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Monday, August 8, 2011

The Wii Truth

I bought a Wii and Wii Fit Balance Board (used).  The treadmill at the gym was terrible - there was a gigantic mirror RIGHT in front of it and no TV to watch.  The last thing I want to do is walk and stare at myself in boredom.  

I got everything connected tonight and did some of the initial tests.  I thought I'd take a few pics to mark my beginning.  Honesty hurts. 
I was surprised to see that it was accurate!!  Same as my scale.


Drum roll....

It was awful.  The music went wa-wahhhhh and the character hung her head in shame (even though she still has a smile on her face).  How horribly depressing!  If you need me, I'll be drowning myself in the toilet!      

First fitness test:  FAIL.  After the tripping question, I wanted to drop kick the Wii, but resisted.
After the slightly traumatic Wii experience, I set my goal at a loss of 1 pound a week.  I figure the worst that can happen is that the Wii gets all excited for me.  I hate to think of what it would say if I didn't reach my goal.  I'm not sure if I could take that!!  So....here's to the Wii, and it's brutal honesty.

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 9, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    This is just the starting point. Your honesty is very commendable. The little Wii girl can be very brutal but it will only get better from here!

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  2. RhondaAugust 9, 2011 at 6:10 AM

    I HATE MY WII! It always measures my BMI and then goes on to say, "That's obese!" I wanna throw it against a wall and tell it, "I KNOW I'm obese, don't need YOU to tell me that!"

    "Did you put your foot down?" I could go on and on! LOL

    Good for you for being accountable, and it is scary how accurate it is.

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  3. DawnyaAugust 9, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    I laugh so hard at my little wii girl every time she gains weight. I guess I'm a goof ball...but I find her funny...especially standing next to my husband's skinny wii boy.

    You are going to kick that Wii chick in the chin, when we start your weight loss trend.

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  4. AmyAugust 9, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    awww thanks for the pep talk :) I picked the largest character size and she isn't even chunky!! how sad. She has cute pigtails though! :)

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  5. deb8735August 10, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    You know it's bad when video games are telling us we are obese. This post made me laugh, so thanks!

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  6. CeceAugust 10, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Amy - WE WILL do this ... we WILL loose a lb a week and will be thrilled when this time next year we are 52 lbs lighter !! I don't have a Wii (or really understand what all is involved) - but I love cartoon anything - just turn down the sound when she starts talking :0

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  7. AmyAugust 10, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    Gosh I hope there are weeks where I lose more than one pound. I'm just afraid that if I tell the Wii that I want to lose 2 a week and then I don't, she'll hang her head in shame again! LOL

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