I did it, I managed almost 5 1/2 miles yesterday, pushing my total for the week (5 days so far, today makes day 6) up over 20 miles. And man was I sore!! I am sure part of it was the pushing to keep going, but part of it was new walking shoes yesterday, my old ones were just falling apart.
Hubby is pushing me to rest one day and I am thinking a light day, just a mile or mile and a half. We shall see how things go today.
I got a treadmill for Christmas, it is a high quality, fairly quiet machine, which means I can actually watch TV while I am on it. Now to find something that will totally engross my attention to watch while I am on it.
Last night I found the end of Independence Day, and that worked well. Which got me to thinking… What movies do I have, or can I get, that would totally distract me from walking nowhere (I hate the boredom of walking somewhere too, I am equal opportunity anti-boredom.) I sometimes read, but the corner where my treadmill is set up is kinda dark, plus with the motion of walking, reading gives me a headache.
Well, this morning I was doing my usual, getting the majority of the housework done before power rates skyrocket at noon, when I remembered the one commercial that I really LOVED during the Stupidbowl on Sunday. The commercial for the new movie Fast and Furious with Vin Diesel. I was so excited, I LOVE the first movie, and the second and third, with out Vin, just SUCKED. Which lead to the thought, that THAT is the kind of movie I need for when I get on the treadmill.
So I went and dug out the original movie, and I will use that when I get on the treadmill in an hour or so, but one movie isn’t gonna last forever, I am gonna need several, if not lots, more.
Anyone have any suggestions?
I had gotten out of the habit of using it, but recently (in the last week or so) my husband has made an effort to get involved, so every morning, while the kids are at school right now, we get on the fit and take turns.
First we both do the Body Test, then all of the Yoga, then the Balance Exercises, then on one day we will do the aerobics, and on the next day we will do the strength exercises, usually just once through each. I always end up working longer than he does, partly because I have used it more and have more exercises unlocked, and on some, because I have unlocked the more advanced modes, or longer workout times.
Then, in the evenings, when hubby is at work, right now I am using the elliptical every night. But soon, the new treadmill will be here (we are replacing an old one that quit, for Christmas.) and I will do treadmill one night, and the elliptical the next. I am seriously considering setting it so that on days I do the strength excercises on the Wii, I will do treadmill that evening, and on aerobics days I will use the elliptical.
Hubby and I recently decided on an exercise plan, where we would work together trying to get me to lose some weight and get him ready for some military training he is going to have to go to soon. So the starting stage is walking. Now mind you, temperatures have been over 100 every day, and recently (last two weeks or so) we have had, what is to us at least, killer humidity, 50% plus.
The first day we went to the park and back, almost a mile and half, round trip, on the way there I had to stop and work my calves several times, as they were cramping and burning.
Second work out day, we walked another direction just over a mile each way. and by the time we got to the turn around point, I was in pain, but able to continue, when we got home, I was dying.
Today was our third work out day, and a teacher in service day, so my older kids were out of school, so we just took them with us. We walked to the park, just over half a mile away, and I didn’t need to stop and work my legs once. At the park, the kids played a while (and I watched them, and played with them some) while hubby jogged around the park several times, after about 15 minutes we continued our walk, taking a long route home, so that the round trip nears 3 miles. I was tired, but not dying till we got to the end of our street. and when we walked in our front door and I hit the 80 degree cooled air, it was like heaven. I sat down and rested in front of a fan, drinking fluids (we took lots of fluids with us too, we have been desert dwellers for a long time.) I also dug out my mp3 player this morning and wore it, with only one headphone on, the other hung on my shirt, that helped, because a lot of my hate for exercising is bordom, and being bored, I think up so much stuff I would rather be doing.
This evening I am a bit sore, not really for all the time movements like walking etc. but anything that stretches muscles is a bit painful. I will do yoga tomorrow and sunday, and we will repeat the routine on Monday, again with the kids because it is a holiday. After that Hubby and I will just take the baby (in a stroller) every Monday, Wendsday, and Friday. We will see how long it will take for me to start dropping some of this weight.
my arms… they are both sore already… guess that means that the boxing on the Wii is helping. I’m gonna keep pushing it. I really want this weight gone.
to the Wii craze. It is so hot here I can’t bear to drag myself out in this killer heat. So I sit here at home, dealing with kids, reading, and just not getting much exercise. I have been looking at Wii Fit for several weeks thinking it might help, and would be good exercise, but could I really justify that kind of money just for me??? Well, Hubby came home last night, he had been talking to a co-worker, and a superior at work, and talking about the different games, and how many people are ending up in dr’s offices with sore muscles from this game system, simply because they are not used to using those muscles.
So we discussed it, did a little shopping around online… and I went out this morning, hunting… Best Buy, Target, Toys R Us didn’t have them in stock, Target has no clue when they will get more, couldn’t find anyone at TRU to ask, and Best Buy will get more in on Sunday. So I hit Wal-mart. Wal-mart has 3 in stock, but no Fit. They do however have Wii Play, which has several games, and an extra controller. So I called and talked to Hubby. I could get the Wii there, and go back across town to the Target, that had the Fit in stock, or I can just wait on the Fit for a while and play what games we will have with the system (sports) and the Play. So I got the system and the Play, and decided to wait a bit for the Fit.
I got it home, and took about 20 mins to get it all set up, between wressling with kids and moving things to reach the back of my TV. and We started. I sucked royal ass at the tennis, but then.. I suck royal ass at tennis anyway, I tend to hit it too hard and drive the ball through the fence… it comes from playing baseball too long. Then we switched to the baseball… THAT was fun. I had a blast at that. I have since played most of the games on both disks, loved the boxing, normally I am not much into boxing but it gave both arms a good workout… and I KO’d my opponent in the second round!
Now I can work with it a little each day, and hopefully lose some of this weight I have been fighting.
to turn over a new leaf. I informed my husband this morning that from now on, I would be waking him up as soon as I get home from taking our oldest daughter to school, from now on. When he asked why, I told him so he can keep an eye on the youngest Wild American House Apes in the family… I am going to start sneaking out to the garage every morning and spending some quality time with my elliptical machine. This also means I need to charge and update my Zen play list.
Mostly I listen to country music, but I also enjoy good rock. So I am in search of some good music to work out to… Any Suggestions?
