OwWii!
As you know, I was quite excited about my Wii Fitness board and disc finally arriving. Finally, I thought, a fun way to work off those extra pounds and, hopefully, get rid of my saddlebags (which are starting to resemble Delsey luggage).
You know those screens on exercise DVDs that warn you to see a doctor before beginning an exercise program? Yeah, I don’t read those, either, and that goes for the Wii Fitness warning, too.
So, Day One on Wii Fitness went something like this:
- Weigh in.
- Groan.
- Made a fool of myself doing various games for a while.
- Was stunned to find I’d worked out for almost 90 minutes.
- Felt proud.
Day Two on Wii Fitness went something like this:
- Weigh in.
- Groan.
- Did the Super Hula Hoop game for six rounds, huffing and puffing but still having fun.
- Decided I’d do just one more round before quitting for the day.
- Threw out my back.
- Spent the next two days taking pain meds and wimpering.
Tomorrow I plan to get back on the thing again now that my back is done spasming. So, although I don’t have any weight loss to report yet, I do have something to share: the combination of Flexeril and Vicodin is goooood.
5 Responses to “OwWii!”
Red and the girls were quite annoyed when they set the Wii Fit up. For starters, Little Red was pissed when the Wii Fit registered her at 75 lbs, as she has been working very, very hard at gaining some weight – she’s the same height as her mother at 5′3″ now and weighs maybe 95 soaking wet.
Then Red got into it, when her Wii Fit age registered her as being older than her ex-husband (the hard-smoking, hard-drinking looks-like-he’s-way-older-than-he-really-is type) is in Real Life. She was displeased.
So over the weekend, when they finally coaxed me into setting myself up on it, imagine their reaction to my BMI being exactly what it’s supposed to be, my Wii Fit equivalent age being 3 years younger than I really am, and the first two games I played (soccer and something else, I forget what), I not only set new records, but I more than doubled the next-highest.
Yep. It’s that good beer I drink, I’m tellin’ ya.
Yep, the Venomous Hubby’s Wii Fit Age was only 1 year older than his real age, while mine was 5 years older on the first day. Both of us took that in stride, but the Big-Eyed Boy loved that it scored him as 29. (He couldn’t stand still for the measurement, and I think that had a lot to do with it.)
The weighing in part was the best of all. For me, well, it simply confirmed that my kitchen scale was right… hence the groaning. ‘
For VH, who hasn’t weighed in over a year and continues to eat like a stoned frat boy at Denny’s, it was a shock. He’s put on 17 lbs. That darned near devastated him, but FINALLY I got to be the one saying “Oh, honey, I think you look *great*” with that same smirk on my face he has when saying the same thing.
LOL my goodness, you are accurate with that “venomous” moniker aren’t you?
That’s awesome.
Ain’t no way we’re getting one of those. We are far to old to be honest about our weight. Or our age.
I never listen to the warnings on things either. I’ve paid the price, too. But hey, the drug companies would go under without those of us who don’t listen, right?