February 20, 2010

BMI: 23.96
Weight: 167.3
COB: 52.9/47.1
Age: 44
Minutes: 15 // 31
Calories: 51 // 91

Stillness
49% (prev. 63%) Wobbly! Mostly up-down instead of left-right

Dual Balance
Got to Level 5, but not through

Obstacle Course
429

Bird's Eye Bull's Eye
126
No bull's eye on the boat, but close!

Hula Hoop
191R - 273L
Dizzy!  Try doing Left first next time.

Penguin Shuffle
89 - 90

EVENING
60 minute 3 mile walk

Rhythm Kung Fu
P =20*5
O=10*26
M=0*4
Total=360

P =20*7

O=10*25

M=0*3

Total=390

Two stars on both. This will take practice.

Segway

219 - 202

Both three stars

Lotus Focus

32 - 88 - 180

(whew) Now if only I can figure out what to do so I don't always suck on the first couple attempts!

February 19, 2010

BMI: 23.96
Weight: 167.3
COB: 54.0/46.0
Age: 26
Minutes: 16 // 30
Calories: 49 // 97

Single Leg
Left = 67% (prev. 53)

Judgment
20/20

Hula Hoop
187R - 289L

Table Tilt - Advanced
6(-2) - 6(-3) - made it past Level 6 onto 7

EVENING
Walk after work - 36 minutes 2.19 miles

Obstacle Course
373
Dang!  I got further on Level 4 but got bumped towards the end. Guess it's better to stay put sometimes instead of trying to rush through.

Hula Hoop
248R - 257L
Woo! Got dizzy on the first one!

Yoga - Sun Salutation
I was flipping around looking at what the different games were about and got sucked into a demo for the Sun Salutation. It turned into a "Try it" without letting me out! LOL. Nice. I got 91 points for a good COB of all things = Yoga Master. Ha!  I can't even touch my toes!

Snowball Fight
22 - 26

FUN STUFF!

February 18, 2010

BMI: 23.89
Weight: 166.9!
COB: 49.8/50.2
Age: 29
Minutes: 21
Calories: 50

Basic Balance
Wow! I made it through Level 5! Finally! 29.57

Prediction
49.57 (prev. 43.29)
I made it further through the course!

Bubble Balance
Popped twice - gave up.

Tight Rope
Got bit twice. Kept going and got two Champions - 54.58 - 48.71

Obstacle Course
346 - 188 - 311
Ouch.  My Mii will take extra steps sometimes when I haven't moved my feet that many times.

Lotus Focus
28 - 70 - 118 - 180
Good success to start the day!

EVENING
60 minute walk - must have been at least 3 miles, because I took the longer loop.

Wound up talking to too many people tonight and figured that at least I did 20 Wii minutes plus the hour walk.

February 17, 2010

BMI: 23.73
Weight: 165.8
COB: 52.4/47.6
Age: 26
Minutes: 24 // 38
Calories: 48 // 101

Agility
Made it through Level 16!  That's the first set of moving boxes! Woo!

Memory
25/25

Soccer Heading
492!
I missed only 3 balls and didn't get hit!

Penguin Slide
88 - 73 - 85 - 82 - 69
Argh! Some day I will get all of those red fish!

Snowboard
35.56(-1)=42.66
33.30(-3)=54.30
34.90(-1)=41.90
35.73!
31.61(-1)=38.61
35.26!
Ha. I got two.

Lotus Focus
28 - 32 - 31 - 89 - 90
Argh!

EVENING
36 minute 2.2 mile walk

Hula Hoop
122R - 278L - 252R
Whoo! Feeling a little dizzy.

Obstacle Course
456 - 405 (both Level 4)
Bastard! I jumped and it didn't register.

February 16, 2010

BMI: 23.73
Weight: 165.8
COB: 55.1/44.9
Wii Age: 29
Minutes: 20 // 43
Calories: 47 // 86

Walking Test
47.2/52.8 - 75% balanced (prev. 80) - I drifted on the board while I was stomping up and down.

Peripheral Vision
16.90 (prev. 17.15)

Penguin Shuffle
98 - 100 - 90 - 72 - 94
Rah!  I scored Pro 4 out of 5!

Ski Jump
113+160=273 - 163+178=341 - 182+172=354 - 197+183=380!!! - 171+175=346
Champion 4/5!

Bubble Balance
39.78 - 36.23 - 35.73 - 38.70 - 35.90
Pro 5/5 but no Champs yet. I'm still crunching around the left side of Rock Island

EVENING
Walk after work = 35 min. 2.16 miles

Snowboard
36.16(-2)=50.16
36.86!!
36.55(-1)=43.55
35.51(-3)=56.51
32.53(-2)=46.53
32.75(-2)=46.75
Argh!  I grasp the concept - going forward is much more difficult than going back. I've got to almost crunch my knees and lean more on my right foot to slow down. Maybe I need to be visualizing a diagonal more? Instead of front-back, maybe it's front+right, then back+left?  Left feels like acceleration, so I need t be a little more cautious with that. It's easy to overshoot the blue flags and then have to really work to make it back over for the red flags.

Obstacle Course
445 points. Made it to the 4th Level. Not bad for some tragic, time-burning experimentation at the beginning (grin!)

Lotus Focus
32 - 28 - 87 - 139 - 180! - 152
Pitiful start, but good ending!  I'm still struggling with my form.

February 15, 2010

BMI: 23.83
Weight: 166.4?!
COB: 50.2L/49.8R
Wii Age: 46
Minutes: 22 // 60
Calories: 60 // 146

Basic Balance
Almost had Level 5!

Dual Balance
Same! Pretty good!

Soccer Heading
331 - 296 - 365 - 250 - 470!
Some are not bad, some are much harder. And every once in awhile, apretty easy one.

Table Tilt - Advanced
6(-2) - 8(-2) - 6(-1) - 7(-1)
Level 6 = hills with no edges! Argh!

EVENING
+ 35 minute 2.12 mile walk after work

Penguin Shuffle
81 - 84 - 52 - 81 - 77
Definitely not heels. Be more on the balls of your feet.

Snowboard
39.00(-6)=1:21.00=Yikes!
40.06(-3)=1:01.06
40.13(-3)=1:01.13
37.08(-3)=58.08
36.58(-2)=50.58
37.33(-2)=51.33
Ok - I see I need to keep hammering on this one until I get it. I'm going to back off the games that I've gotten up to Advanced or Pro/Champ level and practice up on this and the Penguin until I nail those too.

Lotus Focus
66 - 28 - 91 - 152 - 157

Hula Hoop
217R - 225L

Snowball Fight
22 - 22 - 25 - 27
I'm coming for ya Scot!

February 14, 2010

BMI: 24.02
Weight: 167.8
COB: 52.7/47.3
Wii Age: 32
Minutes: 20 // 46
Calories: 37 // 112

Stillness
63% (prev. 44%)  Geez. I tried so hard and my balance dot was still all over the place.

Peripheral Vision
17.15 (prev. 13.37)  Not as good as last time, but not terrible.

Ski Slalom
33.56 - (-2) - (-3) - 33.26 - 31.23! - 31.11! - 29.80!!
I goofed on two because I was pushing my acceleration. But I'm getting there! Broke the 30 barrier! That's Champion level. Now I gotta keep making it!

Ski Jump
130+167=297 - 179+183=362! - *+182=ouch - 181+182=363! - 178+177=355 - 175+169=344
Four champs and one snowball! Still - 4 Champions! Woo!

Balance Bubble
42.00 - 39.30 - 40.23 - 39.63 - 36.45 - 38.36
(sigh) I'm still practicing going along the left side of Rock Island. I'm not sure if that will ultimately get me down to the Champion level or not. It's going to take fast and steady control. I'm not real good at staying still, so it'll be good training for me.

EVENING/LATER
Hula Hoop
225R - 258L
Whew! That's a workout! The 258 (left) is a ***

Rhythm Kung Fu
P = 20 * 7
O= 10 * 24
M= 0  * 4
Total = 380 = **
This is hard. My coordination and timing isn't very good. Glad to practice!

Obstacle Course
388 ***
I got to Level 4 and got bumped by a ball. I had to jump to a small platform with a ball swinging over it. Hard to time that one. Can't wait to try it again!

Snowball Fight
18 - 15 - 20 - 18 - 20
20=***
Watch out Scot! Here I come! It'll take me awhile to become Champion on this, but I'm determined!

Bird's Eye Bull's Eye
182 ***
Good upper body workout!

Lotus Focus
53 - 144
Ok. I've had enough. 45 Wii minutes.

February 13, 2010

BMI: 23.99
Weight: 167.6!
COB: 52.1/47.9
Wii Age: 29
Minutes: 21 //
Calories: 57 //

Single Leg
Right - 53% (prev. 57%)
(sigh) I really struggle at this. I guess it'll improve as my leg strength and core get stronger.

Memory
25/25
Phew! Glad I got this one to balance out sucking on Single Leg!

Soccer Heading
282 - 225 - 361 - 275 - 264
Argh!  I'd really like to maintain in the 300's on this one. Keep fighting for it!

Table Tilt
108 - 126! - 126! - 127!
Three Champions in a row, so I decided to try out the Advanced level.

Table Tilt - Advanced
Made it to Table 6
Ooh! No edges! Many of the tables have no edges which is especially inconvenient when the hole is downhill and there is no edge behind it. Weee! Those Penguin Slide skills for stopping are really important to help keep the ball from shooting off the edges on this one.

EVENING
+60 minute 3.6 mile walk this afternoon!

Hula Hoop
195R - 230L = **
Whoo! Dang that's hard! I fell off the board at one point! I was shooting for a hoop and over-balanced. But I got back on real quick and didn't lose any hoops. This is hard, but really important. My abs need help really bad, and I think this will be a crucial skill to learn.

Obstacle Course
206 *
I got hammered by a ball once. Then I fell once. I almost made it through Level 2.
250 **
Got to Level 3 - and got nailed by one of the logs that goes sideways.
367 ***
I jumped for real on the board. Wii doesn't like that. But I was at the very end of Level 3 and really needed to jump over one of those stupid logs. I got a little carried away. Literally. So Wii reset the game to the beginning and I had to do it over. I made it to Level 4 and halfway through!  Sweating!

This is all too much fun! I love it!
Amy :D

February 12, 2010

BMI: 24.11
Weight: 168.4
COB: 50/50!
Wii Age: 32
Minutes: 21 // 35
Calories: 36 // 82

Agility
15 (prev 15)
I think I need a warm-up before this one! I really struggle controlling the dot for some reason.

Prediction
43.29 (prev. 47.97)
Not bad!

Ski Slalom
34.68 - 31.78! - 33.13 - 31.53! - 31.33!
Closing in on 30!

Ski Jump
123+186=309 - 182+178=360!! - 163+162=325 - 144+184=328 - 170+156=326
Really good! All over 300! Plus the 360 was a Champion level.

Balance Bubble
Pop! - 42.28 - 38.75 - Pop! - 39.86
Trying the left side of Rock Island again. My toes hurt today so I'm not accelerating on this one as well.

Lotus Focus
73 - 91 - 142
Keep trying!

EVENING
+ 40 minute walk after work!

Hula Hoop
173 - 175
Argh!  I tried swiveling one in each direction. I think that'll be my routine for awhile.

Rhythm Kung Fu
P = 20 * 5
O= 10 * 19
M= 0 * 11
Total = 290 **
Nice. Wound up with a pot over my head because I sucked. (laugh)

Snowball Fight
13 - 16 - 19 - 16
All are **.  Scot recommended. Good for improving aim. Of course Scot is extremely good at it. My method is to duck behind my shield constantly and move side to side. The opponents aim at the side you last threw from. Fun stuff!  Watch out Scot, I'm gonna getcha!

February 11, 2010

WARNING!  Do not store the Wii balance board upright! (i.e., against a wall)

BMI: 24.18
Weight: 168.9
COB: 46.9/53.1 (?!)
Wii Age: 22
Minutes: 20 // 32
Calories: 59 // 106

Walking
52L/48R - 80% balance (prev. 61)

Judgement
19/20 (prev. 20) oops - missed one

Soccer Heading
262 - 480!! - 305 - 378 - 317
I have a real problem with being 'thrown off balance'. I'll get on a roll and then when I miss, it takes me awhile to get back into the groove.  If I miss too much, it gets even harder. Guess it's the psychology of winning. Perhaps I should try seeing each ball as an individual achievement and try to focus on nailing each one.

Table Tilt
100 - 124! - 113 - 98 - 111
The secret to Table 5 is to get all 3 balls together and use them to push each other to the hole.

I've been struggling with negative thoughts about work all week. Being able to go a whole rep without a negative thought would be nice. Being about to go a whole set of 5 would be a real achievement.

EVENING
Hula Hoop
208 - 111
Geez - that's work!

Rhythm Parade
P - 5 * 63
O - 1 * 24
M - 0 * 17
Total = 339 = ***
Dang! That's work too!  It really works the legs and arms. I'm really feeling it in my inner forearms. Youch.

Segway Circuit
75 (missed the red balloon at the end) - 240 (pro)
This is mostly legs but it definitely helps with my hand/leg coordination. And it's fun :)

February 10, 2010

BMI: 24.08
Weight: 168.2
COB: 54.1/45.9
Wii Age: 32
Minutes: 20 // 35
Calories: 38 // 98

Stillness
44% (prev. 55%)  Ouch.

Judgement
20/20  (Phew! One I can do to balance out sucking at Stillness!)

Ski Slalom
35.68 - 35.31 - 34.96 - 33.98! - ouch - 36.18 (-2)
Locked up on the last one. My lower back feels stiff and so does my right side. I'm pushing acceleration too. Trying to figure out the best way to lean forward - from waist? in more of a squat?

Ski Jump
148+182=330! - 172+152=324 - 158+167=325 - 186+170=356!!! - 166+168=334
ROCK!  I'm trying to 'sit' with more weight in my butt while squeezing my right toes. It's not quite a sit - having a hard time figuring out what angle my back should be in. Whatever it was worked.

Tight Rope
47.71 - 47.21 - 42.13!!! - > Three Champs in a row!

Tight Rope - Advanced
Uh oh! Three biteys on the rope! And birds!
1:01.28 - 59.01!!
Pro and Champ! Woo!  I rocked on this one today too!  The Advanced is wicked with the birds coming right in your face and leaving their feathers floating there.

Balance Bubble
36.76! - 41.60 - 37.86
After the first one, I was determined to figure out how to get Champion on this too. The only thing I haven't tried is to go left around Rock Island. It's a very narrow channel.  I popped twice but after I got through. I think I'm going to keep trying this technique and see if it is a shortcut.

EVENING
Hula Hoop
114 = 2** "Calorie Roaster" = 2 minutes
I caught one hoop, and missed one. They didn't fling many at me this time.
149 **
Caught three hoops, but missed two. Trying to move faster because I think they fling more the faster I go. I can't figure out how to bend to catch them. It isn't responding when I try to lean and hold out my hands.
176 **
Lean forward and to the side - and HOLD STILL. Whew! I can really feel this - especially on my lower back.

Rhythm Parade
Perfect = 5 pts * 67 times
Ok = 1 pt * 20
Miss = 0 pt * 18
Total = 355 = *** Calorie Torcher

Dang! This is definitely a lower body workout with all that stomping around to the beat. Lots of coordination with the timing of the hand movements with the steps. Hard.

Segway Circuit

70 points = Amateur  

Hmm... not sure if I am supposed to only hit the beach balls or if I can nail the critters too... Nope (-5)

239 points = 175 for Beach balls + 64 seconds left = *** Pro

The Wii recommended taking a break after 10-15 minutes of activity. I'm taking a break because I think the Hula Hoop broke me!

February 9, 2010

BMI: 24.11
Weight: 168.4
COB: 52.8/47.2
Wii Age: 30
Minutes: 31
Calories: 89

Walking
54.7L/45.3R - 61% balance (prev 100%?!)

Peripheral Vision
13.37 (prev. 21.49)
It's like it says - focus on the dot being in the center, then use your peripheral vision to help you select the numbered dots. One of my coworkers is rock solid in her center of balance, so she can look around a lot more. But I think it is also helpful to exercise the peripheral vision.

Soccer Heading
166 (ouch) - 409 (yah!) - 435!!! - 262 - 279
Woo! I'd like to be able to start out strong and keep the momentum.

Table Tilt
95 - 110! - 104 - 8(-1) - 5(-2)
Champion level starts at 110. I'm changing my tactic for Level 5. Instead of sacrificing balls to push one ball into a hole, I am now trying to get all three together and use them to push each other into the hole. Watched Scot try that and I think it works.

Bird's Eye Bull's Eye
186
Youch! My arms! (laugh)

Penguin
73 - 67 - 84 - 72 - 88
Not bad.

February 4-8, 2010

Travelled on business to Minneapolis/St. Paul
Stayed with my mom and bought her a Wii with the Fit Plus package!

Tried to practice every day, but didn't make it quite. Too busy.

On Sunday, I had some good high school friends over with their children and we all learned a lot! Everyone has their game that they are good at and the one that they are not. We all had fun cheering each other on and watching each other. This really opened my eyes to trying out more of the other games.

My brother Scot is keen on getting a Wii too. Playing with him was just like being kids - only we were a heck of a lot nicer to each other. The old competitiveness is there, but it feels more fun. He's good at Lotus Focus, I'm good at the Balance Bubble. We're both good at Bird's Eye Bull's Eye. We're both determined to ace the Obstacle Course. Mom kicks both our asses at the Hula Hoop.

Next, I need to get the internet cable and see if I can use the port by the tv to tap into my internet connection. I don't see why it wouldn't work! Then I can play against many of my friends who are also online.

So much fun!

February 3, 2010

BMI: 24.46
Weight: 170.9
COB: 52.7/47.3
Age: 50
Minutes: 32
Calories: 70

I was so excited to go on my trip that I woke up at 4:30 am and couldn't get back to sleep. Might as well get up and get a full workout plus a shower! It felt really good to get everything in before the cab came.

Basic Balance
Made it to Round 5 but not through. I wobbled too much on Round 4 and burned through too many seconds

Dual Balance
Made it into Round 4 and almost had it.

Ski Slalom
34.96 - 35.28 (-2 got greedy) - 36.40 - 35.86 - 34.71!
Keep crunching forward and work the balance. Just like Balance Bubble - I need to hone my balance when my weight is forward.

Ski Jump
135+140=275 - 130+166=296 - 175+144=319 - 150+160=310 - Snowball+155 - 163+156=319
Keep workin' it!

Balance Bubble
40.03 - 41.05 - 39.25 - 39.20! - 38.16!
Where's the Champion scores?

Penguin
64 - 75 - 74 - 53 - 68
Argh!

Lotus Focus
32 - 89 - 152
Not bad on the last rep!

February 2, 2010

BMI: 24.55
Weight: 171.5
COB: 45.3/54.7 (?!)
Age: 31
Minutes: 32
Calories: 73

Single-Leg
Right - 29.77 time; 57% stability (prev. 63%) Argh. Hard.

Prediction
47.97 (prev. 48.19 when warmed up so I did pretty good)

Soccer Heading
254 - 255 - 257 - 308 - 423!!! Champ!
I thought I was stuck there at the beginning!

Table Tilt
96 - 5(-1) - 126!!C - 128!! - 118!
Three Champs in a row! New rule - need to consistently score in the Champion range before going to the next level, or to the cool version of the game.

Tight Rope
53.23 - 51.33! - 49.93! - 45.00!! - 45.40!
Where's the Champ level?

Lotus Focus
78 - 92 - 93 - 88
(sigh)

February 1, 2010

BMI: 24.46
Weight: 170.9
COB: 52.3/47.7
Wii Age: 27
Minutes: 21
Calories: 42

Agility
Made it to Level 16 and the moving boxes this time. Score=15 (prev. 14)

Memory
If I focus, this is easy. (laugh) Can I focus for a minute? I'm actually not sure! Geez! It's like Lotus Focus. My brain wobbles as much as my body. No wonder why I'm 'unbalanced'! Score=25/25

Ski Slalom
38.48 - 37.93 - 37.76 - 36.60! - doh! 37.30(-7) - 36.43
Tried being more on the balls of my feet on the last one for acceleration. I don't have as much control though in that area. Yet.

Ski Jump
117+175=292 - 172+131=303 - 185+160=345!!! - 139+165=304 - 172+170=342!
Woo! Rockin' the 300's!

Balance Bubble
45.96 - 44.08 - 43.35! - 41.23! - 39.45!!
Still Pro on all of these. Wondering how low I have to go to get to the Champion level. I broke the 40 barrier though! Really crunching forward to get more speed.

Lotus Focus
32 - 80 - 88
What can I say. I suck at this. But I'm going to keep trying.