The Wii Fit Challenge

Week In Review

2009-02-13T15:07:00.000-08:00

My weight update is to come but I am afraid of the results.

My personal trainer has been sick today and I have not been on the wii fit. However, I have made an effort to eat better...though as you can see on my twitter, its not real anything to write home about. Just cutting out McDonalds and cutting down on fast food.

Late Saturday Post

2009-02-07T23:33:00.000-08:00

I have received encouragement. #1) Kind words. I did not realize that people's kind words would motivate me so much. It is my desire that I not only would help myself but help others #2) People subscribing to twitter that updates my diet/progress is SO encouraging.

I just want to let everyone know that it is hard for me to work out. I'm sure I am not alone in this and I need to step up. Right now I workout on Tuesday & Thursdays. This simply won't be enough.

I have to do cardio, I just can't do it for too long...thanks for checking in. I will keep you updated.

Friday's Weight Results

2009-02-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

I got back on the wii fit...my results were 31.12 BMI. Anything higher than 30.00 is obese according to BMI.

This happens to be 217.5 pounds which was my weight 30 days ago. This will be the starting point I supposed.

I need to be losing weight. Like I said before I am at the age (25) where I could either choose to be fit or let myself go and have a battle with health issues the rest of my life.

Thanks for those who are following...to be honest with you that is encouragement that has forced me to take this seriously.

Where I am Sitting Februay 4th

2009-02-04T05:48:00.000-08:00

I have been afraid to get back on the wii fit. I will start weighing myself and posting it every Friday.

To let everyone know what I have been doing. I have been eating a bit unhealthy (except at Chickfila, I get chargrilled chicken now!!!).

I have been working out with a personal trainer on Tuesday & Thursdays for 30 minutes. This Friday I will see if there are results. Stay tuned.

Now I'm Rested

2009-01-27T06:15:00.000-08:00

So the wii fit challenge did not get started off to a bang did it? I like to think of the long break as me resting for the challenge.

To be completely honest with you, I still need the help. I am getting more and more overweight every day. I am at a turning point in my life. I am 25 years old and I am afraid that if I let anymore time slip away there might be no turning back.

Here's my fingers crossed to the wii fit challenge continuing.

The Challenge Starts Back Tonight

2008-08-06T08:33:00.000-07:00

After a hiatus I realize that everyday that passes I am going to fall back into a state where it will be hard to climb out of.

The Wii Fit Challenge is reinstated tonight, Wednesday August 4, 2008.

7/16/08 - Wednesday Workout

2008-07-17T06:33:00.000-07:00

Err, I did not workout today...I wanted to, I did not forget, but I was unable to.

The intake for Wednesday:

Breakfast: Cereal & Toast
Lunch: Zaxby's Chicken Finger Plate (it was a social lunch)
Dinner: Chicken Alfredo (my wife is a great cook)

7/15/08 - Tuesday Workout

2008-07-17T06:31:00.000-07:00

Tuesday Intake:

Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon, Toast
Lunch: Chick-fil-a Sandwich, Waffle Fries, & Water
Dinner: Zaxby's Chicken Finger Plate

Yikes!

The workout stats are to come, they are on the other computer.

7/14/08 - Monday Pre-Dinner Workout

2008-07-14T14:22:00.000-07:00

Monday Diet:
Breakfast: Apple Jacks with 2 pieces of buttered toast
Lunch: 3 Slices of Digorno Pizza
Dinner: My Wife's Spaghetti (mmh)

Stats
BMI: 30.11
Weight: 210 lbs
Weight Change: - 4.6 lbs
Wii Fit Age: 31

Workout
Exercise #1: Push-Up Challenge - 17 reps - 2 mins
Notes: My muscles are out

Exercise #2 Triangle Pose - 76 - 2 mins
Notes: This is complicated and a tough stretch

Exercise #3 Torso Twists - 93 - 3 mins

Exercise #4 Jackknife Challenge - 40 reps - 5 mins

Exercise #5 Balance Games - - 5 mins

Exercise #6 Downward Dog Pose - 90 - 2 mins

Exercise #7 Push-Up & Side Plank - 100 - 3 mins
Notes: My arms are really tired but I'm pushing myself

Exercise #8 Arm and Leg Lifts - 89 - 3 mins

Exercise #9 Tree Pose - 55 - 2 mins

Exercise #10 Sideways Leg Lifts - 85 - 1 mins

Exercise #11 Sun Salutation - 93 - 2 mins

Exercise #12 Plank Challenge - 20 sec - 1 mins

Sunday - 6/13/08 Workout

2008-07-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

BMI: 30.77

Weight: 215 lbs (+1.8 lbs from yesterday)

Wii Fit Age: 35

Wii Fit Time: 30 min

Actual Time: 50 min

My abs are sore today. I didn't realize I was sore until I started the Push-up Challenge and I had to stop. I really felt my abs working in the Hula Hoop Exercises, too. I like it when Wii Fit suggests activities to do together as a complete workout combination. I wish there were more set workouts to follow to help me decide which Exercises and Poses to do to maximize my workouts. I really pushed myself doing the Jackknife Challenge, but somehow I missed a rep. I definitely worked up a sweat today.

Activities

Strength:

Lunge- 10 reps/leg

Push-up and Side Plank- 10 reps

Tricep Extension- 10 reps/arm

Sideways Leg Lift- 10 reps/side of body

Jackknife Challenge- 30 reps

Plank

Yoga:

Warrior Pose

Palm Tree

Sun Salutation

Aerobics:

Hula Hoop

Super Hula Hoop

Balance Games:

Ski Jump (2x)

Soccer Header (2x)

Lotus Focus

Sunday Diet:

Breakfast - None

Lunch - Sonora Chicken Pasta from Ruby Tuesday

Dinner - Leftover Sonora Chicken Pasta

Saturday Diet:

Breakfast - None

Lunch - Digorno Pizza (3 Slices)

Dinner - Zaxby's Chicken Finger Dinner

Saturday - July 12th 2008 Workout

2008-07-12T14:04:00.000-07:00

Weight Change: +3.3 lbs

After the Wii fit Body test today I have only gained 3.3 pounds after returning from my All-Inclusive Honeymoon Spot for 2 weeks. I do not like gaining weight but I would be lying if I said I was a little pleased that it was not more.

I worked out for 30 Wii Minutes today (about 45 actual)

I started off with 20 pushups in the pushup challenge where I challenge my trainer and he falters after a pre-determined amount. I beat him in the 20 mark but after I beat him it will increase. I do not know if I can do 30 as it stands because there is a lot of pausing and holding to keep good form. This is a challenge that I look forward to.

I did a few ab exercises after this with Jacknives and the little Bridge excercise. I did not do these enough because they were difficult while doing them (not too difficult though and did not push myself to my max).

After this I pansied out and played some balance games. These really aren't that fun I just want to get the 4 stars on everyone before I never play them again.

10 Wii minutes were devoted to this before I went to the Yoga. I intermixed Yoga with other strength training exercises that the fit recommended went together.

After 30 wii minutes of workout I was sweating but like I have said before I played high school sports and I was pushed so much harder in my life's previous workouts.

As for diet I have decided that this will be the wii fit challenge/experiment. Just to be perfectly honest I won't be changing my diet that much. I will log it in but as far as me eating healthier that is not a luxury for people that are almost always on the go.

Therefore I will see if the wii fit can help me lose weight (with all things being equal).

Friday Intake:

Breakfast: None
Lunch: 2 Corndogs & Fruit (thanks wifey)
Dinner: Sticky Fingers Chicken fingers, French Fries, Mac & Cheese and Mint Chocolate Chip Waffle Cone

Day 3 - 06/25/2008

2008-06-26T06:33:00.000-07:00

Well, I am leaving town today. Saying goodbye to my wii fit for two whole weeks (also saying goodbye to this blog).

I am going to come back and start things up but hopefully until then I wont do too much damage.

Diet for Day 3 was a busy failure:

Breakfast: Chicken Biscuit from Chick-fil-a
420 Cals ; 19 Grams of Fat; 44 Carbs

Lunch: Mcdonalds Double Cheeseburger & Fries
820 Cals; 42 Grams of Fat; 82 Carbs

Dinner: Zaxby's Chicken Finger Plate
1053 Cals; 50 Grams of Fat; 91 Carbs

Grand total:
2,293 Calories; 111 Grams of Fat; 217 Carbohydrates

Yikes!

Day 2 - 06/24/2008

2008-06-24T18:52:00.000-07:00

I still don't know about the wii fit. I mean I like it, but it is definitely not a magic machine. What is the #1 reason why people do not fight through and keep with a workout routine?

Too hard? Not enough fun? Don't care enough about health?

I don't think its any of these answers, if I had to put money on it, I would say the #1 reason why people don't stick with workouts is:

TIME

This is not exempt from the wii fit. I was not hoping that the wii fit would do the work for me, but I was expecting the video game, tracking, and unlockables would keep me interested enough to keep with it.

We will see.

Anyway, on to my daily fitness:

Diet:
Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon, Toast
Lunch: 1 PB&J, few goldfish
Dinner: 5 Slices of Domino's Pizza & Coke

Yeah I know, why pizza again? I had a meeting where this is the food that was brought in. Eating healthy does not go hand and hand with busy lifestyles.

Exercise Notes:

I got up at 6 am to squeeze in a workout and could not do much more than 25 minutes of wii workout minutes. I did the pushups & jacknives once again. Those things are great. So hard. I love hard workouts. Basically, I either stick with the hard stuff or the games that take no work.

I then did 35 wii workout minutes at 8:30 PM tonight after I got finished with my meeting. I unlocked an amazing ab exercise..."the plank"

If you have played sports I've always heard this referred to as the bridge. This is where you put your forearms on the balance board put your toes out and make your back, rear, and legs straight. This is great and it is wonderful having the wii count it off for you. It starts with 30 seconds which I did easily. However, from what I remember anything longer than 60 seconds I do not do so well.

Total Wii Workout Minutes: 62 mins

25 mins - Balance Games
10 mins - Aerobics
20 mins - Strength (pushups, abs, etc.)
7 mins - Yoga

I'm still obese, I actually gained 1 pound from yesterday. It is normal for your body to fluctuate a couple pounds throughout the day. Hopefully I can see a trend down at some point.

I get married this Saturday, woo hoo, which means that as of Thursday I will not be on this thing for til this day Tuesday (two weeks from today). Therefore this blog will not receive updates during the time I am on my honeymoon.

Hopefully my wii fit won't be too mad at me after it is all over.

Day 1 - 06/23/2008

2008-06-24T06:47:00.000-07:00

Got the wii fit!!! I was so excited to work off the 5 slices of pizza I ate for dinner. So, my diet over the weekend was:

Saturday
Breakfast: Eggs (sunny side up), bacon, toast
Lunch: Moe's Burrito - Business Lunch
Dinner: Pasta with chicken sausage

Notes: I try to eat hearty breakfast with things the body can do something with. It works off the fat during the day and uses the good stuff. I never knew why breakfast was the most important meal of the day til recently. I need to chill out with the fatty stuff for lunch & dinner.

Sunday
Breakfast: Eggs (sunny side up), bacon, bagel
Lunch: Lean Pork Chop with corn & brocolli
Dinner: McDonalds McChicken & half an order of fries (was in a hurry)

Notes: I think I did better with my intake...but that McDonalds stuff is a deflater. If I could just set aside more time my diet would be better.

Now on to Monday

Monday
Breakfast: 1/2 a pop tart
Lunch: 1 PBJ sandwich (couple swigs of water) - big rush here...I ate it on an elevator in between meetings
Dinner: 5 Slices of Pizza, 5 pieces of crazy bread, & mountain dew (Gorged myself cause I was famished from the rest of the day)

Notes: I think you can tell that I did the opposite of what I try to do. Fatty stuff at the beginning of the day, lean stuff at the end of the day. My body was messed up from so little food. I am a pretty big guy.

Wii Fit Notes from Monday - 06/23/2008

Workout Length: 1 hr 2 mins
Actual Playing time: 1 hr 51 mins

Yoga: 15 mins
Strength: 12 mins
Games: 25 mins
Aerobics: 10 mins

I had to sit through a lot of "show you how to do it" screens.

BMI: 30.05 - Obese...ugh

This is not as bad as expected, I should be able to drop into the "overweight" category within weeks (normally). However, this weekend I am getting married and going on my honeymoon in which I will be without the wii fit for 1 week (not to mention at an all inclusive resort...pray might be needed)

Anyway, like I said in my challenges...my goal is to no longer be Obese.

The exercises were good, not as difficult as I'd like but I think they will get increasingly harder with more reps (wii fit just wants you to try it first, not over exert yourself immediately)

Favorite exercises:
Yoga: Tree...I thought this was a challenge and I love challenges. I really think I can work on it and get better.

Strength: Pushups/Planks & Jacknives. If the wii fit only had these two exercises it would be worth the money. I know you can do them in real life but I will not stick with them unless they are on a video game for some reason to keep track of progress. Jacknives REALLY DO work your abs and pushups you can't really cheat on.

Aerobics: I thought these were underwhelming, didn't really work up a sweat, except for the running in place exercise in which they told me to NOT PASS THE TRAINER. Well you know that me (as would all other guys) move your legs at a rapid rate in order to pass him...and you know what, I did!!! However, it gave me a really really low score. Oh well.

Balance Games: Fun, but not a workout. My favorite game was some marble game where I the balance board is like the little board on screen that i can shift with how I shift my weight. Then I have to roll the balls into holes within a time limit. Like I said, lots of fun, not a work out. My goal is to sweat.

First impressions were good, I am excited to workout tonight again!

Unfortunate News

2008-06-20T08:12:00.000-07:00

I just found out that my wii fit will not be in today 06/20/2008 like I expected and I am going out of town and will not be there to pick it up tomorrow.

Bummer

The Wii Fit Challenge starts Monday - 06/23/2008!!!

Day 1 - June 20, 2008

2008-06-20T07:33:00.001-07:00

Day: Friday
Date: 6/20/2008
Breakfast: Eggs, Bacon, Toast
Lunch: Grilled Chicken Sandwich , Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce
Dinner: Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce ,
Calories: 1536.5 cals ( 464 cals under recommended amount )
Fat: 50.1 g ( 16 g under )
Sodium: 3039 mg ( 739 mg over )
Carbs: 187 g ( 63 g under )
protein: 79.6 g ( 5 g over )
Fiber: 19 g ( 13 g under )
Sugar: 26 g ( 26 g over )

Day 0 - June 19, 2008

2008-06-19T08:02:00.000-07:00

Day: Thursday
Date: 6/19/2008
Breakfast: Cheese Bread
Lunch: 2 PB & J , Chips
Dinner: Grlld Chick Sandwiches , Waffle Fries
Calories: 2,460 cals ( 460 cals over recommended amount )
Fat: 93 g ( 27 g over )
Sodium: 3,577 mg ( 1,277 mg over )
Carbs: 263 g ( 13 g over )
protein: 71 g ( 4 g under )
Fiber: 19 g ( 13 g under )
Sugar: 18 g ( 18 g over )

Challenge - 6/20/08

2008-06-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is the challenge of an obese man (according to BMI). The intent of this website is intended as a document for him. This will not be publicized or shared. If you have stumbled here, it is my goal to have you inspired to pursue your challenge.

3 Challenges that I am taking on as of June 20th, 2008.

Challenge #1 - To no longer be in the "obese" category and just be "overweight" by October 1, 2008.

Challenge #2 - To no longer be in the "overweight" category and be in the "normal" category 1 year from today - June 20th, 2009.

Challenge #3 - I have never been able to do 100 pushups. It is my goal to be able to accomplish this feat.