I exercised on the crosstrainer for the first time since the my operation this evening. I also picked up Eloïse from school, biked into the city centre for a haircut and then hauled a huge amount of groceries back from the supermarket, so I can feel good about the amount exercise my body’s had today.
The Wii Fit told me I’d put on a kilo since the last time I exercised, so that’s been the cost of the post-operative recovery period. Not too bad, I suppose.
That means I’m still two kilos up on my pre-Xmas low, because I hadn’t yet got back to that weight when the operation so rudely interrupted my workout regimen. I hope I can shift those two kilos over the next three or so weeks and return to my mid-December weight.
On the positive side, the Wii Fit declared me to have the body of a 21 year old this evening. Sigh… if only that were true.
We upgraded to the Wii Fit Plus on release last year and I’m pleased to say that I’ve been making good progress on the new activities that have been added.
I’ve managed 622 points on the Obstacle Course in advanced mode, which is easily good for four stars. I’ve also achieved four stars a couple of times in the super-advanced mode of Perfect 10 (which should then be called Perfect 20), but it took me a lot of plays to get my brain and hips working in that kind of harmony.
In Big Top Juggling, I’ve managed to attain a perfect score in standard mode, but I doubt I’ll pull off the same feat in advanced mode, where one must juggle five balls instead of three. That’s pretty hard, especially when the bombs start exploding at your feet.
Speaking of perfect scores, I’ve also managed a perfect run through Tilt City, getting all the balls into the matching coloured buckets.
The Obstacle Course is one of the few new activities that hold a lasting appeal for me, though. I find it to be the perfect warm-up for the crosstrainer, so it’s an activity I do every evening.
I was a bit wary of doing the squat routine on the crosstrainer this evening, but it wasn’t uncomfortable, so I didn’t skip it.
I’m in no more discomfort now than I would be if I’d taken part in a strenuous activity and pulled a load of muscles. More disturbing is the subcutaneous hardening of the tissue around my wounds. One of these has so much hardened tissue, that a bulge distends from my belly when I lie down and tense my stomach muscles. Yuck. I hope that’s normal.