I have never really been satisfied with the way I look. There have been a few attempts to lose the fat but I was not able to do it. Even though I belonged to a health spa, I did not maintain it for too long. I never bothered to go to the gym. The way I looked was set in stone and I was not going to be able to get to a healthy weight no matter what. Suddenly I was given the opportunity to make a difference.
I was reading an article and in the article was a advertisement for xbox 360 kinectand rather than ignoring it like I normally would I checked it out, filled out the information and a month or so later was notified that I had won and I would be receiving my new Xbox in just a short while so I decided that I would look into the best ways for me to use this new system so that I could get the most out of my unexpected windfall.
When I was growing up I spent my fair share of time in arcades and with a gaming system at home, but now I new it was different. I was more involved with this new system. My body was going to be the controller. I would have to get up off of the sofa to play. Playing the games became a form of exercise for me. I figured that if the games were fun it could be a way for me to get the exercise that I so badly needed. There were plenty of titles that would help me exercise when I went to the store to look for one.
I decided to do a little extra work. I started to do some research on the right way to lose weight. On television there were documentaries that showed how some people who were morbidly obese had been able to change their lives. I did not need to lose as much as them, but I used them as my inspiration. I found out that through a good diet and exercise a person can get into shape. I decided to make it work for me too.
I decided to modernize my program by including the advancements that science had provided me with. By using a motion controlled game, I could not use some of the excuses that I had used before. I could not blame the weather or say I did not have the time to get to the gym. It was going to be done in the comfort of my own living room. At the end of the day I would use my computer to record many different things about my plan. I wrote my thoughts and feelings in this journal. In the computer, I wrote what I hoped to accomplish. I also recorded the results of what I did. It was repetitive because the game I was using did some of the same things.
Because it was a video game other members of my family were willing to join me. Anytime I turned the game on to workout my children would be moving right along with me. It was something that also attracted my spouse. Fitness became a game that all of us would enjoy.
To help our diet we looked online for better ways to cook and were not disappointed. We found out what foods were good and what were bad. We tracked what we ate in our journal. I think seeing it on a screen stopped me from my snacking habit. We found out that we actually could cook and it was something that was a lot of fun to do.
Many months have passed since we received our
kinect system and it has been great as I have taken off much of my extra weight and kept it off and because the system was free and we did not spend much on games, and due to the fact that eating healthier was actually cheaper, we are in better financial shape as well. That is always a positive. The xbox 360 kinect price is 159.99 US Dollars
