New year and hopefully an even more fit version of myself

We have just over 6 weeks till our rescheduled cruise, when we booked our cruise we booked it on the Splendor for January 16th. Well, the ship caught fire and we were lucky enough that it was supposed to be ready in time for our sailing. Of course when I finally got around to ordering new swimsuits for our vacation the very next morning we got an email that our cruise date had been canceled as it was taking longer than expected to get parts so the ship could receive all the necessary repairs. We rebooked and well we are once again booked for the first sailing after the repairs are finished, so February 20the here we come.

With the cruise coming and the holidays behind us it seemed like a great time to start working out a little more frequently. I checked in on my Wii Fit this morning which was being rather nice to me. It said my BMI is 22.95 and my weight is 151.5. It wasn't as nice with my Wii Fit Age by telling me it is 38. Anyhow, after I checked in on my Wii Fit I switched over to my Kinect Your Shape and did a little bit of a workout, then I attempted to put in my Kinect Sports but that wasn't being cooperative (we have a bad disc and need to swap it out) so I pulled the Wii Fit back out and did a 30 minute run on there.

Fitness Challenge - Day 16 & 17

Tuesday, what a day for me. I hung 2 pictures did some weeding in both the front and backyards and even laid out a bag of mulch. I also played Kinectimals with my little man. I also did some grocery shopping and had a nice breakfast with a wonderful friend. As for the after effects of my productive day, I am exhausted. After dropping the men off this morning I came home and laid down in the bed and pulled out my computer. I am going to try to rest a little. I always forget how much the time change screws me up and I have just been trying to do too much stuff after being sick, spraining my ankle and having the time change on me. It's time for a much needed day off.

That didn't work out all that well, I did go out and do some weeding again. What can I say I have a hard time sitting still and taking it easy.

Fitness Challenge - Day 11 through 15

Day 3 of my antibiotics. I am feeling much better, but I still have this horrible cough that made it nearly impossible to sleep last night. That being said I did sweep up a little of the debris in the driveway this morning (we have been having some serious winds) and put the fallen pine needles and leaves where I had finished weeding earlier this week (will help prevent new weeds from growing in that area). I also got in a short workout with my Kinect and Your Shape and then played a little bit with the Kinect Adventures.

Friday I got in a short workout with my Kinect before I sprained my ankle.  Saturday I took it easy, one of the most difficult things for me to do. Sunday we took the little man to Travel Town to see the trains and then we did some yard work (we cut back the basil and sorrel plants and uprooted them and hubby also cut down one of the tomato plants and the eggplant). Let me just tell you that sorrel and African Blue basil will both take over your planting area, learn from my mistake where they nearly strangled all my other herbs (since planted in May) and keep these 2 in pots.

Monday, day 15
Due to my sprained ankle, which is actually healing quite nicely I felt it best to skip my usual personal training session and just stick with some of the gym games which require less movement on my bottom half (at least allowing me to not move my ankle too much). Hopefully I can return to my personal training and Zen workouts soon.
Virtual smash = 1032 (new high score)
Loop a hoop = 288 (new high score)
Stack em up =  414
Calories burned today = 110
Total calories burned = 605 (since I began playing Your Shape)

Part of my goal for this month was to blog everyday about my progress so as far as that goal has gone I have failed this last several days, but I chose to let it go as part of my needing to take it easy. I may bot quite be reaching my complete goals for this month, but I think the progress is definitely beginning to show already. Everything is a little less jiggly already, something I have definitely wanted to work on so that come our family cruise in January I can be more confident and comfortable in my swim suit.

Fitness Challenge - Day 9

Today we are all going to the doctor, finally. It has been over 2 weeks for me, slightly shorter for my son and hubby has been sick since Friday night/Saturday morning. We finally decided that this is not going to go away on its own anytime soon.

Anyhow, I am trying my hardest to really rest up today so I am actually hoping not to give in to the temptation of my Xbox 360 and Kinect. I really don't know how well I will do with this goal as the temptation is far greater for me to play with my new toy than it would be for me to eat cake or ice cream or something along those lines.

The doctor gave me an antibiotic and some codeine cough syrup and took a nasal swab (checking for pertussis "whooping cough"). My husband gets to share my cough syrup and my son gets to continue as he has been. That being said if my nasal swab comes back positive then we all need to start treatment. Can we say that means I need to take it easy for a few days. Frustrating cause I just want to play with my Kinect.

Fitness Challenge - Day 8

My second week of my personal fitness challenge began this morning. I am starting to feel better, hopefully this time it sticks. I did a little yard work today, mostly weeding. I also did some cleaning in the kitchen, including the floors. While the little man was napping I spent a little time with my new toy, the Kinect and my game Your Shape Fitness Evolved. Let me just say that game gives you a pretty good workout, I did an easy workout since I am still getting over this bug, I can certainly feel it in my legs and elsewhere.

I did have to move my Kinect to be closer to eye level as it was having a few minor issues with the detection while doing lunges and things of that nature, it wasn't quite picking up me up as I was doing them and the game suggested moving the Kinect to be closer to eye level. Hopefully moving the Kinect will do the trick and hopefully I will have some time to recalibrate the Kinect tonight after the little man goes to bed.

Kinect is once again calibrated. I played a few of the games in Your Shape, but I didn't retake my fitness test or retry the workout I did earlier today (I actually had a section give me 0% earlier today making me wonder if moving the Kinect sensor closer to eye height would help the situation as the game recommends the sensor being placed at eye level).

Fitness Challenge - Day 4

I really did take a day off today. I didn't do any yard work or any major house cleaning. Two nights of having an early morning visitor when I am still getting over being sick myself just proved to be too much for me. That being said my Xbox 360 and Kinect showed up so I am sure there will be some playing with that tonight, I guess that will still be some physical activity. I think it's actually becoming hard to not fit some kind of physical activity into my day without even trying too hard. I guess the bigger challenge for me is getting a good workout in, but I suppose I should be happy that I get a good amount of activity into my days regardless.

So as it is now bedtime I got some time in on the new Xbox and Kinect. Let me just say I broke a pretty good sweat considering I was trying my best to take it easy, still getting over this virus or whatever it is.