I finally found a Wii Fit!!!  After several failed attempts over the past couple of months to find one, I thought that this past weekend would end in success since one of the sales associates at Circuit City told me they usually get Wii Fit’s in on the first Sunday of the month.   Well, I went to Circuit City on Sunday around noon and they were already sold out of the Wii’s they got in that morning.  The manager told me that there was a line outside when he arrived to work at 7am.  Really??!!  Wow.  I called several other stores and they had similar situations…received some that morning, but were already sold out.  Most stores only seem to get between 3-6 per shipment.  I still don’t understand why high demand item production is so scarce!

Anyway… the guy at the Game Stop near where I work told me they usually get one on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, so just call the store and ask if they got any in.  So… I figured that was my best option (to try to find one at a store near work instead of waiting till the weekend and going to Circuit City, Best Buy, Walmart, or Toys R Us.)  Well… today, I called Game Stop at the end of the day, and calmly asked, “Do you have any Wii Fit’s?” and waited for the disappointing news.  BUT… he said, in a voice like I had just found a clue to a $1million dollar puzzle, “Actually… we do!”   At this point, I became very excited over the phone and said, “really?!  Great!”  He explained that he couldn’t hold it, to which I quickly responded, “No problem, I am on my way!”.  I was literally running through the parking lot to my car and calling William to share the great news.   When I arrived at the store, the guy says… “You weren’t lying when you said you were on your way”  The mall is about 5 minutes from where I work.  I purchased Wii Fit #3 of 4 they had received the previous day.  I was so excited!!

Despite my excitement and anxiousness to try it out.  I still went to my usual Wednesday Turbo Kick Class to make sure I got a high fat-burning workout since I figured my first day on Wii Fit would be fairly low impact.  Although the beginning started a bit slow as you learn the games, I will admit that the they do get progressively harder and higher in impact and I was very impressed!  The best thing about Wii Fit is that is focuses on aerobic activity, strength training, Yoga, and most importantly balance.  I guess they don’t call it a “balance board” for nothing!  All of the activities incorporate balance since they want you to work on good posture and overall fitness.  I think that is great!!   Even though I knew that strength training was important and Yoga is a good idea, this brought it all into perspective.  I really love it!!  I did pretty well on the aerobics (Ski Jump was by far my best event) and very well on the strength straining exercises and surprisingly well at the Yoga exercises I did (I am not very good at Yoga).  The balance exercises… that was another story.  I am not good at those (although I was good when it came to balance with strength training).  There is a balance game where you have to head bump the soccer balls, but dodge the other objects that come flying in your face (like cleats and other random objects) and let’s just say that I was horrible at that.  I would be black and blue if that were real :-)  I did pretty good at Hula Hoop though and was able to unlock the Advanced Hula Hoop.  I thought I would be superb at Step, but you have to step at the “perfect time”, so I was not as stellar as I thought I would be, but I did manage to unlock the Advanced Step (I should explain here that as you get “better”, it unlocks new games, yoga poses, etc.).  I love how when you don’t do well, they play this depressing music.  That is hilarious to me.

I have to say that the best thing about Wii Fit is he tracking mechanism.  It can track your weight and BMI over time and it even graphs your progress!!  You an set timelines to reach certain goals, like lose 5 lbs in 1 month, etc.  You can also complete the balance test each day to track your progress with that, which I definitely need to do.

Ok… well, I am sure you get the drift of my excitement by now.  I played around on it for about 2 hours, but it is after midnight now, so I need to go to bed (and call William back since I was too excited pre-occupied with the games when he called earlier… all he could do was laugh).  I definitely recommend this to anyone thinking of getting one (or even those not thinking of getting one) although it seems like many of our friends have one! I think this will really help me keep up with my workouts and fitness and weight loss goals, which is exciting!

I can’t believe we are already on week 4 of our exercise challenge. I hate to admit it, but so far, William is in the lead. He has been faithfully exercising (running, riding his bike to work, etc). He has been able to lose 4 lbs so far. I did well during Week 1, but Week 2 and 3 were bad for me. The holiday threw a wrench in things and I think I picked up a few pounds. The good news is that I was back to the gym this week doing my Turbo Kick classes and I have making some healthy eating choices with the exception of the desserts at work..it’s killing me! I have a hard time passing up apple cobbler, chocolate cake, or any cake for that matter. So… I am still working on that. I think with a couple pounds added during the holiday and the delay getting back on schedule, I am only down about 1-2lbs. I do plan to commit myself to my exercise routine (I have added it to my calendar at work to make sure I leave on time to get to the gym) and I plan to keep choosing and preparing healthier meals. I know William will continue to do well. Plus, we have Dr. Neil to coach us along he way! (Thanks for your support and advice Neil)

William and I have been complaining a lot over the past couple months about not being able to fit certain clothes and not being the size that we were in college. He has been losing some weight, but I have watched my weight slowly increase. So…. we are both challenging ourselves to make healthier food choices and exercise on a more consistent basis over the next couple months leading up to our 1 year anniversary. My goal is to lose 15-20 lbs. This will allow me to fit in most of my clothes again. William is also hoping to lose about 20 lbs. I am only posting this on the blog to possibly help keep us accountable for this goal. We will try to post updates on how we are doing. We have both done fairly well this week. I have worked out 3 days straight so far doing my Turbo Kick class on Sunday and the Turbo Jam DVD yesterday and today. William has been biking and working out in the gym. In fact, he plans to participate in Denver’s annual Bike to Work Day tomorrow. We have not finalized the prize for the winner of the challenge, but we’ll keep you posted.

Congratulations to Neil and Tami on their recent medical school graduation. You can read all about it on Neil’s blog, The Chronicles of NL. He posted pictures to his website and his flickr. You should also check out the pictures of their son. Other than this post, links can be found in the right hand sidebar. For those who don’t know, Neil is one of my closest friends and will be a groomsmen in my wedding, just as was one in his. (As always, I don’t use full names in post. Eventually the post are indexed by google’s search engine, and I don’t want to help anyone’s ex stalk them. If every there was an occasion, this would be it. Congratulations again.)

So today was the “weigh-in” for the 10&10 challenge I wrote about in a post last week. I have been weighed and measured and ready to work out and eat healthy foods only for the next 10 days! Ahh! Those who know me well know that I love sweets, pizza, and chocolate, so this will truly be a challenge for me, but I feel good about it and am excited to get started. I am more excited about getting motivated about getting back in the workout mode, so I will be happy regardless of the results. Below is a picture of my weigh in buddy, Kacy (pic on the left) and also of Kacy and I with Jackie, one of the Turbo Kick instructors and the facilitator of the challenge (pic on the right). In order to keep William from banning me from blogging out of fear I will turn the Cody Report into a “girly blog”, I will not post daily updates.  I will just do a post after 5 days and then at the end of the 10 day challenge. Besides, who really cares how many celery sticks I ate or how I resisted the temptation to eat that chocolate chip cookie!  Here we go….

So.. yesterday for the first time in 4 months, I returned to the gym and began working out again. Yea me! I am really glad that I did because I have realized how much I enjoyed going to the gym and how much it helps me to relieve stress. I used to enjoy working out on the elliptical machine, but last year I discovered the turbo kickboxing class they have at the gym I go to, Lifetime Fitness (love this gym!). Not only is the class a great workout, it is a fun class and keeps me motivated to go to the gym and I never thought I would enjoy kickboxing. Yes… I know that somehow my motivation was lost for 4 months, but one of the reasons was that after moving, I am now 20 minutes away from the gym as opposed to 5 minutes. There are a few other reasons as well, but I won’t go into that now. The start of a new year is always a good time to start afresh, so I decided to go back to working out again. I hope now I will keep my motivation to go. I am already contemplating whether to enter a group fitness challenge to lose up to 10lbs and 10 inches in 10 days by committing to working out for 10 consecutive days and eating healthier foods, although I think the goal of the challenge is to develop habits and establish healthier eating patterns than to just lose weight. It starts next Tuesday. If I chose to participate, I will keep everyone updated on my progress. I doubt I would lose 10 lbs, but any loss is good. My goal is to lose 10-15lbs over the next few months and then maintain it from there, so if I can jump start it with this, that would be great. I have several clothes that are not fitting as well as they did before, so it would be great for them to fit like they did when I first purchased them. Not to mention that all important dress that I need to make sure I fit into on September 8th! However, it is more about getting in shape and trying to stay healthy. (WARNING: girly comment ahead) It is just me or does it seem like once you hit 25, all the weight begins going straight to your thighs! Ahh! Hopefully my body at age 27 will treat me a little better this year. I hope anyone else with fitness goals is successful as well! I definitely recommend finding a class you like and using that to motivate you. Classes keep you on a schedule and helps the time pass much faster.