So, this Wii Fit thing...

[f4f3]

One of the deciding factors in me getting a Wii, along with having bought a Blu Ray player already and so kicked the main reason for getting a PS3 into touch, was the Wii Fit game. I saw this at friends'  while ago, and liked the idea of an interactive exercise routine, along with a progress charter, for the price of a good set of digital scales.
I'm still quite impressed after three days of playing with it. One side effect is that I've gone back to being obese - it's a bit out of scale with my home set of scales (£5.99 from Ikea) and currently has me at a shade over 30 on the old BMI thingy. Apart from that, though, I like the convenience of being able to keep track of what (if anything) I'm losing weight wise.
Despite the initial feel of breadth in the range of exercises, it seems to focus mostly on core stability as a measure of fitness. I approve of this - good balance and posture go a long way towards prevention of a lot of muscular and skeletal issues. I can't see it replacing my gym visits, but I like the stress on strecthes, yoga and balance.
My Wii age is all over the place - from +7 to -5 in three measurements, but I'm not too worried about that.

I'm quite glad that I went to this directly from a PS2 - the graphics don't seem particularly bad to me, since I'm not comprating them to a PS3 or an X-Box, and I like the idea that it's a different paradigm for consoles, based more around playability than pixel count.

And I'm enjoying Tomb Raider, too :)

All in all it's been a very relaxing weekend, and if I get to bed before 11 I'll call it a sucessful one in destressing.

I am looking forward to next weekend allready, though.

Comments

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

C still hasn't forgiven our friends' WiiFit for saying he's about 75 and overweight - especially as he is the fittest over 40 I know. He has very little body fat, rides his pushbike to work every day (about 11km each way) and works out three times a week on top of his other activities. I wasn't game to get on it after that, given that I AM obese, and lazy.

You are leaving me breathless with all this fit-making. :)

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't espescially go by the BMI on that or anywhere else - but I know what weight I should be if I want to maintain my diabetes at type 2, and not graduate to type 1...

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

Hello! I've meant to comment before but was always pretty much overcome with the usual awkward "what does anyone care what I think" and "they don't know me very well and can't appreciate that what appears to be annoying is really just my natural charm, once you get to know me" ::draws breath:: =P

BUT... I was going to ask if you still liked the WiiFit. I'm rather older than you and already use one of those tortuous stair steppe devices. Both of my sons have them (Wii) but don't use them as much for exercise and more for games.

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you're older than me and still have the power of your fingers...

Yes, I'm still using the Wii Fit, and enjoying it too. More as a tracking device than for actual exercise during the week, but it's very useful as an incentive to keep going - and you haven't liven until you've donned the penguin suit and gone fishing...

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

Older than dirt... probably 103 in road miles and as to having power of fingers?? I'm not sure I do, I regularly lose control of them and they type just all sorts of crap that I swear I didn't mean to type... that's my story anyway. =)

Wii-wise... maybe I'll consider getting one... or not. I'll be back in California one of these days and it just seems terribly redundant to have one if both my sons do and I'll be spending plenty of time around them... of course by then there could be some other awesome bit of technology that will render Wii obsolete and they'll just give it to me! =)

Hmmmm, penguin suit and go fishing? penguin suit = tuxedo? wet suit?

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Nope, you are actually dressed as a penguin, chasing fish across an ice-floe.

And the cutest part is when you do your happy penguin dance at the end.

[sobelle.livejournal.com]

OOOOHHHH! on the Wii screen. duh.