January 15, 2010

BMI: 25.12
Weight: 175.5
Minutes: 23
Calories: 68

I've done 7 days straight! Woohoo! Now the Wii will let me do waist measurements and # of steps walked. I think I'll do a Body Test instead.

BODY TEST
Center of Balance - 54.6L: 45.4R

Agility Test
This is the one where you hit boxes with your balance dot. I did better - 15 (prev 13), but my little dot was all over the place and hard to control. I got to the level with moving target boxes before running out of time.

Dual Balance Test
This was one of the hard ones I couldn't figure out. The one where you hold the remote in both hands. My coworker Martha told me to hold it sideways. The test is adjusting my balance left:right while matching the horizontal angle of the remote to the visual on the screen. Kinda tricky. I thought I did much better than my previous flop, but it scored me the same. This one has 5 levels and I think I'm supposed to make it through all of them. I look forward to trying it again.

Wii Age: 40!

Soccer Heading
113 - 119 - 106 - 136 - 135
I can definitely feel that I need to become more controlled and agile in shifting my core. I kept feeling it in my feet because I was driving with my legs. Hard. Some day I'll get it.

Ski Slalom
40.88(+7 for error) - 41.33 - 41.55 - 42.26 - 40.93
Focus! I got a little antsy about going faster and missed a set of flags. Tsk tsk. The goal must be to get through the flags smoothly and under control. The last four sets are arranged such that a person could do a really smooth tight zip right through them and I'm still carooming around.

Table Tilt
[Table(-remaining balls] 5(-1) - 7(-1) - 5(-1) - **8** - 8(-2)
On the fourth rep, I made it through all 8 levels! Yippee! It gave me 80 points plus 4 for having 4 seconds remaining. And I scored professional, and it unlocked the Advanced level. Gee thanks. I think I'll stay at the Beginner level for now. (laugh)

I'm pretty happy with this morning's workout. In fact, I'm finding I'm pretty happy with every morning's workout! I am looking forward to mastering all of these games and learning so much more about my body. What will I be feeling and thinking after one month of this? Will I remember how hard it was to do even the small things? What about six months from now?

I'm already noticing that it is easier for me to go up stairs. I'm not breathing as hard afterwards. I know part of that is because I'm not carrying around an extra 35 pounds. When I think of that in terms of an object, like a big bag of dog food, I am amazed. I can't imaging lugging that around all the time. Huh. In productive terms, that'd be equivalent to lugging a backpack... I'm blown away with just the concept of not lugging around the fat. Now I'm blown away again by the concept of being strong enough to hoist a backpack and hike mountains with little effort.

(thoughtful)
Amy