1 Week in - Change of Calories needed?
So, I have been doing Wii Active for a week now. Although the “game” itself has a lot of room for improvement, I really enjoy that it is helping me tone up and the overall idea of it. The pace it sets gets on my nerves because it can be really slow, but that is what I need for some of them. I just do not see myself going to the gym and using weights or resistance bands and/or doing that at home, so I am glad it is there.
I am never in the mood to do it, but knowing that it is saving my progress and effort and stuff makes me go forward. It helps me keep on track and do it every day (although it builds in 2 rest days a week). It would be relatively easy to “cheat” the program and not really do much, but I push hard and be certain not to fall into that trap and really work it. I always feel exhausted at the end of the workouts, even though they are only usually 25 minutes or so. I have been following the mandatory workouts with mini workouts of things that are fun to me (aka things that do not use the resistance band!). I know everything I do with the resistance band will pay off later for muscle/tone, but boy do I hate them all!! Anyway, so I usually do my own cool down of sorts with fun things like boxing, baseball, tennis, volleyball, et cetera.
I was disappointed that my weight did not change by even a tenth of a pound after a week of workouts and keeping a close tab on my calories, so it has forced me to reevaluate. The truth is, I have been using “1300 calories” as my base for a few months now, and when I went back to the calorie needs calculator thingy, I realized that this was listed under “extreme” loss and it says not to really use that number, except as a bare minimum. Whenever I would end over 1300 for the day, I felt really mad at myself. But maybe I need to have more calories in the day? I guess we will see. I will use the 1696 it states for regular fat loss for a week or so and see what happens. That feels and sounds like a whole lot of calories to me, though!
I was never expecting a miracle of 5 pounds a week or something or immediate changes, but a loss of something would be appreciated. I definitely want to tone up and gain some muscle, but I still have a huge stomach, bingo wings, thighs to kill, and a butt that could double as a shelf. So, I would enjoy seeing the scale move a bit!
