A New Day

Today was the first day, I did any sort of workout that was not therapy related since pre-surgery.  Not to diminish therapy, it is indeed a workout.  However, mentally for me, it means something like "old and unhealthy."  To be honest, it has been a real mental struggle lately.  I feel old and frumpy, but maybe not unhealthy. Maybe instead of unhealthy I feel unfit.  Enough of this mental analysis!

Today, I was excited to get back to the Wii!  I decided to start with Wii Fit.  I did my body test and was surprised to see I was down 0.9 lbs since the last time I'd been on the Wii.  I'll gladly take it!  I wanted to do something that actually felt like exercise so I did the beginner step aerobics.  I did fine, but after two times, I was feeling it and decided not to push it.  I didn't want anymore overdoing it episodes like the one described in my last post.

I decided to try a few of the balance games.  I was pleased to break a couple of my previous records.  It made me feel good.  Maybe these new hips will work out after all.  Lest I leave a misimpression, it was a mixed bag.  Some of the games, I didn't do so well on.  I 'fell' on my first ski jump.  It didn't bother me.  It takes a bit to get back into the rhythm of the Wii.  

After about 15 or 20 minutes though, I was really feeling it and decided that was enough of Wii Fit and moved on to Wii Sports.  I really wanted to get 45 minutes of work out done today.  Talk about getting out of shape.  I was beat by a lesser ranked tennis opponent.  So, I decided to play baseball.  My family got beat, but not stomped. I switched to bowling.  I did fine with that.  Of course, it is hard to lose at bowling!

All in all, it was, in my mind, a good first effort.  Tomorrow I am back to therapy.  I am on an indefinite every other day regimen.  Wednesday, I'll dabble in another workout.  I may drag out my Leslie Sansone and see how many miles I can get in.  For now, I'm just getting benchmarks.  I'll report back as to how that goes.