Is the Wii Fit a good "fit" for me? - HiJumpr111's Blog

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Is the Wii Fit a good "fit" for me?

Posted on November 18, 2008 at 10:18 PM.

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I finally did it. After months and months of asking clerks at virtually every electronics store and electronics department of every Meier, Target, K-Mart Wal-Mart in my city, I finally bit the bullet and ordered my Wii Fit from amazon.com.
A hundred thirty dollars later, it arrives at my doorstep. (Capitalism is a great thng....especially when you are on the receiving end!)

After hooking it up, importing my Mii, I set out to do the all-so-sacred ritual of performing the "Body Test." Although I tried to justify that I was wearing 23 pounds of clothing, I soon had to face facts....I am a little overweight. [As an aside I must say, like may of you, I was the skinniest kid in school from Grades K through 12. I wished and wished that I could gain some weight....that I simply assumed would turn into muscle...that I then assumed would turn me into a "chick magnet."]

Anyway, soon after this bad news hit, I was confronted with even more bad news....or at least what I think is bad news. I, a 41-year-old, now have a Wii Fit Age of 48. Did I just somehow discover that 7 years have been taken off my life?

I have now spent 2 evenings with my new flat, white, personal trainer in my pursuit to lose 20 pounds in 6 months. (I feel that was a good goal for an overweight procrastinator.)

While I realize it's too early to make any sound judgements on whether I feel a difference -- I must admit, it IS kinda fun. I've read about both good and bad experiences in the Forums here at OS as well as interactions with people at work. From time to time I'll use my Arena space here to post my progress (or lack thereof). Yes, it could be interesting...but then again some people think ice fishing is interesting.

In closing, I have come to a quick initial conslusion regardig my new found toy -- the exercises that are available to me currently seem too schort to really do any good....but then, what does a 48-year-old in Wii Fit Land know?

Comments

# 1 aukevin @ Dec 1

Wii Fit is good in theory, but it lacks a workout program to help you meet your goal. When I went to sale mine, my wife stopped me and she still uses it from time to time, but I never touch it.

I did see that EA is coming out with a Wii Fit type game called EA Sports Active: http://www.easportsactive.com/home.action

It looks interesting and supposedly has a program built into it to help you lose weight over a month. That sounds cool. I'll probably pick this up next year when it comes out.