Alright, so I told you I was getting up early and working out with my friend and, did I mention, getting up EARLY?
I’m not an early person, in case you didn’t know. You need to understand that to understand how serious I was about getting up and getting out and getting healthy. Very serious. Because I was getting up early.
Even after a few weeks of it, I still wasn’t convinced that I was doing the right thing. In fact, I even told a friend, “I really hope this is worth it.”
His reply, ”What? Being healthier? I can’t think of a single downside really..”
Fast forward a few days to my friend and me being on the very last leg of our 5 miles, jogging along the sidewalk. One second we’re buzzing along chatting, the next I’m on the ground with a scraped up elbow, knee, and a sprained ankle.
Suddenly, I’m very clear on the downside.
I was honestly more mad than hurt, and it really did hurt pretty badly. But this was the end of our first 4 weeks. We were so successful! We were kicking butt! We were awesome!!!
Ah, well, the best laid plans and all. Thankfully, it’s been 10 days now, and my ankle seems to be healing wonderfully. I’m so excited about that. And even more excited that I really am ready to get back out with my friend and getting walking and jogging again. Antsy, even. Because sitting around the house, without a functioning remote, with kids still wanting to jump all over you? Mind numbing.
I’m so proud of my friend, though. She’s still been getting up and kicking butt and all. I did take last week off, but am planning on getting up early again this week and at least get some strength training going. Wish me luck with that.
Hopefully, I’ll have something more exciting to report soon. Oh! But a great way to entertain yourself when you’re just sitting around? Invite your friends over to play your WiiFit and watch them do the hula hoop. HILARIOUS. You’ll thank me. 
I’m glad to hear that will be getting back up and at it again. It is hard to get up after you fall down. I’m still not all the way back up from my broken foot last fall. I started boxing on the WiiFit (In shoes), but I haven’t restarted the running part. I read about EA Sports having a fitness “game” for the Wii that I want to check out. It is supposed to be much more intense. Anyway, it is my goal to try and start some sort of fitness plan soon.
I don’t think I’d realized you’d broken your foot. Yuck. I’ve read good things about the EA Sports thing. Read some really bad reviews of the Jillian WiiFit game. If you get the EA Sports one, let me know how you like it. In the meantime, you can entertain me by coming over and doing the hulahoop.
Yes, last fall I broke my foot while doing the running “game” on WiiFit. I was running barefoot on my slab floor and incurred a stress fracture near my pointer toe. Of course, being the manly man that I am I didn’t go see the doctor for over two months (against naggy wife’s advice as I’m sure she’ll point out). I wore the boot for a few months before getting full clearance to work out again.
BTW, I’d be glad to hoop for ya. Bet you didn’t know that I have a hoop on my back porch that I use for working out. I have no problem hooping. What looks really silly is the sking games!