January 12, 2010

BMI: 25.19
Weight: 175.9
Minutes: 20
Calories: 55

Body Test:
53.6L:46.4R
Had to do the basic balance test with my eyes closed! I could definitely feel it more in my heels, so I knew I was back further, but I didn't realize I was also more to the left.

Stillness Test:
42% (prev 59%). Yikes. The Wii told me to work on not depending on visual cues. Sounds like good advice, but I'm kinda hoping I get a little stronger first before trying stuff with my eyes closed again.

Judgement Test:
I got 20/20 on this one. You move to hit numbers less than 4, otherwise stay still and re-centered. Kinda hard.

Because of the higher score on the second test, I got a low Wii Age: 32

I'm definitely feeling it in my knees today.

Soccer Heading (2.0 METs):
I had a harder time with this one today. Felt like more of a struggle to have consistent control over my movement. Plus, my eyes got dry. I guess that's because I'm still waking up. I scored ok. 84-142, but I bombed on the last one - 52. It'll come.

Ski Jump (2.0 METs):
163 - 246, with one snowball. Definitely not doing so hot today. It's one thing to understand what to do, another thing to have the strength and body control to get it done!

Balance Bubble (1.5 METs):
986-552-947-545-1021 (2nd highest score). On the first run, I was careful, but ran out of time. Second one, got nervous about the bee and was going too fast. Third one, I just focused on my feet and not popping. Fourth one, the bee got me! Fifth one, I felt I did really well.

I'm still scoring Unbalanced and I haven't made it to the end yet, but I like this one and I'm keen to keep trying. I realize I need to be aware of my feet on this one - to feel the balls of my feet, my toes, and even the side of the bottom of my foot. I find myself sometimes using my legs to 'drive' or shift my balance over to the other side. That's not right. I need to use my torso to shift my balance.

It's so interesting becoming more and more aware of my body and how it all works!

I needed 2 more exercise minutes so I went back to the Bubble and scored a 1016 which is pretty good for me!

I am also thinking I need to keep a good center of balance after accepting to start a game. Seems like it might being doing a little test?

Try to get yourself 20 minutes of Mii time a day!
Amy :)