I finally hooked the Wii back up to the TV on Friday night and pulled out my Wii Fit balance board. I don’t know why I was dreading it. Although the Wii was trying to hold me back and didn’t want to take in the disc (apparently dirt and dog fur is NOT good for it). I eventually won the battle, coaxing the disc in so I could get moving.

After three days of 30-minute workouts with yoga, weight training, aerobics and balance games I’m feeling fantastic. My back is less sore and I’m happier and more alert. Granted it’s not the most intense workout I’ve ever had in my life. We did an insane program a few years ago when we were training for Body for Life and my muscles have never hurt more than the day after each of those exercise sessions. But there is a faint soreness in my abs, back and arms that can only be soothed by more workouts. And I do break a sweat. You try 3 minutes straight of hola hooping and see if your blood isn’t pumping. But the best thing about working out with the Wii is that you feel like you’re playing video games. You can actually enjoy what you’re doing and have some fun. And each workout is scalable since you can go all weight training or just yoga, picking and choosing your favorite exercises as you go. Feeling to tired to carry on? Just stop.

Stefan has gotten in on the action as well. We’ve been competing against each other in just about everything. I’m sometimes surprised at the things he scores higher on. But sometimes we get quite a laugh from watching each other. He might kill me for writing this, but I almost died laughing today when he was doing the hola hoop. That is just not his “sport.”

Ayla doesn’t really understand what we’ve been up to. She thinks I’m ready to play when I start the Jackknife action. You lay on the floor with your arms extended back and your heels on the balance board. Bring your body together in a V formation and then return arms and legs slowly to the ground. Quite tough on the abs. Unfortunately the Wii doesn’t have a “stop because my dog is licking my face” button.

You can look forward to updates about my progress every Friday. The good, the bad and the skipped workouts. There might even be pictures. I’m not trying to lose weight. I’ve lost almost everything I gained during the pregnancy and weighing about 138 pounds (63 kilos) again. I gained about 30 pounds (13 kilos) during the pregnancy. Now I just want to firm everything up, get my muscles ready for a lot of digging and work around here, and feel more relaxed. I’m also planning to start running when the weather gets a bit better. We might even manage to work rock climbing back into our routine. Oh how I would love that. Guess we just have to get moving on building the climbing wall so we never have to leave the farm again! 😉