Okay, so in August, I lied. I was on a diet where I was counting calories (well, sort of), and I really didn’t achieve results, mostly because the Jewish holidays came and if any of you know how Jewish holidays go, you know that they’re laden with home-cooked meals and yummy goodness. I didn’t really recover from that as I never wanted to eat such little food again. I even had a seven course meal in the interim. I like food. But I still need to lose my baby weight.
I’m having surgery thanks to that umbilical hernia I got during pregnancy. It’s scheduled for the end of January, and when I checked in to get it looked at in August, she told me to come back in four months when I lose some weight. I did (about 12 lbs., which isn’t bad but isn’t my ideal) and while she didn’t even talk to me at all about losing weight, I felt like I should.
See, the thing about me is that now that my memory is back, I feel mentally like superwoman. I’m working 13-15 hour days, and that’s not including mommying. I’m taking new clients (I need to start saying no) and doing some amazing things. I even wrote a few blog posts (my biggest one is scheduled for early January, and I pretty much wrapped it up earlier today). Things are really looking good, and I’m excited about that.
But as a “blogger” and full time mommy or whatever I really am, I never get time to work out or leave the house for that matter. Enter the Wii Fit. My new plan is to start working out 30 minutes every single day (at least until the timer says so) in cardiovascular exercise (which is Aerobics on the Wii Fit). So far, so good. I’m only on day two and I’m starting to feel a little something, but despite having 621751 things to do, I want to make sure I sit down and get a workout every single day (except maybe Fridays when I can’t due to the Jewish Sabbath).
I’m not really sure about the potential of the Wii Fit (again, I’ve limited myself to Aerobic exercise) and haven’t explored it basically because of time constraints, so if you’ve tried it, let me know what will help me keep my heart moving, which is something I really need to do since I’m essentially sitting at a computer all day.
However, even though my current regimen is limited to step aerobic and running in place, I’m excited. I bought the Wii Fit about 2 years ago and only took it out of the box 143 days ago (at least according to that notification on the console), but I used it only 4 times with big lapses in between. I’m going to try to change that and go back for my January surgery a brand new person. I think part of the reason for my failure and lack of motivation previously was that I did not set realistic goals (I wanted to lose 50 lbs. in 4 months) and a general lack of direction (maybe because of not yet feeling like superwoman), so now I’m working to change that (6 lbs. in two weeks is fine; I’m already 1.5 lbs. down since yesterday).
I also set my own milestones too to keep me going and to explore some fun games I’ve accumulated over the last few years but literally had zero time to play (let alone take them out of shrink wrap). For every 10 lbs. I lose, I’m going to “unlock” my own gifts by playing some Wii/XBOX 360 games. After my first 10 lbs., it’s going to be EA Sports Active. After my next 10 lbs., it’s going to be Wii Sports Resort. And then My Fitness Coach. And maybe even the XBOX 360 Dance Dance Revolution Universe or Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2. I suppose having my workouts “varied” in this sense will keep me motivated. Anything is worth a try.
All of this fitness stuff isn’t to say I’m eating stupidly. I’m definitely more cognizant of what I’m putting in my mouth (I still have a massive chocolate craving, but I’m going to be a little more reasonable and not buy 5 lb. bags of Hershey’s from Costco, even though I so desperately want to… oh, and have you tried the Hershey’s Kisses filled with Caramel? They are heaven). I’m eating when I’m hungry rather than taking a nosh here and there. I’m also (though this is nothing new) drinking a TON of water.
Hopefully I’ll have a status report to bring in the next few weeks. So far, though, let’s just say that I’m 1.5 lbs. lighter than yesterday. Can we see that multiplied by a factor of 10 in 6 weeks? Who knows?
[p.s. David is starting to rock back and forth on his arms and knees. I think he’s going to crawl any day now!]