My so-called Workout routine, revealed!

I recently ran into regular yoga lady (one of the ladies behind Cheddar Clothing) and we got to talking about yoga and working out. If you all haven’t noticed, I have ceased doing yoga. My yoga bud ChrisL and I had been thinking of getting back into the routine but haven’t really found the time. Now the thing is, I totally understand how crazy ChrisL’s schedule is like, but me? Well I know I am busy, but at the end of the day, I frankly have NO idea what I was busy doing! *Tsk call it wasting time and acting like my time was actually precious when in reality it wasn’t… at least that’s how I feel haha*

So I guess also it’s time to reveal why I am not too scared of not working out despite having pigged out numerous times a week having steak at Pepper Lunch (and then at Elbert’s the other night). Gawd, I haven’t even been back to my old haunt, Healthy Shabu Shabu!

Anyyyyyway, my secret weapon (well not really secret weapon, but I just had to think of an un-blah way of introducing it haha)? Wii Fit.

When I was in San Francisco, I literally made this into my career– looking for a Wii Fit. I called so many Game Stops, Best Buys, Toys are Us, Targets… all that I did while I had difficulty breathing with my stuffy nose! All these stores had NO Wii Fit available. Then the day before I left, I took a chance on another Game Stop and asked about it. They said “We don’t have any but you can call Union Square store tomorrow– they might have a few coming in.”

That was all I needed.

I went with DM to Game Stop Union Square the next day. While I was on the Bay Bridge, I called them to check if there are still any left. Before I had left the house, I had already called, but while I was on the bridge, I called again. They wouldn’t take reservations. They wouldn’t even sell you more than one gameboard per household.

I can understand. So much arbitrage going on with these balance boards (or are they called consoles?).

We got to Game Stop. Thank goodness there were 3 left. I happily bought one (this was originally bought for my DH, who had wanted nothing in SF but this Wii Fit), and my DM paid for the other to give to my SIL, who had asked me to find one as well.

Geeeez! these things weigh 10 lbs each. Heavvvvyyyyy! So you can imagine I didn’t really bother bringing back anything else bulky since it wouldn’t fit into my luggage anymore. Besides, I couldn’t ship this back to Manila since it would be a pleasant surprise to DH when I present him with his new “toy”. I had informed him I had absolutely zilch luck finding this contraption.

Of course DH was eternally grateful for my having bought this for him (this was actually a belated birthday pressie). That said, he began using the Fit almost immediately. And he being the usual person who’d love company (hahaha misery loves company) when doing some silly activity (ok so I thought it was silly haha), he dragged me to try it too. We made my Mii profile. This is what I look like on Wii Fit. (yay, no heart hahaha).

Yes, I am SCOWLING in my Mii (Gee thanks DH— he masterminded this look… Scowling with big glasses. Feeling Anna Wintour… NOT!!!). Hahahaha. DH says it’s a befitting look since I’m his not-so-little bittergourd. (DH always teases me *while I scowl* that I never fail to take my bitter pill daily hahahaha… what am I bitter about? Hello have I won the friggin’ million dollar lottery yet?! Damnit I have never even won Php 100 from all those Mercury drug raffle tickets I’ve jammed into that drop box in Rockwell! Pfffft hahahaa)

The thing about this Wii Fit is, it takes your Body Mass Index and weight. It plots your daily weight on some graph and geeeez, if you gain weight after day 1, it even gives you a few choices of reasons as to WHY you gained weight. *Talk about this “thing” being sooo judgemental!!* I swear, the damn thing made me feel so guilty about gaining a pound+ !! (yes, 1.3 lbs!!! tsk)
So on my next weigh- in, I stepped on the balance board, and when it asked the weight of clothes I had on (it gives you choices),
I immediately stripped down to my knickers, much to the shock of my DH (who ended up laughing… yeah yeah boy you had a show didn’t you hahahahaha). Ok, I think he was more grossed out and shocked than anything hahahaha.. (info overshare!! hahaha) But boy did he laugh real hard when it dawned on him why I did what I did (I had to make sure the Fit measures my weight accurately and doesn’t add poundage because of my clothes hahahaha)… So I gave him a dead- serious stare and said “Shaddup!!! 😀 Muwahahahaa*

It also gives you your Wii Fit Age after some body tests. See how anxious I looked like? Muwahaha… I’m like 6 years older than my real age hahahaha *SAD*

Teeheeee… tsk, so anyway, at first I thought it was pretty dorky to do yoga on a balance board (I mean there’s always bikram yoga… damnit– now THAT’s a real workout!). I tried the Fit anyway and did poses like these:
(Photo credit: Ign.com) *Sorry I can’t possibly take a photo of me doing these yoga poses. It’s way too embarrassing– if you had little respect for me to begin with, seeing me doing these yoga poses would make you lose that last ounce of respect. So nooo, I don’t want that to happen *hahaha… not Yet!*

While I didn’t even break a sweat doing these poses, I explored other games/ challenges that this Fit had to offer. For instance, Aerobics (it’s such an 80s term hahaha)…
I settled on Hula Hooping. SUPER Hula Hoop! And guess what, I’m sooo hooked. It’s ridiculous actually. I was telling BB about this whole hula hooping exercise over dinner and he doubled over in laughter. You go through that whole body “swirling”, swinging, spinning motion (muwahahaha ok I don’t want to even inject any malice here but you get the picture) to get the hoop turning. Then you reach out to “catch” the hoops that your family throws your way without losing spin speed.

DH could not stop laughing at me when I was doing it because I have made this activity into my new career *muwahahaha*. *Beat that! 644 spins and counting!! I finished off at 880 spins!!!! Hahahaha* I try to beat me at my own game. And hey, go ahead and laugh because it seems so cheesy and all, but I was sweating like a leaky faucet! *muwahaha*.

I just don’t know if I’m losing weight or inches off my waist doing this 😉

So THERE! Now you all know what I’ve been busy doing at 1:00 am hahahaha!!!

Enjoy this post! And hopefully one or two of you get inspired enough to actually buy a Wii Fit– and if you do decide you want one, good luck getting one — unless you are nothing like me (a cheapskate) and are willing to pay top $ for it, pronto 😉

x
Mrs.T