Running Around Like A Headless Chook and Not Sleeping Sure Aids Weight Loss

Mon gave me EA Active 2 for Christmas. I guess she was trying to tell me something ;-). Actually fair cop I did need to lose a load of beef cake weight that I had put on in the run up to Christmas and during said festive period. I really love the workouts in EA Active and before Peter was born I managed to get through one and and a third 9 week fitness programs.

I was slightly disappointed with the second 9 week program as I think the game was designed for a single 9 week run. Reason is there are plenty of rewards to be had, as pictured below, throughout the course of the first 9 week program. You finish one of you 4 weekly workouts and at the end they give you a trivial meaningless award! During the second there seem to be none available. Not a big deal I guess but always a pleasant surprise to get an award for reaching some level through the game. And damn straight I am a hot stepper!

So through the 12 weeks that I played the game I managed to lose 8 kilograms. Not too shabby at all. However since Peter was born I have simply been too mentally busy to dedicate 4 hours a week to do 4 workouts on EA Active 2. In fact I haven't played since Peter was born. Oh well not too worry.

I figure that I had probably put on weight since being unable to play. In reality I have had the odd spare hour to play but usually have simply been far too warn out! So today we weighed Peter to see how much of a beef cake he is becoming. I use the Wii Fit Body Test to weigh myself and figured that I could simply do this twice. Once while holding Peter, and once without. If my maths, and impossibly tired logic, is correct, the difference in weight would actually be Peter's weight ;-) So I picked up Peter and stepped on the Wii Balance Board and was pleasantly surprised that since Peter's birth, 6 weeks ago, I have only put on a single pound! Sweet!

Oh, hang on, that was while holding Peter! Sorted. His last weigh in he topped the scales at 3.6 kilograms, so wow, I have actually lost weight since his arrival. On I step again without Peter and it turns out that I have actually lost 4 kilograms since my last weigh in! Result! Peter seems to have gained all of the weight that I have put on! Poor guy ;-). Oh yeah that's good for a bubba.

I can only assume that running around like a headless chook, looking after a newborn, and not sleeping particularly well, is a good weight loss mechanism! Given Peter sleeps most of the time, as can be seen with his seeming complete disdain for the Royal Wedding, see below, it's not as if I have actually been chasing after him. When you try and fit your previous, pre-baby, life into 3 hour time slots, in and around baby feeding and nappy changing times, I guess you really have to rush! Doing this 7 or 8 times a day also probably has you burning calories, as if there is no tomorrow, when you previously were sleeping.

So there you have it. EA Active is a great solution for a 9 week burst of activity to shed a few of those unwanted kilos. In fact it's brilliant. I highly rate it. If you need the motivation provided by winning trivial awards through gameplay, then like me, gameplay might drag a little during the 2nd 9 week program you work through. Don't worry though, there's a simple solution. Just have a child and you'll continue to shed weight! ;-)

Have fun

m