout. Normally at least 5 days a week I’ve been doing either a 2 mile or 5K walk at home with my Walk At Home videos. Don’t get me wrong, I love them, I hope to continue to do them, but I need variation. I tend to get super bored with the same workouts and right now, I haven’t noticed any significant weight loss so it’s time for a change.

Day 1 of my 30 day challenge was a workout and a half. I ended up burning over 170 calories within my first day at the medium workout and I am feeling my muscles that have worked like they never have before, or at least not in a long time. I’m sore, and that’s GREAT! The workout gave me a great sweat and it was fun at the same time.

I did have a few issues with the controls and them recognizing but that was quickly resolved by tweaking the way I was holding the controls a few times. I can’t wait to get to day 2 and finishing the 30 day challenge. Hopefully I’ll see some sort of results here on in. I’ll be updating each day on my blog about my workout for the day and any progress I’ve noticed as well.

If you haven’t purchased EA Sports Active yet and are considering it, I say go for it! In my opinion it’s MUCH better than the Wii Fit (which you can include the balance board in your EA Sports Active workouts as well) and gives you that actual workout most of us were looking for when we initially purchased the Wii Fit.

Get off your butt and get to a healthier you, join me in my 30 day challenge!