Wii Fit
Mr. Bear gave me two surprise gifts last night. The first was Hellboy! He’s about 3″ tall, and both his fists, head and tail can be popped off with a bit of prying. He came with a gun, and a keychain thingie. He is holding a pink pencil sharpener at gunpoint right now. I imagine he’s thinking “Hey Ugly, Don’t Move!” or somesuch thing. He has no fancy rain-coat, though, so I’m going to have to make him one out of… something. Can’t have Hellboy half-nekkid on one’s desk, now, can you?
The second gift was the elusive Wii Fit! I have wanted this since before it was released stateside, but hesitated on the pre-ordering. I’ve been too disgusted by the Craigslist offers of nearly double the actual cost, and quitely mourned my lack. But Mr. Bear was in the right place yesterday, and snagged the last one they had. WOO!
Tip for n00bs like me - you have to put the Wii Fit disc in, and be in the game with the request to sync before the silly Wii Fit Board will actually sync to your Wii. I lost 15 minutes repeatedly trying to sync the board and Wii.
The first thing you do is a balance test, which I was abysmal at, followed by telling the Wii your height and birthdate. It will then SHAME YOU with your “Wii Fit Age” and your weight. Wii Fit asked me if I fall over while walking and announced my WF age as being 37. WTF! I immediately yelled at my bad knees for this score. Then, the Wii Fit informed me with a little slider that my BMI indicated I am totally OBESE. That’s cool, I know I weigh 50 pounds more than I should (guys reading this are thinking “omg, heffer!” but whatevs). But it made my poor little Mii character all fat! I felt bad for my digital self.
After the shame, it was on to the workout. I FREAKING LOVE IT. The yoga stuff is a great way to warm up, and the balance games are really hard for me. I’ve always known my right knee was weaker than the left, but I didn’t realize just how much weaker.
PROS:
I think using the Wii Fit may be sufficient to improve my balance to the point I can wear high heels again. And for a girl that’s only 5′2″ that would be a dream come true.
It’s also an excellent way to get yourself back into working out after quitting and reverting to a junk-food lifestyle.
CONS:
The Wii Fit is not likely to replace the 28 minutes on a ellipse machine and 20 minutes of weight lifting I plan to do during the school semester (yay for tuition including access to SRC), but it’s a great way of making myself workout on the other 4 days of the week.
All in all, I think this is one of the best ideas to be made into a “game” ever. And it really is a game, because there are rankings for the scores you get. Mr. Bear and I have been competing on who’s more awesome for various activities in the yoga workouts and balance games. It’s fun!
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