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Wiiiiii
That's the biggest news around here: after trying one out at D's mom's house and falling in gadget-love, we braved the mall-sprawl of suburban VA and somehow managed to snag our own WiiFit. (Also known as 'Personal Trainer In a Box for Folks Too Cheap or Shy to Get a Real One'.) That was about, oh, two weeks ago, and since then I've done more yoga than I've done in my life.
Here's how every day for the last two weeks has started: I get out of bed, go start up the Wii, get on the balance board, let the little chirpy machine check out my BMI and center of balance, let it express concern again about the fact that I put between 1 and 5 percent more weight on my left leg than my right one (a fact that, to be honest, is starting to freak me out too), and how much progress I am or am not making toward my goal of having a neck again (they phrase it in terms of weight loss, but whatev).
And then I immediately log out so I can check the graphs on the main page and see how my progress compares to Deb, so I can spend the day either smug or in despair. For I am totally petty that way.
After that, if I have time, I do 3 selections from each of the four yoga-strength training-aerobics-balance options. (Since there are 9 balance games and about 25 yoga poses this causes a natural imbalance. On the other hand, it's a lot easier to do the half moon pose than it is to move a bubble around an obstacle course by leaning from side to side, so it all works out. Really.)
I think it's brilliant. It has its flaws: the yoga instructor-avatar is so lavish with praise that I question her grasp on reality, while meanwhile the balance board-avatar is asking rhetorical questions like "Do you have trouble walking without stumbling?" And in my more paranoid moments I sometimes think that when I step on the board and it goes "Ohh!!", there's a note of panic in its little voice that's just not very flattering, frankly. But those are minor, compared to the much more important fact that I just beat Deb's high score in Advanced Hula-Hooping 832 spins to 814, nyah nyah nyah. And, um, burnt some calories or something.
Here's how every day for the last two weeks has started: I get out of bed, go start up the Wii, get on the balance board, let the little chirpy machine check out my BMI and center of balance, let it express concern again about the fact that I put between 1 and 5 percent more weight on my left leg than my right one (a fact that, to be honest, is starting to freak me out too), and how much progress I am or am not making toward my goal of having a neck again (they phrase it in terms of weight loss, but whatev).
And then I immediately log out so I can check the graphs on the main page and see how my progress compares to Deb, so I can spend the day either smug or in despair. For I am totally petty that way.
After that, if I have time, I do 3 selections from each of the four yoga-strength training-aerobics-balance options. (Since there are 9 balance games and about 25 yoga poses this causes a natural imbalance. On the other hand, it's a lot easier to do the half moon pose than it is to move a bubble around an obstacle course by leaning from side to side, so it all works out. Really.)
I think it's brilliant. It has its flaws: the yoga instructor-avatar is so lavish with praise that I question her grasp on reality, while meanwhile the balance board-avatar is asking rhetorical questions like "Do you have trouble walking without stumbling?" And in my more paranoid moments I sometimes think that when I step on the board and it goes "Ohh!!", there's a note of panic in its little voice that's just not very flattering, frankly. But those are minor, compared to the much more important fact that I just beat Deb's high score in Advanced Hula-Hooping 832 spins to 814, nyah nyah nyah. And, um, burnt some calories or something.
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on the other hand, i don't think i could deal with having my BMI calculated on a daily basis. can you turn that feature off? after the holidays i really don't want to know!
good for you that you are doing this though. i hope to run into your well coordinated ass on magazine street, not tripping on flat surfaces as i do!
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It's pretty easy to avoid the BMI and the whole testing angle if you want to--just always select 'training' instead of 'body test' at the opening menu, and you go right to the good stuff.
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The thing is fun anyway, I'm just glad we made more room in the living room so we can start again.
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I'm probably happier not knowing, huh?
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Even though I bought it for
(500 points to anyone who gets that reference.)
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(Well, we're alike in that it's steadily going down, and now says I'm younger than my actual age. That's now how it started out, though.)
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Thanks for this entry!
And good luck!
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Are you doing Ras na hEireann again this year?
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Okay, and laziness.
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The yoga instructor-avatar cracked me the hell up when I was doing one of the poses that doesn't use the balance board (and hence can't tell how well you're actually doing) and she said, "Your form is quite impressive!" and I said, "How the hell would you know, lady who can't see out of the TV?"
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That, and I think I'm starting to figure out the code she works under. Her sentence "You seem to be a little unsteady" translates as "Are you having a seizure?"
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...as if I don't know that my Tree is so shaky it's impressive that I don't fall over.
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