my weight is still going up

Let me just say that I did not sleep well last night and I am very tired. I am sure that over time these numbers will start to look better than they are right now. Remember muscle weights more than fat so as we add muscle our weight may increase, but muscle mass also burns more calories than fat. I am reminding myself of these facts so I don't get discouraged.

BMI = 25.23
Weight = 166.4
Wii Fit age = 38

My day is going by faster than I would like, well I did have a breakfast date with my husband so that did put my exercise schedule a little behind for the day. I have to go get the little man from preschool soon so I did not get my run in yet, I am hoping he will run with me after I pick him up. I did get in 2 Zen classes and 1 new cardio class, with all the training time to learn all the new moves it was like doing 2 sessions.

Run accomplished and then some. I actually started my run and was a good 5 minutes plus into it when I had to tend to the little man's needs so I restarted my 30 minute run and I have a new record for my 30 minute run even after running for 5 minutes shortly before starting my 30 minutes. I am so happy. I got a good work out in 5 days in a row and I outdid my current record on my run 4 of the 5 days. Hopefully if I keep up with my exercises I will start to see a difference in the number on the scale or at least a difference in the way my clothes look and fit on me.

Status quo

Today's Wii Fit checking had the same BMI and weight as yesterday and my Wii Fit age went down to 35.  I did 2 zen classes and 2 cardio classes (1 new one) on the Kinect and I did my same 30 minute run with the Wii Fit. I didn't set a new record for my run today, but I did come in second to yesterdays new record and didn't miss it by too much (less than 0.1 miles).

Now I'm "overweight"

Today's check in on the Wii Fit yielded me the delight of being classified as "overweight." With a BMI of 25.09 and a weight of 165.6 and a Wii Fit Age of 36. Let me just say that I know how not very accurate this thing is, especially on carpet, it seems to fluctuate a lot more when you use it on carpet but it still helps me keep track to some degree of my progress. I always start off the year saying I simply don't want to gain any weight by the end of the year, as most people gain weight every year I figure that this is a great goal that puts me ahead of the average person anyhow and it is a totally attainable goal that won't stress me out. That being said the last several years, the ones where that was my goal, I actually lost more weight than previously.

So I did the same workout with the Kinect today as yesterday, I showed improvement on some of the moves. I did my same 30 minute run today as well with the Wii Fit and set my 3rd new record this week with my run.

My weight skyrocketed over night

Todays check in on the Wii Fit yielded a BMI of 24.96 and a weight of 164.7 and a Wii Fit Age of 44. Obviously I did not gain 13.2 pounds over night so as you can see these things are not perfect but are merely tools intended to encourage us along our fitness and/or weight loss goals. Of course I find it best not to focus on a magic number (weight) that I want to get to, instead I prefer to focus on how I look and feel as well as how my clothes fit. Half the reason for me getting in better and better shape is to keep up with my 3 year old, oh to have his energy. 


I did a double session on my Kinect Your Shape (2 zen classes and 2 cardio sessions), then I did a 30 minute run on my Wii Fit. I actually find the 30 minute free run to be quite motivating for me, I get to run with several of my family members who have Miis on my Wii and I just enjoy seeing all of them.

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 18 &19

Thursday: I got in a pretty god workout with the Kinect and Your Shape (163 calories burned). I played a few of the gym games, did 2 Zen sessions, 2 cardio sessions (including learning the new moves first) and a session of toning. I also did a fair bit of yard work, I finished weeding the front yard (inside the fence), reseeded the grass areas in the front and backyard again (we have a storm coming this weekend so it seemed like a good time to reseed before we get rain) and then I also transplanted 3 of the 4 plants needing to be transplanted.

Friday: Today we are taking the little man to California Adventure to see the World of Color.

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 10

Wednesday of my second week and I am still sick, well getting better but still sick.

I did stop and pick up some more grass seed to lay out on the front and back yards as we are trying to fill in some dead patches as well as grow all new grass in some areas that were free of grass (this is round 2 of seeding these areas). We are hoping to have the grass looking relatively grown in before Thanksgiving. We did wait till our rainy season started to seed the yard not only because of the extra moisture but also due to the cooler temperatures. Our yard was torn up at the end of spring so there wasn't really an appropriate time to seed the yard till fall, of course we could have laid sod but we decided not to in the end due to the cost and amounts of watering required for it to get itself established.

In addition to reseeding the yard I also found some time to play with my Kinect and the Your Shape game. I am so addicted to this thing, it is so much fun. I really like the gym games cause I can try to outscore myself and the games are only 1 - 2 minutes long each. They are perfect for me while I am trying to get over being sick.

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).