If you have been wondering where I am and what I am doing - or more specifically: why the hell I have not been posting to my blog - well, I ran out of funny.
I had no idea that could happen…until it did. It started some time ago but this year’s tax season did me in. I am not new to tax season. I am aware of the long hours. I am intimately familiar with having no time to plan proper meals much less exercise for health and well being.
The difference this year is I gained weight because of it. A LOT of weight. That never happened before. And now I can no longer go tra-la-la-ing along and letting Life have its way with me. I have to do something.
Dammit.
I started with the Wii Fit and balance board. I have mixed feelings about the Wii Fit. On the plus side, it is excellent for getting couch potatoes moving. I cannot stress that enough. For someone who has been inactive for a long time, some of the exercises can be quite challenging yet are not so intimidating you give up.
On the down side, I have only been doing the Wii Fit for a little over a month and already I am bored. I have unlocked all of the exercises and, frankly, I thought there would be more. I will continue to unlock longer durations and more repetitions but I expected a larger variety of exercises. Also, you have to manually choose each exercise. When you finish one, it will often pop up and tell you to do one of the other related exercises, yet you cannot simply click on the popup to go to the other exercise. You have to manually back out of where you are, wait for your “score,” wait for your piggy bank to register how much time you spent on the first exercise, then go find the recommended one…which by now you have forgotten.
Disappointing.
I will continue to do the Wii Fit, including making anyone who comes to my house try to hit the soccer ball with their head, but I expect delivery of EA Sports Active
Please ignore the “BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM” in your face on the right. Just click on the pretty picture to go to Amazon.com to see a short video demonstrating how it works.
I am looking forward to having a more interactive program with my very own personal trainer, however virtual. I have high hopes, providing I live through the first week of course.
To summarize, I have been immersed in self-loathing lately and unable to find much of anything funny. Also, Facebook sucks the creativity out of even the hardiest of souls. But do not forsake me yet. I expect much more energy in the coming weeks.
Just ignore the smell of Ben-Gay and pretend you do not hear the whimpering.
Namaste.
