Day 6, Level One

I almost go through the push-ups!  I stopped for about 5 seconds twice. That is miles ahead of where I was from even the last day.  Endurance is up, arms are looking toned, and I'm feeling like this whole journey is going to be even more amazing than I thought.

My knees are feeling a little bit sore today, but I'm not too sure why.  I want to push myself even harder tonight, since level two is just around the corner (and I need to prepare for another 4 or 5 days of constant aches and pains from a whole new workout) but at the same time, I don't want to injure myself.  I'm not feeling any strain or pain from my knees during the workouts, though.. I'll just have to pay some extra attention to them tonight.

Bought the Wii Zumba Fitness dance game and can say that I am thoroughly disappointed. They are terrible at teaching you the moves, giving you no instruction beyond emulating the person on screen. I tried, and they kept saying "Great, perfect!" even though I know I was getting nowhere near the moves.  I then stopped and just shook the controller, got plenty of "Great, perfect!" encouragements, and promptly shut it off.  I'm going to be returning that for sure.  Jade and I are interested in getting the Playstation Move, so perhaps I'll get a more pop-esque dancing game for that instead.   I just want some aerobics workouts that have a good beat to get lost in.

Fridays are going to be my weigh in days, along with the beginning/end days of the levels for the 30DS.  This morning, I hopped on my balance board, and took the plunge.  To be honest, I was a little scared of what the result would be since I know I've been gaining muscle (which is good, I know, but it's the psychological aspect of "failing" that I was afraid of)

Result: 200.5 lbs. That is a 7% loss from my starting weight. Awwwwww, yeeeaaahhh.

My goal is to be at least 190lbs before we leave for Las Vegas, and at this rate, that is so very, very achievable. I may even hit my high goal of being 175lbs by Christmas if I keep this up.

Gonna push through this and make it happen.  Emmie, if you're still reading this, you're up next.