Health-Tech Challenge
Week 8 Coastal Point Health Tech Challenge
It’s Week 8 of the Coastal Point Health Tech Challenge, and we’ve expanded the arsenal of high-tech weapons in my own personal battle of the bulges, adding the Nintendo DS and My Weight Loss Coach software to the regimen from the first five weeks of the challenge, which focused on the Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit game.
Coastal Point Health-Tech Challenge, Weeks 2 and 3
As I write this, it’s midway through Week 3 of the Coastal Point Health-Tech Challenge. For those who missed our first installment, in which I set up the technology-friendly health challenge and gave an introduction to the Wii Fit “game,” my goal was to improve my general fitness and to work on losing some weight — 22 pounds as an initial goal, and moving on from there.
Coastal Point Health-Tech Challenge, Week 2
Well, it’s the end of Week 2 of the Coastal Point Health-Tech Challenge, and I’ve been pleased with my ability to keep up my new exercise regimen using Wii Fit. On the down side, I’ve gained 4 pounds since starting the program two weeks ago. On the up side, even without verification with a body-fat calculation and with my diet unchanged, I’m positive that all of that extra weight (and probably more) is muscle.
Introducing the Coastal Point Health-Tech Challenge
In our recent series of health stories on technologically-savvy ways to get (and stay) in shape, I noted the expected release of the Wii Fit game and balance board peripheral this month. Well, May 22 arrived late last week, and with it my very own copy of the game and my very own balance board.
Day 6: Health Tech Challenge
Day 6: Back to work(out) day
Only time for a brief workout today, coming in at just under 18 minutes with a run at Rhythm Boxing, Basic Step, Super Hula Hoop and a few balance games, as well as a Sun Salutation. This will probably be my basic workout from this point forward.
Day 4: Health Tech challenge
The wiggles
By M. Patricia Titus
News Editor
I managed to get a little bit of (almost) uninterrupted time with Wii Fit today, and it really seems to be paying off, even if the scale is only going upward. There definitely seems to be some muscle building going on, and I still feel very invigorated. Nothing like an honestly earned bit of sweat to make you feel more fit.
Day 3: Health Tech Challenge
A downhill challenge
By M. Patricia Titus
News Editor
A slight weight loss. Good news and, hopefully, the start of a trend. I can definitely feel muscles starting to build, though. And the best news of all is I’m feeling more energized and more fit overall.
