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For Rainy Days I Use My Wii Fit Game to Stay Fit
December 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment
My current vitals are 6 feet tall, 217 pounds. I am a 27 year old male. I would like to lose approximately 25 more pounds. I have successfully lost five pounds. In order to lose these first five pounds, I did not adhere to a strict diet.
My plan was to exercise more and to choose healthier alternatives when eating. Personally I think that the exercise was the key. My exercises of choice are running, bike riding, tennis, or Video games on the Wii.
Running is an obvious choice. However sometimes while running I get bored, even while listening to music. So then I started riding my bike more. The benefits of bike riding, was that I could cover more ground and see more interesting places around the neighborhood.
Luckily for me I live out in the country and there are plenty of places that I am able to explore on my bicycle. My third choice of exercise was tennis. I played in high school, so I figured that picking up the sport again would not be that difficult.
When playing I would play both singles and doubles. Singles burns more calories, but I enjoy doubles more because of the social aspect. Also when there was noone to play with I would go hit on the Playmate Ball Machine at the tennis club.
This burnt more calories than singles or doubles combined, simply because there was always another ball coming out. Playing tennis for the first time in 10 years I could see my skills had diminished, but before long I felt as though I was playing better than I had in High School.
Lastly for those rainy days I use my Wii Fit game. They have all sorts of little games to play to get your heart rate up. My favorite part of Wii Fit is the Yoga. My body tends to be a little tight, and after 3 months I can already see a difference in my flexibility.
As far as my diet, as I mentioned before there was no specific diet plan. However when choosing meals instead of the normal hamburger and french frys, I began to eat a sub and yougurt. For breakfast I stopped eating biscuits and gravy or a bagel loaded with cream cheese.
I have began to eat Special K breakfast bars and a glass of all natural orange juice or water. Hopefully if I stick to my plan I can continue to eat foods that I enjoy and exercise my way to a healthier weight.