Sunday, June 8, 2008

Addicted

I am addicted to exercise. Wow, I never thought I’d say that. More to the point, I’m addicted to the Wii Fit. It’s true, I really do love it.

I think I realized today why I like it so much. You see, before something was missing from my workouts—and today I realized what that was. Company. I am a very social person, and it has always been far more tempting for me to have a beer or watch TV with Iwanski or pretty much anyone else than to go walk on the treadmill by myself. But now—even though it’s a virtual person—I really do feel like someone is working out with me. And exercise videos just don’t cut it, either—Denise Austin is peppy and encouraging to the point of being almost annoying, but she doesn’t actually interact with you. The Wii Fit does. And that’s why it’s so awesome.

My new favorite exercise game on there is Wii Fit boxing. The “instructor” is an animated, talking punching bag who sounds like Adam Corolla—even though Iwanski insists he doesn’t. (He does. Trust me.) Anyway, basically the punching bag instructs you on the pattern of punches to do, and then you use the remotes to “punch him” in that pattern. (Iwanski has to continue to remind me to back up from the TV when I’m playing this game. Oh yes, the Wii Fit has added a whole new set of rules to Iwanski’s list.) Anyway, the animated punching bag tells you when you’ve thrown a good punch or done a good block—and he continuously reminds you to “feel the burn” and other motivating phrases. It’s fun!

I also love all the balance games. One minute I’m skiing down a hill trying to slalom through checkpoints, and the next minute I’m tubing down a river, trying to avoid hitting the riverbanks and other obstacles. Most recently, I unlocked a fun balance game where I’m a penguin on an unsteady iceberg, trying to catch fish by moving back and forth across the ice, without falling in the water.

Oh yeah, that’s another great thing about the Wii Fit. After about every 10 minutes of game play, you unlock new games and exercises, so there’s always something new to try. I know eventually I’ll unlock everything, but it’ll still be fun because there are so many different exercises to choose from.

So far, I’ve exercised between 30-60 minutes every day since we got the Wii Fit. That sure beats my previous track record of—say—30 minutes a week (not counting walking to work and to restaurants & stores).

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna get my penguin ass off the couch and go try to catch some fish.

8 comments:

Diane said...

Chicky,,,, I so want to be a penguin!!! Do you think you could hook up two wii fit games so we really could iceberg hop together? That would be fun!

Alderman Sheri S Hartzheim said...

Carly!
You motivated me (and Rick) to get a Wii and WiiFit! So... we just started last night. And it's FUN! But......... it told me that my WiiFit age is.... 44!!! WTF!!!! Now I'm a little pissed at the thing. But I think it's just trying to motivate me. (OK, so I'm weird. Attributing conscious thought to a WiiFit board. Nice.) Anyway... 'thought I would share! :)
Love,
Sheki

sfoofie said...

ugh. I'm whining because now everyone has a wii fit except me!

sheki: it would be so fun to see you and rick doing wii games. does rick do play-by-play commentary?

Miss Healthypants said...

Diane-chickie, I'm not sure we could do that--but you could be a guest on my Wii Fit and try it! *smiles*

Sheki--I am so excited for you! Now we can talk Wii Fit language! *grin* Don't feel bad--my Wii Fit age was 45 at first (I have terrible balance)--but it's getting better and now down to 37. (MUCH better!) Have fun with it! :)

Sfoofie--hopefully the magic birthday elves will bring you your Wii Fit! *smiles* And it would be fun to hear Rick do a play-by-play commentary...although the Wii does a pretty good job of that, as well.

Jason Boskey said...

Hey... not everyone even has a wii...

Unknown said...

I don't have a Wii Fit but I really wnat one now, especially after reading your post!
Wish I had the $. Maybe I WILL go gambling this week after all.....

Miss Healthypants said...

Greeny, I hope you win big! *smiles*

RSherrick said...

I found this blog by searching "adam corolla wii fit", because I too was so convinced that the punching bag was his voice that I wanted to see if it was some sort of promo.