In a quest to be a slightly better me, I have been hanging out with this thing called a Mii. The Mii is actually the Wii Fit avatar, and apparently it’s exerting more influence over me than most people I know! (family excluded, I haven’t gone totally crazy!)
Meet my avatar:
So the first thing they do on Wii Fit is measure your BMI (Body Mass Index) and weigh you via the core board. And then they morph your avatar by adding WEIGHT onto it, so you get the MESSAGE. The message being, do you want to see this little cartoon shrink and be happy, or will I have to add some extra bulges the next time you work out?
Strangely, this seems to be very motivating. The Wii Fit is surprisingly fun and interactive. It has a cross section of aerobic, yoga, strength and balance activities that are pretty challenging. So far I’m able to run a mile and a half, and due to many summers of a childhood pastime, I can still rock the house doing this:
Some things I’m better at than others. I’m making progress with the step and kung-fu, but the boxing is still at this point:
I couldn’t snap an actual photo as I was hunched over, but the boxing coach yelled at me for allegedly not even breaking a sweat during my several rounds of boxing. Somehow, I’ve got to develop a better relationship with Coach.
On the Yoga front, I got this feedback:
Oh Miss Trainer, I love you! That’s just what I needed to hear!
I wish I had a picture of the screen that said “Your weight seems a lot different than last time? Would you like to take a body test?”
Umm, no body test, but you cartoons keep it up and telling me all the things I want to hear. And I better not see an ounce of fat added on to that avatar waist of mine.
You go YOU! I have really been thinking about getting the wii fit!
I gotta get Ms.Bee one of those! And when I do – I’m gonna kick the mean boxing coach’s A**!
I’m working the Wii every morning in an attempt to lose the two fat belly babies I gain when I stopped smoking last year. I started the wii after Christmas. Now I’m hooked. I guess there are worse things I could do w/ my time.
Good luck – hope you keep it up! I didn’t know that the machine adjusted the appearance of the Miis.
I’m still jealous; I can only do the easy hula hoop. Evidently I have no hula hoop coordination. dammit.