Wii fit - finally got one

This week, while Katie was in Monroe on a business trip, she stopped in to the mall and ended up finding a Wii Fit there in a Gamestop.

We've been wanting to try it out for a while, since it sounded like fun, but weren't sure whether we'd actually use it enough to justify the price. When Katie called and said she'd found one, though, I told her that if we didn't end up using it every once in a while that we could always put it on Ebay.

Thursday night when she got back we broke it out and played for 30 mins or so, and tonight Katie and her little sister (Sneak) played... and are still playing.

Basically, it's what we thought... and just as much fun as we'd thought. I have no idea about the replay value, or whether we'll find motivation to try to stick to our "goals" in the game... to lose a certain amount of weight (which we choose) by a certain date.

I do know, however, that the Wii Fit is quite depressing. Within 10 minutes of being on the thing, it told me I was overweight, had bad balance, and had a fitness age of 42! After 20 minutes of being on the contraption I was sure that I need help with my leg muscles and balance... and I hadn't even tried any strength training exercises yet (push ups, lunges).

For those unfamiliar with the Wii Fit, it's basically a board that you stand on that hooks up to the Wii (a video game system). The board can sense pressure in different spots, and is able to judge weight. So, if you lean a certain way, it knows... So, there are different yoga positions, balance activities (to improve posture) and strength training (lunges, pushups, ab crunches) that you do on or around the machine.

Anywho, hopefully we'll continue to use it. It could make exercise more fun.