Ouch…I haven’t blogged in ages! I’ve been pretty busy with work, going home for the weekend and general catching up. And yet after all the catching up I’m still behind! Sometimes I really do feel like I’m going round in circles.
I’ve been getting up earlier to do a workout every day. I’ve been following the EA Active 30 Day Challenge (on my Wii) for the past week, and it’s a pretty good workout to start the day with. I definitely needed to up my exercise levels since I spend five days out of seven sitting at a desk for eight hours or more. Getting up earlier is not fun, but I feel good after a half hour workout and I want to at least complete the 30 day challenge.
A few of you were asking about Wii Fit Plus – if you have Wii Fit, it’s not too dissimilar. It adds some more activities and allows you to create custom workouts. But I read something recently which mentioned that Wii Fit and Plus both follow a more Eastern attitude to exercise (i.e thinking about stretching, posture and balance), whilst EA Active is based on Western thinking of being active. This is completely true, but then again there’s an ultimately fun aspect to Wii Fit which you don’t get with EA Active. You’d ‘play’ Wii Fit, you’d work out on EA Active. Having said that, if you’d the kind of person that prefers fun ways of exercising then Wii Fit is going to be more your cup of tea. It’s something you might play with friends, whereas if I invited one of my friends round to play EA Active, they’d probably take it as me calling them fat or something. Or just be very confused.
I just feel that Wii Fit and Plus, though they are more fun, don’t really count as exercise and so you might be fooled into thinking you can eat more crap than you can. I guess both games have certain advantages and disadvantages.
In other news…thank God the snow is over!! We had a day of black ice to round it off, and it was horrible. A two mile journey took me nearly an hour and a half, and it was so slippery in places I physically couldn’t walk uphill without the aid of a well-situated fence or hedge. Crazy. The only reminder of the snow I have left is a small scab on my knee from where I ripped my jeans (and part of my leg) open last week. Fingers crossed the weather starts to get better. It’s already getting darker later, which I love. I’ll be complaining again once it starts to get hot though!
I’ve installed Google Analytics for WordPress, and I’m going to delete CyStat because it’s just too buggy. Google Analytics has a lot of useful information, though I’d prefer an overview of general stats as well. It also seems to be missing the (very basic) full referral URLs of visitors, though there’s a hack I can implement so I might try that.
I’ve also signed up to , so if you’re interested in what I’m bookmarking or have an account, feel free to add me. If you’re interested in stalking me all over the Internet, then check out (but I only add people I know on Facebook).
The Haiti earthquake is all over the news, and it’s pretty emotional stuff to watch. For all the hate and war there is in the world, it’s pretty amazing to see how much people can achieve when they actually work together. I’ll definitely be donating to the cause in a few days when I have more money, and then I intend to blog all about it. Until then, I’ll just count my blessings that I live in a non-extreme country (however boring it may be), and realise that I should stop complaining about the snow.
So, to round off – if you made any new year’s resolutions, how are they going? Have you broken any yet? If you didn’t make any, why didn’t you? I’m finding that mine are actually pretty tough going, but I haven’t given up yet 
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I stopped making NY’s resolutions years ago, because I always broke them (more sooner than later).
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In other words: I’m lazy and have no backbone what-so-ever! :p
Great job on the daily workout, I should do that too but… (points above
Haha, I JUST read someone’s blog about exercising, and now I’m at your site. =P Aww man, I want a Wii now… =( If only I could win it. Haha.
Hopefully the weather will get better for you! I’d hate snow too… I hate the cold weather. LOL.
Yeah, I didn’t like Google Analytics too much… There’s a hack?! How?? I was doing it for work at one point, but it didn’t seem useful enough, so I uninstalled it.
Haha yeah, I know what you mean about Facebook. Same with me now. I’m not too active with my “online life” anymore, just because I’m too scared of getting traced back. =P Haha. Oh well.
Anyways, nope, no resolutions for me… Hehe.
haha i know a few people who actually does wii fit every morning… i wonder if they find it actually helpful.
idunno but i got bored of a game very fast, i played a few times at my cousins.
Hey! Keep going with the fitness stuff. ^_^ I’m working on a bit more aggressive routine right now, but that’s because I’ve got a super secret even I need to be looking good in. haha It’s not really that secret, I just can’t tell anyone… so I guess it’s a secret. ha!
Umm.. Sorry about your knee. Ouchies.
Your link to delicious doesn’t seem to go anywhere… >.>
I want to get a Wii – not for the Wii Fit or Wii Fit Plus though, but for all the games! Hehehe. I do run though. And I’ve made a small donation to Doctors Without Borders for their efforts in Haiti =)
I’m not really a Google Analytics fan, as when I used it I couldn’t make head or tail out of my stats. I recommend – it’s free, easy to use and best of all, has a real time feature!
I never played on the wii fit before :O! But it`s awesome after getting a workout& feeling accomplished. Yay for no more snow
! I`m feeling too bad about the earthquakes at haiti, we might have a fundraiser for the rebuild. 
Take care!
Ah, new year’s resolutions! Well, I tried not to fight with anyone – I haven’t really, but my mum has been angry with me. :O
I like stretching and what you call the “Eastern” attitude towards exercise. I think that’s something I like more. I’m not a fan of strenuous exercise at all – not even running. Hell, I like just walking and stretching and gentle sorts of sports.
I hope that scab on your leg goes away soon, ouch. :O
I use Statpress SEOlution for my blog. It’s pretty nifty with all its graphs and referrals – I don’t think it logs over a long period of time – or, I just can’t seem to figure out how to view them. XD It had a bug once but other than that I’m happy with it.
I’m from the UK too and there was SO much snow here recently. I couldn’t get to work for 3 days because all trains were cancelled. I’m kinda glad the snow has ended…for now.
I need to find myself some sort of exercise routine to do at least every other day because I sit for 8hrs everyday at work then sit more when I get home.
Keep going on the EA Active challenge
I have an etsy account, but I like artfire because they don’t charge you to list items. Until I make more sales I don’t know if I’ll use etsy much. But etsy does seem more popular… I’m going to have to think about this more and get back to you, lol. I suppose it’s a learning process…
And I think you’ve sold me on the wii fit now, lol. I’ve been considering buying a console for ages, but if I tell myself I’m going to use it to make me healthier, that’s a perfectly rational explanation for buying it, right? lol It would definitely make my new year’s resolution to be healthier a little easier
What is google antics or whatever? I am curious!
I haven’t made any resolutions besides bettering myself in every aspect, but I think of that as an every year resolution!