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Wii Fit- Day 3
Today was my third day of exercising using Wii Fit and I actually looked forward to it. I have never, ever in my life looked forward to exercise. I am ecstatic that I found this program and that it works for me. I unlocked several new activities today and spent some time trying to learn them…but mostly, I tried to master some of my favorite activities (and beat some of Ed’s scores 
).
The most surprising thing to me is that I LOVE step aerobics. Who knew?! I would never, ever take a step class with real live people. I would be too self conscious and it would bother me that everyone (perception or reality) knew exactly what they were doing. There are plenty of DVDs out there…but with size zero little girls bouncing around and giving you sugary sweet encouragement…not my cup o’ tea either. The step routine was easy to learn and quite fun. I completed the routine twice and was able to unlock the advanced step routine. I loved the variety in the routine and completed it twice as well. You heard me…I did FOUR step routines in a row. And I probably would have done more if Ed had not come home when he did.
In all, I received 30 minutes of credit on Sunday, 30 yesterday, and 50 today. You only get credit for the time you are actually moving so it took over an hour for me to get the 50 credits (the only complaint I have about Wii Fit is all the advice it wants to give me when I just want to MOVE). I’m also still keeping up with my Ab Lounge and it gets easier every day.
There are two benefits to Wii Fit that I neglected to mention yesterday. In every strength and yoga activity, there is an indicator that makes you aware of your balance. It helps you to know that you are doing the activity correctly and helps you to improve your posture and balance. You receive points based on how well you maintain your balance.
That brings me to the second benefit…competition. You receive points for every activity. At the end of the activity, Wii Fit shows you your rank compared to your past scores and to anyone else who uses your system. Ed and I are very competitive. We want to constantly beat our own scores…and each other. I am very highly motivated to do my best and work hard because I want to see my name in that number one spot. Incidentally, I am ranked #1 in a lot more activities after my day at home today (both of my girls were home sick today). I hoping I am able to hold on to or beat my high scores for a little while longer!
It was a big deal to me to finally master the ski slalom. I ski as slow as possible and would never, ever dream of doing that in real life…but it sure was fun in my virtual Wii world!
My favorite thing of the day was unlocking the balance game that involved penguins. You tilt the iceburg to help the penguin catch fish. Too cute!
Ed and I had a rock concert for our children after dinner and my arms were burning by the time we were done. Rock Band isn’t frivolous…it’s exercise! I have a muscle that has been bothering me today and I realized when I sat down to drum that it is because of the foot pedal! I switched to using my left foot tonight so maybe I will have matching muscle pain tomorrow!
Hailey did yoga with me today and she and Leah were both great cheerleaders when I am exercising.
I’m wondering if I will overdo it if I spend more time doing Wii Fit tonight….
Leah
Hailey is at soccer practice so Leah is hanging out beside me in my bed (me preferred spot for working on the computer). She is leaning back against the pillow in a pink pajama top and too-small red pants (she picked them out). She has her legs crossed in front of her with a can of cashews between her legs (her dad’s cashews that she went and snitched from the pantry).
She is chomping away and asked me if I wanted some “peanuts”.
I said, “No thank you, Leah. I don’t like cashews.”
She said, “But when you put them in our mouth they’re good.” (You must say the word good with three syllables to hear it the way she said it).
I LOVE this age. I love the way her voice sounds, I love the way she pronounces words, I love her sweetness, and I love that she is still so cuddly. I love that after she sang Happy Birthday to my mom today, she followed up with 4 more songs.
She just said “no way Jose” to me (out of the blue and not in response to anything) and then closed the cashew can and told me that she didn’t like them either (after eating LOTS). There is no telling what she will come back from the kitchen with next.
Happy Mother’s Day!
I hope all you moms out there had a special day today!
A special Happy Mother’s Day to my own mom…a mom who:
- would eat the burnt toast and “heels” of the loaf of bread that no one else wanted
- made us kool-aid Popsicles
- would stop what she was doing to watch my newest feat on the swing set
- took care of many pets over the years
- let me spend a small fortune on my junior prom dress (and I loved it so much that I wore it my senior year too so it really turned out to be not such a bad deal!)
- worked late at school so that she could drive me home after color guard practice
- helped me to sell and deliver cases upon cases of oranges
- supported my engagement to someone I had never dated
- was in the delivery room during the birth of both of my children
- has made very special treasures for all of her grandchildren (esp. the blankets and quilts)
- fills our pantries with homemade strawberry fig jam
- has always made whatever we wanted for our birthdays
- still makes me homemade chicken rice soup when I am sick
- has always supported me in so many ways
I could go on and on for days about all the things my mom has done for me over the years and all the reasons why I think she is the greatest. I only hope that I can be as good of a mom to my girls as my mom has been to the three of her girls!
No wonder I’m tired
Here are some of my accomplishments for today:
1. Successfully wrestled homemade bread dough out of the mixing bowl and into the large bowl the dough rises in (it was like glue today for some reason)…I really wish I had a video of me trying to get that dough from one bowl to the next. The last batch I made came out just as nice and neat as you please so I assumed this one would as well…yeah, I as late for work.
2. Made a Wal-Mart run for work (Among all the other little stuff I had to get, I purchased 40-something containers of yogurt, 17 water bottles with straps for our zoo trip and 10 glass candle holders for a mothers’ day project…l got some strange looks from people who got a glimpse of what was in my cart)
3. I did a lot of other stuff at work that you don’t care to hear about.
4. Put Leah in the car to go pick up Hailey, got Leah out of the car to go into Hailey’s school, put Leah back in the car to go to Hailey’s art class, got Leah out of the car at art class, put Leah back in the car to go home, got Leah out of the car at home. Thankfully my wonderful husband picked Hailey up from art so that I did not have to do another round of in and out.
5. Made a loaf of bread and a bunt pan full of cinnamon bread.
6. Made a chocolate pie with meringue.
7. Ironed on a rhinestone crown for a “hospital survival kit” for a baby shower tomorrow. Hot glued a beaded trim to the top of the bag. Turned our office inside out looking for the “It’s a Girl!” iron-on I purchased months ago for this bag.
8. Hot glued fringe on another tote bag.
Now I have to go clean the kitchen…blech.
Calling All Female Bloggers!
Reposted from 5 Minutes for Mom
During the week of March 7-14th, the blogosphere will be party hopping – jumping through our Mr. Linky list of participating bloggers, meeting new friends and partying blogger-style at the Ultimate Blog Party 2008, here at 5 Minutes for Mom.
Are you going to be there?
Last year’s Ultimate Blog Party was a blast with almost 1000 participating bloggers. So make sure you don’t miss out on this one. It is a fantastic opportunity to introduce your blog to a bunch of new people and to find new blogs that you will want to read regularly.
As well, The Ultimate Blog Party features tons of prizes. The prize list is constantly growing – check it out! Thank you to Pamela, from Happy Panda, who is coordinating the prizes and will draw the winners.
Last year we made the prize draw only open to participating bloggers. But this year, because we have so many faithful non-blogging readers at 5 Minutes for Mom who may want to join in on the party hopping to find some great new reads – we have decided to open up the party – and the prize draw – to non-bloggers as well! For more about prize eligibility read on and visit our prize page.
