In Which Ow, and Some Fun
Jun. 19th, 2012 02:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feste_sylvainSunday was Father's Day, so ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tamidon took the kids to see her father. In Ohio. I got them to Logan at ZOMG WHY ARE YOU EVEN UP in the morning, then got myself back home. I checked on the chickens, collected eggs, fed and watered them, then came inside to eat.
As it happens, the previous Tuesday I got my allergy shots, and they have a scale there. It claimed that I weighed 208 pounds (fully clothed, with shoes). This was not a shock, nor even a surprise. So that blew past my "do I have to?" threshold, and I started thinking seriously about exercizing again. (I am pretty much the opposite of "big boned"; I should not carry more than 175 pounds, and should probably be down around 160 or so.)
Back to Sunday. There's nobody else in the house. I'm farting around on the internet, but my own personal inner nag got me up and moving. I decided to dust off the fake Hoffner and play Beatles Rock Band for a while, and I worked up a bit of a sweat. Well, as long as I was already sweaty, I may as well exercize for real, so I fired up the Wii Fit.
"It has been 938 days since your last session. Your previous goal has expired. Would you like to set a new goal?"
Why, yes. Yes I would. Wearing only socks, underwear, and a t-shirt, this machine decided I was 193 pounds, which sounds reasonable (given the previous weighing a few days earlier). It informs me that my balance is for crap (which I actually had been noticing), so I tried out a few yoga poses.
Ouch. And, twitch.
I did some of the complementary strength exercizes, and then alternated between them and the yoga poses. Okay, now I'm breathing hard for real. How long have I been doing this?
14 minutes.
Oy.
Just then,jbsegal came in to inspect the garage for some ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
baitcon materials that we store there. I'm sweating like the proverbial pig, I'm mostly undressed, but thanks to chicken tending, the garage is already open. I tell him to go for it, and I finish up my routine.
At about this point, the Wii Fit decides I am 186 pounds. I don't think I've sweated that much. But I do a balance game (partly to test my balance, partly to catch my breath) and finish with an aerobic routine. Then I say good-bye tojbsegal and go shower.
The next day (Monday): ouch. Muscles ache. The pitiful little work-out I did actually woke up some underused muscles. Yeesh. Okay. This must be the right thing to do. Deal with some errands, go to work, ache a bit all day, come home, shop for some groceries, do chicken errands, eat dinner, fart around on internet, and consider exercizing again today. Er, "No", say the thighs and some previously unknown muscle between ribs and arms.
So I play Beatles Rock Band again, and work up a sweat. Does anybody else's body do this? Is it because I'm dancing around to keep the beat while bumping up from "Medium" to "Hard"?
Here's the thing: if I use the Wii instead of just watching TV, I clear one of the hurdles to being active, and sometimes haul out the actual exercize program. Let's see how quickly the fat burns off.
tamidon took the kids to see her father. In Ohio. I got them to Logan at ZOMG WHY ARE YOU EVEN UP in the morning, then got myself back home. I checked on the chickens, collected eggs, fed and watered them, then came inside to eat.As it happens, the previous Tuesday I got my allergy shots, and they have a scale there. It claimed that I weighed 208 pounds (fully clothed, with shoes). This was not a shock, nor even a surprise. So that blew past my "do I have to?" threshold, and I started thinking seriously about exercizing again. (I am pretty much the opposite of "big boned"; I should not carry more than 175 pounds, and should probably be down around 160 or so.)
Back to Sunday. There's nobody else in the house. I'm farting around on the internet, but my own personal inner nag got me up and moving. I decided to dust off the fake Hoffner and play Beatles Rock Band for a while, and I worked up a bit of a sweat. Well, as long as I was already sweaty, I may as well exercize for real, so I fired up the Wii Fit.
"It has been 938 days since your last session. Your previous goal has expired. Would you like to set a new goal?"
Why, yes. Yes I would. Wearing only socks, underwear, and a t-shirt, this machine decided I was 193 pounds, which sounds reasonable (given the previous weighing a few days earlier). It informs me that my balance is for crap (which I actually had been noticing), so I tried out a few yoga poses.
Ouch. And, twitch.
I did some of the complementary strength exercizes, and then alternated between them and the yoga poses. Okay, now I'm breathing hard for real. How long have I been doing this?
14 minutes.
Oy.
Just then,
jbsegal came in to inspect the garage for some baitcon materials that we store there. I'm sweating like the proverbial pig, I'm mostly undressed, but thanks to chicken tending, the garage is already open. I tell him to go for it, and I finish up my routine.At about this point, the Wii Fit decides I am 186 pounds. I don't think I've sweated that much. But I do a balance game (partly to test my balance, partly to catch my breath) and finish with an aerobic routine. Then I say good-bye to
jbsegal and go shower.The next day (Monday): ouch. Muscles ache. The pitiful little work-out I did actually woke up some underused muscles. Yeesh. Okay. This must be the right thing to do. Deal with some errands, go to work, ache a bit all day, come home, shop for some groceries, do chicken errands, eat dinner, fart around on internet, and consider exercizing again today. Er, "No", say the thighs and some previously unknown muscle between ribs and arms.
So I play Beatles Rock Band again, and work up a sweat. Does anybody else's body do this? Is it because I'm dancing around to keep the beat while bumping up from "Medium" to "Hard"?
Here's the thing: if I use the Wii instead of just watching TV, I clear one of the hurdles to being active, and sometimes haul out the actual exercize program. Let's see how quickly the fat burns off.
