Like my Blackberry. I still don't know how all the apps and stuff work..
Like my Wii Fit. I've had it for quite some time, and just made a discovery in the last couple days. Notice the + dividers on it?
Well, that explains why I just COULD NOT get the hang of doing Advanced Step. I could do the regular step and the blue side steps. I had trouble getting the timing down of the green kicks. And for some reason I would have "missed" steps on the purple steps, in spite of putting both feet up and keeping time. I was getting VERY frustrated!! When doing the step, one is on the top half of the board, and the other is on the bottom half. Stupid me, I was stepping in the MIDDLE of the board and not paying attention to the lines. DUH!! I don't think it helps much having a 3 year old Scrappy-man crawling around on the floor all around me as I'm trying to step up and down and side to side from it!! haha - that's a workout all in itself!!
Another thing I've recently learned is about HOW I do my workout. I've been focusing mostly on doing aerobics - step and boxing - and maybe a few balance games and yoga woven in there. It's still hard to get into some positions since my stomach is still infected (I REALLY wish it would clear up :/ ). I've been doing about 30 minutes in the morning and trying to get another 30 in the afternoon. My discovery? I have to do more than 30 minutes, because I don't break a sweat until almost 30 minutes!!! But today I changed things up a little bit. I made myself do more of the yoga - about 10 minutes before I started anything else. I did the Basic Step twice, then went to my boxing - but skipped the 3 minute level, which I usually use as a warm up. I went straight to the advanced 6 minute, and was feeling more of my workout. I even got brave after doing some Advanced Step and tried Expert boxing!!! Whew! What a workout!!! Talk about working those muscles! And I had sweat running down my forehead - quite uncommon for me! I must be doing something right now! I need to start working more yoga and the strength training in..... I'm just really hoping my work shows on the scale tomorrow.....
And a little update on canning... yes I'm still doing a little here and there - did some bean and ham soup.
*Note to self - check Salvation Army for jars.
**Note to self - make more applesauce next year - and in the quart and pint (not half-pint) jars.
***Note to self - can tomatoes instead of freezing next year so have freezer space for meat.
****Note to readers - DO NOT can the chicken stock unless you have a pressure cooker and can use it to seal your jars!!! My frozen chicken stock came out just fine, but the canned chicken and stock had gone rancid since I just used a hot water bath. (I've also been told that the hot water bath works IF you boil the jars for 3-4 hours)
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