Just.... Dance?

Yesterday was another non-running day for me, for a variety of reasons.  I did another 20 minutes of the kickboxing dvd from Friday, and then in the afternoon we all headed into the basement for a little Xbox/Kinect fun.

Usually, Xbox time is the kids' Papa time.  (Papa = my husband)  But yesterday I decided we needed some family time, so we put in this gem: 

For those not familiar with the game, it's pretty simple.  You pick a song and then you imitate the dancers on screen.  The more accurate your movements, the more points you get.  Whoever gets the most points, wins.  

As I mentioned when I talked about the kickboxing dvd, I'm not always very coordinated and sometimes have trouble following along when movements are fast paced.  You'd think, then, that I would be terrible at this game.  Well, yes.  And no.  It's unfairly easy to "win" when playing against a 4 year old and a 6 year old. Though, to be fair, I did also beat my husband, so maybe I'm not as uncoordinated as I think. LOL  

After an hour or so of playing, I was exhausted and sweaty.  It also dawned on me that I'd just done more cardio playing with my kids than I had done doing my actual exercise dvd earlier.  I made the comment to my husband that it was a good workout, and he pointed out to me that there's actually a portion of the game that is set up to BE a workout.  

Even though I didn't specifically set a New Year's Resolution this year, I'm starting to realize that what I really want to promise myself is that I'm just going to move more.   

After all, I like to move it, move it.  Do you?