Wii Fit!

I've never had so much fun looking so ridiculous; all while tightening my flabs ... ahem .. I mean abs. This is so much fun! Who would have thought that you could have fun while exercising? I, for one, have been reduced from a gymnast's athletic build to a mom-of-two's plump body. There's stuff in the right places, and stuff in the wrong places. The Wii Fit measures your Body Mass Index, takes your weight, age, and Center of Balance to create a profile. After you receive your results, you can enter a goal of how many BMI points you want to lose or gain. You enter a realistic goal and a realistic time in which to achieve this goal. Wii Fit then proceeds to let you choose between a male or female "trainer". You get a Wii "bank" that collects the amount of minutes you have been training and gives you points towards unlocking other Wii Fit training games. Pretty cool, right?

Included are: Strength training games, Balance games, Yoga positions, and Aerobics games. I just got it yesterday and I've tried a lot of the games and have unlocked a few. I haven't tried any of the Strength exercises yet. The Yoga is really cool. I have never done Yoga before and I found it extremely relaxing, and rewarding as well when I realized I felt a burn in my abs, arms, butt, and thighs, from holding various demonstrated positions. I saluted the sun and lined up my chakras this morning. I also went for a jog in the "park" along with all of the Mii's in my Wii. =) I hula hooped my hips 182 times and caught 4 hula hoops tossed at me while still gyrating my hips. Pretty damn sexy if you ask me. I also hit soccer balls with my head (by shifting weight from one side to the other on the Wii Fit board) while dodging (sometimes) shoes flying off of the kickers' feet and what looked to me like panda bear heads. The best thing about that game is when you get hit by shoes; my kids were cracking up every time I got hit with a shoe. The rest of the games are games I haven't played enough. All in all. I give this game 2 enthusiastic thumbs up. It's entertaining to watch, fun to play, and dammit - it's good for you!

Note: If you don't already have it, good luck getting it. It's sold out everywhere except on ebay, where you will pay a lot of money for it. I will post a video of me and my family members doing it soon.