September 4, 2009
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Thank You, Wii Fit!
I haven’t used the Wii Fit I borrowed from Kathy in about 3 months. Oops.
I was using it steadily for quite a while, but there’s only so many times one can run in place, hula-hoop, and do low-impact aerobics before the wonder of the video game/exercise combo wears off. Then you just find yourself skiing and snowboarding to make up your 20 minutes of exercise, and people…let’s be honest…Wii Fit snow boarding is NOT exercise.
Let’s just say that the Wii Fit has been staring at me from it’s box in the closet, taunting me…reminding me of my slothfulness. So this morning I decided to break it out and get my heart pumping, you know, faster than the 7 beats per minute it takes to sit on my butt in the studio for 12 hours a day. It was good…
But the real reason to use the Wii Fit is not to exercise, but so that it can tell you how fat you are, what a slob you are, and how poorly you’ve done at the activities. And for me, it’s REALLLLY good at that.
“Ooh, it looks like it’s been 121 days since I’ve last seen you. That’s a long time!”
I know, Fit. Shut your face.
“Are you ready for your training?”
yeah, yeah, yeah…(pressing A to pass all of this nonsense)…so it took me through it’s body exam to test BMI, balance, and weight.
And then it showed me something miraculous…since March…
…turns out I lost 25 pounds.
Comments (5)
Yah you did baby!
I hope that wasn’t all because of stress…
@klappyanne - nope, just from cutting out desserts, eating more fiber, and not eating after 8pm. Oh, plus, I normally don’t eat fried food or drink soda–but the CHANGE in diet is what did it. I just had been undisciplined in the way I was eating and changed that. Boom. It worked.
But no, I think I would tend to eat MORE when I was stressed. HAHA.
Good for you! That’s awesome. So what exactly is the magic secret for cutting sugar and sweets out of the diet? Haven’t figured that one out yet. 25 pounds?? Good grief, did you even have that much to lose?
@klappyanne - Secret? No secret, just wanted to NOT be diabetic or addicted to sugar. I didn’t want to have mood swings/energy spikes and crashes after eating sugar…So I stopped. Stopped eating ice cream every night; stopped ordering dessert at the end of a meal out; stopped getting a cookie at Panera after my salad…just STOPPED eating dessert. Just stopped…
And thank you, you’re very sweet…but yea, I definitely had 25 to lose, and still have 10 more…eeks!
According to the Wii Fit, I’m at the verrrrry tip-top of “Normal” as opposed to “overweight” or “obese”. So yay. But I still sit around all day in the studio, so I’m not very active. That needs to change somewhat…and then at least I know I won’t need heart surgery anytime soon (or hopefully, ever).
It’s all about health…