I'm losing 30lbs. Care to join me?
One of my goals before I turn thirty is to lose 30lbs (check out my first post for details!). I'm determined this time. I will be at the weight I was at my wedding six years ago, which was fine for me. Now if I could lose 40lbs, I'd be at my high school weight, but we'll see...
For my first day back to exercising, I used EA Sports Active 2 for Wii. It's what I used when I lost my first 30lbs after my second baby. (I know. 30lbs before, 30 more lbs? Heffer.) Right now, I'm at 220lbs. (I weighed myself with Wii Fit, which said I was 217, but that was before my workout and they're kind enough to deduct the weight of clothing...).
I'm going to try to exercise 30 minutes a day for at least 3 days a week. If I can do more, I definitely am going to do more. My routines will be my own workouts, ones I create using the exercises in EASA2.workout. I like that because I am able to modify the routine to avoid exercises that will irritate my arm/neck/shoulder/back injury sustained from a car accident (ever feel the impact of two wheels hitting your car? It hurts.).
My workouts will all be at the medium intensity until I feel I can kick it up a notch. All routines will include warm-ups and cool downs. I will also be drinking at least 32oz. of water during the workout and 32oz. after the workout.
I have three problem areas I intend to focus on: arms, thighs and belly. I'd rather see muscle in those areas than what I see now.
Here's my workout from today (Time 36:31):
- Alternating Shoulder Rotations (Warm-up)
- Goodmornings (Warm-up)
- Hip Circles (Warm-up)
- Bent Over Reverse Flys
- Bent Over Rows with Triceps Kickbacks
- Hammer Curls with Narrow Shoulder Presses
- Overhead Triceps Extensions
- Seated Rows
- Alternating Side Lunges
- Sumo Squats with Pivots
- Hip Bridges
- Foot Fires
- Fitness Trail--Follow the Leader (Med)
- Reverse Crunches
- Squats with Overhead Triceps Extension
- Mountain Biking
- Boxing--Combo Station 2
- Boxing--Sparring 2
- Mountainboarding
- Step Aerobics--Dance 1
- Step Aerobics--Mixed
- Soccer--Goalkeeper
- Basketball--Passing
- Basketball--Shooting
- Arm Across and Pulls (Cool down)
- Pretzels (Cool down)
It was an awesome workout with nearly 280 calories burned. I felt the burn, definitely.
I even made sure to add the housework I do, since every little bit adds up (right, moms?). 180 calories for the physical work I do in the house isn't too bad.
Hopefully this will be the kick start I need! Thanks for reading!
Marissa ThePracticalMommy.HubPages.com MommyKnowsWhatsBest.blogspot.com
