So last time we talked I was on a mission to eliminate soda from my intake for three weeks straight. Well, my wife had our little baby boy seven weeks early and it threw a majorly wonderful wrench in our plans.
I did fairly well, though. It was on day 5 of week 3 when he was born, and though I wasn’t perfect I did cut my soda intake down to a third of what it was–that is until my son was born.
When a child is born sleep is at a premium. You might average four hours each night, and it’s broken sleep at that. So for about 10 days I survived on my old friend Mountain Dew. I’ve since dropped my intake back down, however and even though I wasn’t perfect I feel like my experiment was a success.
As far as exercising with Kinect goes I’ve been doing as much as I can when I can. Even though the critics have been rather tough on Kinect Star Wars (including our own Andy Tran’s review) I find that it’s great for being active. I don’t dare try the Dance Central knockoff mode, but flailing my arms like a Jedi with a lightsaber or rampaging like a Rancor is loads of fun and keeps me moving constantly. Podracing is also a lot of fun, but my arms get tired quickly. You have to hold them straight out to race, and the races are fairly long. I’m not the only one, either. My sister and her teenage son were wore out by it, too. I’m pretty sure by the time I can finish a longer, three lap race I’ll have huge arms. I highly recommend it if you’re a Star Wars fan, especially if you find it on sale. You have to be able to laugh at Star Wars and not take it too seriously, but it’s loads of fun.
The above image is courtesy of my talented sister-in-law.
