My Wii Fit Plus, my six year old and Me (Mii)
*I posted this on my blog site http://www.giazzworld.blogspot.com so sorry for the repeat, but thought I would share.
So, update on my kidney stone(s) is that my nutritionist thinks that my other kidney stone is still somewhere in my system.
The good news is that I've been really (pretty good, with an exception of some cheating) good about my diet changes - no soda, no red meat, no caffeine (well, okay, I did limit myself to 4 cups of coffee a week MAX), no salt (ugh so hard, and yes, I still LOVE my buttered popcorn at the movies, sigh) and drink more water, juice and watch my protein intake.
The bad news? Well, according to the 24 hour test (yeah, you really don't want those details, TRUST me) I am not drinking enough liquid. I should be going (sorry to be disgusting here gang, but it is what it is) at least 1 ml per day, so I've upped my drinking water to at least 4 cups per day (trying for 5).
In the meantime, I went to a "College Reunion" that a friend of mine had that I hadn't seen in 10 years. Now, mind you, I was VERY different in college. You could say I was a wild child (and even that is an understatement), but now I'm settled, married and have a boy named Charlie....:)...he's six. When I got there, there were people there that I hadn't seen in 20 years or so (cough, cough) so it was really neat for me to see them again and tell them what I'm doing and find out what they are doing now a days. It's funny how some people change dramatically and others, well, they still look the same exact way (minus a few things), and how people have matured and aged gracefully. It was really fun to see my son interact with all of the other kids that were there as well (some his age, some older, some younger).
The party had a Wii Fit and my son had a grand old time playing with it (with the other kids taking turns). The funny thing about that is that we have the Wii Fit at home and in the box since Xmas time (we do both) and I hadn't taken it out of the box until Charlie really wanted to play with it. See, if you have a young one and you have a Wii system in your house, chances are that they are going to want to play Mario Kart or Sonic The Hedge Hog or Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (yes, we have the Winter Olympics too) rather than an exercise program such as Wii Fit Plus.
The interesting thing about the Wii is that while it IS a video game system, it really strives to get you off your tuckus (butt) and move while making it interactive and fun for kids (and adults). The Wii Fit Plus does that. It makes exercise interesting and fun while making him strengthen his muscle tone. The other thing is (if you haven't had the experience yet) when you step on the Wii Board the Wii System scans your body, your height, weight and really helps you set your weight goals. It even gives you a Wii age (yeah, mine is NOT good, it told me 68 yesterday...sigh...I have a lot of work to do here).
So I took it out of the box. Charlie liked doing some of the games on it, and I'm now doing exercise on it. Now, it will help him build his muscle tone (said his Wii age was 36...yeah, in his head maybe....) and it will help me loose weight.
I'll check in with the blog to tell you my update with it...I figure I can at least let you all in on my journey with me. Wish me luck....goal weight is to lose 10 more pounds in 2 months...attainable? I sure hope so....Good news though - when I started at the Gym over a year ago I was at 175 (really heavy for 5'2) and then I lost 12 pounds and kept at that weight...so not too terribly awful...just not good.
Wish me luck...I'm going to need it.
So, update on my kidney stone(s) is that my nutritionist thinks that my other kidney stone is still somewhere in my system.
The good news is that I've been really (pretty good, with an exception of some cheating) good about my diet changes - no soda, no red meat, no caffeine (well, okay, I did limit myself to 4 cups of coffee a week MAX), no salt (ugh so hard, and yes, I still LOVE my buttered popcorn at the movies, sigh) and drink more water, juice and watch my protein intake.
The bad news? Well, according to the 24 hour test (yeah, you really don't want those details, TRUST me) I am not drinking enough liquid. I should be going (sorry to be disgusting here gang, but it is what it is) at least 1 ml per day, so I've upped my drinking water to at least 4 cups per day (trying for 5).
In the meantime, I went to a "College Reunion" that a friend of mine had that I hadn't seen in 10 years. Now, mind you, I was VERY different in college. You could say I was a wild child (and even that is an understatement), but now I'm settled, married and have a boy named Charlie....:)...he's six. When I got there, there were people there that I hadn't seen in 20 years or so (cough, cough) so it was really neat for me to see them again and tell them what I'm doing and find out what they are doing now a days. It's funny how some people change dramatically and others, well, they still look the same exact way (minus a few things), and how people have matured and aged gracefully. It was really fun to see my son interact with all of the other kids that were there as well (some his age, some older, some younger).
The party had a Wii Fit and my son had a grand old time playing with it (with the other kids taking turns). The funny thing about that is that we have the Wii Fit at home and in the box since Xmas time (we do both) and I hadn't taken it out of the box until Charlie really wanted to play with it. See, if you have a young one and you have a Wii system in your house, chances are that they are going to want to play Mario Kart or Sonic The Hedge Hog or Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (yes, we have the Winter Olympics too) rather than an exercise program such as Wii Fit Plus.
The interesting thing about the Wii is that while it IS a video game system, it really strives to get you off your tuckus (butt) and move while making it interactive and fun for kids (and adults). The Wii Fit Plus does that. It makes exercise interesting and fun while making him strengthen his muscle tone. The other thing is (if you haven't had the experience yet) when you step on the Wii Board the Wii System scans your body, your height, weight and really helps you set your weight goals. It even gives you a Wii age (yeah, mine is NOT good, it told me 68 yesterday...sigh...I have a lot of work to do here).
So I took it out of the box. Charlie liked doing some of the games on it, and I'm now doing exercise on it. Now, it will help him build his muscle tone (said his Wii age was 36...yeah, in his head maybe....) and it will help me loose weight.
I'll check in with the blog to tell you my update with it...I figure I can at least let you all in on my journey with me. Wish me luck....goal weight is to lose 10 more pounds in 2 months...attainable? I sure hope so....Good news though - when I started at the Gym over a year ago I was at 175 (really heavy for 5'2) and then I lost 12 pounds and kept at that weight...so not too terribly awful...just not good.
Wish me luck...I'm going to need it.