Dear Wii Fit...

Rugosity
Originally uploaded by Evil Erin


Dear Wii Fit,

I would just to take this opportunity to thank you for pointing out that once again, my body does fit in with the so-called standards of beauty. Without you, I would never have realized that my feet are enormous! You see, every time I decide I'd like to do some bike riding on the Wii Fit Plus, you remind me constantly throughout what was supposed to be a relaxing ride that I need to "Keep my feet in the rectangular areas on the balance board." OK, first of all, it's hard to be relaxed when someone is nagging at you every few seconds. If I wanted that, I'd get my three year old to stand beside me and ask me "Why?" every two seconds. Thanks for the stress. The second thing is my feet are in the rectangular areas--you just think they are not because, yes! I have big feet! Thanks so much for pointing it out. You know what? They're wide too, so they probably hang over the sides of the rectangular areas too. (the horrors!!).

So now instead of enjoying a relaxing pedal over sandy beaches and through dark tunnels, I'm now a stressed out, fat-footed woman. Get a clue and make a bigger balance board for those of us who have big feet. Geesh! I'm sure I'm not the only one!

Respectfully,


Stressed out, fat-footed Mom.

Wii Yoga too.

Yoga in Malaysia
Originally uploaded by lululemon athletica

Tonight, since my body was hurting either from how I slept or doing the same exercises over so much, I decided to switch it up and do some of the yoga exercises. Yoga's not really my thing, but then I do it, and I realize it's not so bad. I don't like the one legged poses because I am not very good at them, but I'll keep trying them and hope that I can get the hang of them. I only fell off the board completely once, and it was doing the knee bend pose. I am OK when you pull your knee in, but when I release my knee, I go off balance. Thankfully I landed on my feet and no one was awake to take my picture.

I don't get how people who do yoga feel all centered and things, but maybe if I was doing yoga on a beach somewhere warm, I'd feel centered too. Who knows?

And that darn balance board showed me as losing 0.5 kg again. So now according to it, I'm down 0.7 kg, same as I was 2 days ago. If I keep losing and gaining the same 0.7 kgs, I'm going to do something crazy like throw the balance board out the door--but first I'll wait for a big snowstorm and then pitch it outside. In the meantime, I'll keep it and try tomorrow to see what my weight difference is then. Who knows, maybe I have actually lost the weight?

6 days of 30 minutes on the Wii Fit and counting!

My Wii Fit is Evil, I tell you!! Evil!!

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Originally uploaded by zebedee.zebedee

I'm pretty sure my Wii Fit is out to get me. It lulled me into a sense of accomplishment--"you've lost 0.7 kg!" and just as I'm feeling good about that, guess what? I get on that damn board today and the bloomin' thing tells me I've gained 0.7kg. Gained! Then it has the audacity to ask me the reasons for my weight gain. I don't know, you tell me, you evil piece of technology. It's like adding salt to an open wound...not only did you gain weight, now we want you to think about it and tell us why. Hello! It was 0.7 kg, nothing major for weight loss or gain, so why the big question? And why for the love of all that is good when the change happens over 24 hours?

The real kick in the teeth is that I've been making a real effort to eat more healthy, avoiding the snacks and stuff and then whammo! That's OK, I'm pretty sure I'll get on tomorrow and the weight will be something else entirely and my Wii Fit Age will probably double or triple as well, just to mess with my head some more.

On the plus side, I did the Tummy and Leaner Mii workouts tonight. I really felt the Tummy one--hopefully that means I'll be able to see a difference if I keep it up.

My 7-year old is doing much better at some of the Wii stuff than the rest of us. She's got the advanced or expert in the cycling. I'm not sure how she does it, because I've watched her ride and it is painful to watch her almost fall off the bridges and things. She's a crazy driver. I guess I should be glad she hasn't taken to her bike in real life--I'm sure she's going to be a kid who will ride into parked cars (not unlike her father was). She has also found the trick of getting a dog to follow her on the course. While the dog is following, if you near a flag, push A and the dog runs ahead and tags the flag for you. That's probably how she's able to score so well even though she can't steer to save her life.

30 minutes down today, that's 4 days and counting. 3 more days to make the week.....