Bliss in the Wii

Okay, I have to admit it, I’ve become somewhat addicted to the Wii Fit. I faithfully get on every morning to check my weight and my Wii Fit age. The good thing is that once I’m on, I usually make time to play a few games and burn a few calories. It sounds incredibly silly, but the positive feedback I get from the Wii keeps me trying to eat less and exercise more.

I do get frustrated when my calculations of weight loss don’t seem to be reflected when I step onto the Wii and it’s even more maddening when the numbers go up even though there is NO possible way that I ate 3,500 calories more than I took in in the last 24 hours. However, the good thing about the Wii is that it gives me feedback on how well I hold my yoga poses and I can compete with myself on the games to better my scores from the day before. A good example is the table tilt because when I first started I could barely get through level 3 before running out of time. However, now most times I can make it through all eight levels and I’m working to reduce my score. The same thing on the hulu hoop, my original goal was to make it to 100 spins. It took me about four times to make it over 100, then I was able to get to 200, and my current goal is 300.

It might sound silly that a forty something woman gets caught up in the excitement of beating her score on an electronic game, but I’m a competitor at heart and seeing myself doing better on each of those games shows me that I am improving and that even though the scale hasn’t caught up with my diligence, I’m making progress and my body and mind are getting stronger and more coordinated. The Wii might be the piece that has always been missing in my get healthy endeavors because I have to admit it is tremendously frustrating to eat right and exercise and have the scale go the wrong direction.

There’s an indescribable bliss in knowing your body is changing and that the hard work is paying off even if it just means I can spin a few more virtual hulu hoops today than I did yesterday.