By Jenni Hammitt
October 14, 2009
I am pretty much always on the go. Even when I am home, I’m usually working on something. That was always my excuse for not working out regularly. I didn’t have time for the gym or a work out video. I had lost some weight by watching my food intake, but that will only take you so far.
Then I was going to Vegas. I wanted to lose a few pounds for the trip. I wasn’t looking to be a size 4, but I wanted to lose a few pounds so I could wear my sundresses without feeling self conscious. Motivating myself to go to the workout center was harder than I thought it would be. I was embarrassed and self conscious. I tried the ballet work out DVD and it worked, but it still wasn’t enough to keep me hooked.
I decided it was time to brush the dust and bird fluff off the Wii. I do not have a Wii FIT yet, but I did enjoy playing the sports games. This time I tried something different. I tried the training options. This is where things started to turn around.
Yes, I don’t have a personal trainer, I can’t go Yoga, and I can’t run with just my Wii, but I can do things I enjoy doing. I like batting practice, learning how to play tennis, working on hitting home runs, doing a couple rounds with the punching bag, and learning how to dodge tennis balls.
I could easily come home from work every night and put in at least 25-45 minutes with out even thinking about it. I get my cardio, I work my legs and arms, and I even work on my abs a bit while I train. I also like using the Wii because you can chart your results. I take the fitness test once a week just to make sure I am improving myself even just a little through the training, and even occasionally playing one of the games.
Another plus to the WII is that is exercise I actually like. It may have started as a way to lose weight for Vegas. It may have even kept momentum because I want my Halloween costume to look awesome. However, it is part of my everyday routine now. Plus once I have started exercising, I am more apt to do the things I don’t like. The stretches, crunches and push ups on the ballet DVD may be torture, but I am actually in a mood to do them. Being bored on the exercise bike or treadmill may not be my favorite thing to do, but already being in exercise mode helps.
Maybe I can actually keep this up and be at my target size by New Year’s?
© 2009, Jenni Hammitt. All rights reserved.
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Wii really helps to reduce fat and burn calories to your body but it is also that you should have some workout tools like exercise bike to boost your workout and make burn more calories.