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!!

Your Shape...

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I absolutely love working out with my Nintendo Wii, and with the current lineup of games that are out already and slated to come out, working out at home, on my own time is not only easy, but it’s fun as well.

On November 24th one of the newest editions to the Wii fitness craze will be available, and this is one I’m defiantly excited about! Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy is one of the first video games of it’s kind, it sets itself apart from the current games out there by using a camera peripheral which will allow you to project your own likeness to the game and play without the use of controllers. This works by scanning the body of the player, this helps tremendously when doing fitness games by allowing you to know if you have improper positioning. The camera and game will be able to correct your position which will in turn help you tone and slim ‘problem’ areas faster.

The game also features 480+ exercises as well as allows customization of your workout with the option to incorporate home fitness equipment such as free weights, exercise balls, resistance bands, etc. into your workout routine.

This is one game that’s on my holiday list! You can check out the game a bit more by viewing the hands-on video featuring Your Shape blogger Laurel House and celebrity trainer Kathy Kaehler who demoed the game last week during National Women’s Health & Fitness Day.