Wii Fit...whatever

This past weekend was amazing having three days off instead of two.  I really enjoyed having extra time to rest, play and visit with friends.  Speaking of friends, I met my sweet friend Louise for lunch on Saturday.  I missed her so much! It's sad when you live in the same city and rarely get to see your friends because our "grown-up" lives are too busy! After lunch Louise said, "Why don't we go to my mom's house and play Wii Fit?" I was like sure why not...how hard could Wii Fit possibly be? It's just a game.  I continued to think this the whole time she was playing, even though it did look kinda hard.  When it was my turn she said in order to track me every time I played, I would need Wii to create a profile for me.  I still thought ok what the heck go ahead.  Little did I know what I was in for.  According to Louise this scale looking thing was going to scan my body and tell me my BMI, my posture, balance, how much weight I should lose, give me exercises, and my own personal trainer! At this point I wanted to jump off the dang thing.  I was in awe of what a little game as I thought before could tell me what I need to be doing with my diet and exercise. 

When setting up my profile I got to make my character look just like me. That part was fun! I gave it blonde hair, green eyes, long eyelashes, a cute purple top (Louise said "Of course when I chose it!") and black work out pants.  As soon as I thought we were done with the profile it started making a noise and my BMI popped right on the screen.  I screamed and looked around as if people were staring at it.  It was quite funny if you were there! I was like get that dang thing off the screen.  I declined wanting to know my weight.  The worst part of all  is when it was done "scanning" or whatever that means, it said announcing my body age-44.  I nearly had a heart attack! Not only did it say my Wii Fit age was 44, it made my cute little figure on my profile go from having a tiny waist and skinny legs to a doughnut version! Good thing I have some self confidence because if I hadn't I would have kicked that dang thing across the room, and then found myself standing in line at Target buying Louise's mom another Wii.  Other than the initial shock of this little machine, it was a lot of fun to play.  I got to do some Yoga, attempt to snow ski, aerobics, and my favorite calorie busting of all-hula hoop! I must say its fun to do with a friend because you look so dang silly while you're playing.  At one point during the hula hoop, I looked at my reflection in the windows of her mom's house and nearly fell off laughing at how silly I looked desperately trying to do 300 hulas as fast as I could! Let's just say I got my 30 minute work out with the Wii, and I'm not embarrassed to say it kicked my butt!