24th August, 2008 (9:20 pm)
The Day With The Wii
I never really understood the whole Wii phenomenon. Yes, it’s cool and all that you can bowl in the living room (we took S bowling this afternoon and paid a ridiculous £22 ($40ish) for the 90 minute privilege - I lost BTW) but, not being funny, the whole reason I play video games is because I don’t want to exert myself. If I wanted to play tennis I’d go play tennis. It’s a personal thing, but when I’m at home I usually want to do at-home things - you know, like shooting the crap out of monsters or playing the guitar solo encore on my sold-out world tour, strings (well, buttons) MELTING from my awesomeness. You know - the usual.
That said, we have now finally bought a Wii. We waited for the hype to settle - and the price to drop a little - but when this month’s pay packet finally brought home an extra grand thanks to months and months and months of back-pay as I waited for my work’s pay dispute to be settled, we finally bowed out and bought one. We’d talked about it maybe being good for S and his hand/eye co-ordination, that it’s probably better for him than watching TV, and that it’ll be something kinda cool that we can all play together, but the truth is we spent £200 on a console simply because I wanted the Fit Board. Yeah, I know - hella lame.
So I fired it up. And it told me that I was a lardarse. Heh - like that’s a shock. I put in an easy-peasy target to kick me off - 7lbs in a month - and yesterday I lost 2lbs. M put on 2lbs - HA HA HA - and I was so smug and superior, laughing and pointing at and scorning him for the rest of the day. I went to bed still giggling, my guts sore from the mirth, and then when I jumped on the board this afternoon, still snickering to myself, turns out I’ve put on 3lbs. WTF?! I’m doing twenty minutes of annoying, cutsey aerobic crap and for what? To GAIN weight? I’m fairly certain that I can accomplish that on my own from the comfort of my sofa’s ass groove.
Don’t start. I know 20 mins is fuck all. And I know that it’s a game, so save your breath. Nonetheless . . . I’m lazy and unconditioned and it’s simply not fair that my body aches THIS MUCH and all for nothing!
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Comment by Selphie — 24 August, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
Haha, that’s too bad. I’ve always wondered how the Wii Fit thing is. Like… Is it accurate and can you actually manage your weight by doing exercises with it? That sounds kinda cool.
Walking to work 2-3 miles every day back and forth has pretty much killed all interest in working out for me… When I get home I just want to relax by shooting zombies or pretend I’m a rock star. :P
Comment by Grammar Geek — 25 August, 2008 @ 12:40 am
I’ve been tempted to buy the Wii for the same reason. But I can’t bring myself to drop $400 for something that’s probably gonna sit in the closet next to my Dance Dance Revolution mat, my yoga and pilates DVDs and my giant exercise ball. I’m so weak.
Comment by Amanda — 25 August, 2008 @ 2:13 am
At this point, it’s probably wise to go down the “Oh, it’s only a game, it can’t possibly judge my weight accurately” path. :P That’s what I’ll do!
Comment by Vixx — 25 August, 2008 @ 8:21 am
I think I’m the only saddo who still occasionally uses her dance mat. Heh. :p But I know what you mean. Thankfully it was a gift, so I don’t have to worry about THAT one being a waste of money. lol
I think you may have the right idea, Amanda and Kaz. :)
V xx
Comment by Catherine — 25 August, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
I played my friends Wii the other day and it was pretty fun!! I think I would be too lazy to play every day- it really is too much effort. It’s a good idea though- for those you can be bothered and don’t want to go outside and exercise : ) Apparently, according to my friend, the boxing is good anger management too! :P
Comment by sharon — 25 August, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
I like Wii Fit in that it’s handy if, like me, you’re just too fecking lazy to join a gym. Not sure how accurately it measures your weight, though; went on it one day and it said I’d put on 7lbs and then a day or so later I’d lost 4lbs so unless I’d managed to magically lose weight in my sleep, I’d say it’s a bit hit and miss. The snowboarding game is cool, though.
Comment by Jamie — 28 August, 2008 @ 2:34 am
Quite frankly, you can’t judge what you are gaining/losing by getting on the scale every day. You need to do the workouts (whatever they may be) and only weigh yourself every week or two. It’s best to weigh yourself in the morning, from what I’ve read.
I’m so jealous you have a Wii. I want one so damn bad.
Comment by Vixx — 28 August, 2008 @ 7:21 am
I agree - but the Balance Board insists on a Body Test every single day!
V xx