Workin’ on my Fitness with Wii Fit
I’ve been wanting the Wii Fit ever since it came out earlier this year but was too lazy to join the millions of other people in the hunt for this constantly sold-out game slash potential God-send for gym-o-phobes like me.
But yesterday, perhaps an random act of fate, the Boyfriend and I were at the mall together for the first time in weeks and decided to pop into Game Stop. The way this scenario usually goes is this -
Game Stop/Target/EB Games guy: Can I help you?
Boyfriend: Yeah, do you guys have any Wii Fits?
Game Stop/Target/EB Games guy: Nah man, we’re sold out.
Boyfriend: Oh, okay.. do you know when you’ll be getting any?
Game Stop/Target/EB Games guy: Nah man, we never know, they just send them.
Boyfriend: Okay cool, thanks.
And we continue on our merry little way, doing whatever we were out to do that day.
Instead, this trip was very different. Per our usual tactic, we walked into the game store and asked if they had any Wii Fits, fully expecting for them to turn us away on our merry little way. But much to our surprise, the sales associate told us that they just got a huge shipment in the back and that if we came back in 30 minutes, they’ll likely have some after he had a chance to unpack the boxes.
So we went shopping, returned to Game Stop as instructed and what do you know. He had a brand new Wii Fit waiting for us behind the counter. Surprised, and not wanting to miss our chance we bought it and went home $100 poorer – and hopefully now a little bit more motivated to actually work out!
Today, the Boyfriend unpacked and set up the game and I took it on a test drive. We each set up fitness profiles and allocated goals for ourselves to try and get to a healthier BMI (Body Mass Index) number.
Since the balance board is also a scale, the Wii Fit starts out by asking your age and height to determine your BMI. As expected, the system set up my initial profile and told me that my BMI was in the 26-range (same as when I calculated it on The Biggest Loser website).
After the initial set up, I went ahead and did 30 minutes of aerobics – a combination of hula hooping, step, and short distance jogging really got my heart rate up and I even broke a sweat. Who knew?
Do you have the Wii Fit? How is it working for you? I’d love to hear your progress too!
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On October 4th, 2008 karrie said:
I’ve got a Wii Fit and it’s alot of fun.
I like the yoga.
It’s a good challenge to try to get on everyday.
On October 5th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi karrie,
Are you using it regularly? I want to, but I’m going to be in Orange County for 3 weeks starting on Wednesday so I don’t think I’ll be using it regularly until then
On October 5th, 2008 Elaine said:
If I had had a Wii I would most definitely get the Wii Fit, sounds ideal to me.
I’ve read of the Wii Fit before and I was impressed,. Good luck with this and keep us updated, please.
On October 6th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Elaine,
I wonder if there are any articles published on success stories of people losing weight or getting healthier playing this. I’ll definitely keep you updated though! Keeping my fingers crossed for this one
On October 6th, 2008 karrie said:
Hi Lilan,
My BF and I played everyday for a month when we were really trying.
But since then we haven’t been able to go on daily.
When you first get a Fit you want to play everyday so you can unlock more games.
Then you want to play more to beat the other persons ranking.
But it’s hard to play everyday when you work, cook dinner, and just do your everyday household chores.
Just for fun, weigh others things beside yourself on the board.
We weighed our dog and it was pretty accurate.
On October 8th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi karrie,
I’m in Orange County right now for three weeks so I have to put the Fit on hold for now. It’s kinda crazy because I did some of the strength exercises on Monday and I was completely sore yesterday!
I brought my gym card with me down here so hopefully I can hit the real gym tomorrow
How’s your week coming along? Hope you had a good hump day.
On October 21st, 2008 Shannon said:
I’ve had the wii fit for 120 days now. I LOVE IT! My weight on day one was 142, the other day it was 129! My boyfriend thought I was nuts for buying a Wii JUST FOR the fit he he keeps saying that he is happy to see me use it so much. I’m super excited that they have two new games coming out- Jilian Michaels game on 10/28 and My Fitness on 12/5. I’m getting a bit burned out the fit games. The hoola hoop game has done wonders for my waist line! I’ve gone from a size 4-6 to 2-4! As with anything though…you HAVE to use it regularly in order to see progress and watch what you eat. Working out on the fit for 30 mins does not make it right for you to go eat McD’s!
On October 21st, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Shannon,
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your incredible story! Congrats on your success so far! It’s absolutely motivating and I wished that I were able to keep up with it being away from home for the past two weeks now.
Hopefully when I get back home I can work on it more regularly