Judebert

Ugh. I went to a party last night, and I ate way to many potato chips with too much dip. My tummy is not feeling so good.

Wii Fit knows. My BMI shot up to an all-time high. Double ugh.

Today's workout really stank. My stomach was always in my way; I'm never overeating at night again! I unlocked my final strength exercise, "Single-Arm Stand", during my yoga stretch. Essentially, you lay down and stand up while you hold the Wii remote straight up in the air. How pathetic am I? So pathetic I can't even stand up six times without getting winded!

Eri (my wife) says I'm working out too long. I argued, but eventually came to realize she's correct. I'm going for nearly two hours at a time! Luckily, Wii Fit groups the yoga and strength exercises together in compatible groups. I made a listing of all the groups, and I'll do about half of them every day.

Legs/Back

• Single Leg Extension
  • Standing Knee
  • Dance
• Lunge
  • Warrior
• Rowing Squat
  • Chair
• Single-Leg Twist
  • Half-Moon
• Sideways Leg Lift
  • Sun Salutation
• Single-Arm Stand
  • Tree

Arms/Abs

• Push-up and Side Plank
  • Downward Facing Dog
• Torso Twist
  • Triangle
• Jackknife
  • Bridge
  • Spinal Twist
• Plank
  • Cobra
• Tricep Extension
  • Palm Tree
• Arm and Leg Lift
  • Shoulder Stand

All the strength exercises and all the yoga poses are covered. I might have to rearrange some of the groups. In particular, I'm not sure where to put the Single-Arm Stand. But splitting stuff up like this will mean I don't have to wake up nearly so early!

Judebert

Today, for the first day since I started, my legs weren't incredibly sore. I got out of bed feeling like I could actually make it to the living room without pain killers.

The workout went well, too. I've unlocked extra repetitions in lunges, but I'm going to hold off for another day to make sure my thighs won't kill me again. I've got extra reps in "Push-ups and Side Planks", too, but I'm not doing them correctly yet, so that will wait, too.

Unfortunately, my weight went back up. I ate too much at a Cici's Pizza. Ah, well. I'm concentrating on the workout, not my weight. For now.

On the plus side, I managed two real push-ups today! Not the lame, on-your-knees kind; the Marine-style, straight-backed, nose-to-the-floor kind! With luck, I'll be able to get all 6 soon!

Judebert

Wow, were my legs ever sore this morning. It's obvious that I need to stretch before I work out. I usually hate changing plans right after I start, but there's a good reason for this change.

The new plan will be: wake up early, do all the yoga available (for stretching and warmup), do all the strength training available, do 10 minutes of aerobics (because running is part of The Race too), and then play a balance game to cool down.

My legs feel a little better after the workout, but I'm still going to be sore tomorrow. I did some of the stretches I learned in my adult gymnastics class (before they shut it down).

More unlocking of stuff today. And I lost another pound and reached a Wii Fit age of only 36!

Judebert

When I took the body test today, I had lost 2.2 pounds! It's meaningless, since it's only been 9 hours since my last test, and I haven't eaten anything. It was still fun to see.

The strength exercises were mostly concentrated on my legs. It was rough, but I did enough exercise to unlock some yoga and aerobic games. Hopefully I'll unlock more arm exercises soon.

I think I may need to stretch before I work out. Perhaps I should add some yoga before the strength exercises. And an aerobic workout would be good, too.

We'll see what happens tomorrow!

Judebert

I tried the new Wii this evening. It was late, but I just couldn't wait. Hooking up the Wii was no big deal -- the network is much more configurable than the Roku, and it slipped right into place with the proper entries.

Wii Fit itself looks like an interesting program. I was afraid it would have no stretching or warmup, but it includes yoga! In fact, it includes yoga, strength training, aerobics, and balance games. Only a few of each are available to start with. I tried everything. (The skiing was fun, but frustrating. The ski jump was impressive, but frustrating. The hula hoop was easy. The step class was boring.)

Right now, the plan is to wake up early every morning and do all the available strength exercises, then a balance game to cool down. Strength is important on The Race, and balance is important in real life.

There's also a "body test", which weighs you and calculates your Body Mass Index, then performs some stability and agility tests. It calculates a "Wii Fit age". Today I was 47 and obese. It could get depressing to do that every day; we'll see.

After I lose some weight, I'll consider adjusting my eating habits some more.

I feel good about this. I've always loved video games; this may be just the thing to finally get me back in shape!