Having decided to part with the huge disappointment that was my shiny new iPad, i found a buyer just downstairs. Alex and I made a trade – an iPad and an old laptop in exchange for some cash and a Nintendo Wii with Wii Fit.
I don’t understand! I connected it all up and all the wires are in the right place and everything, and it still won’t work, I wailed despairingly down the phone as I sat in a sea of cables and boxes. Alex responded with the typical male question: Did you plug it in?
Yes, I plugged it in, I told him sharply (burrowing hurriedly through the mess to the wall socket in order to confirm this). He issued a few more instructions before giving up and plodding dutifully up the stairs to sort it out. He looked with interest at the whole set-up, no doubt admiring my tech-savviness, and bent down to inspect the Wii. There was a sudden beep and the Wii logo appeared as if by magic on my TV screen.
Wow! I exclaimed, both impressed and annoyed by his superior knowledge. How did you do that?!
He informed me that he’d pressed the “power on” button.
Why must I be such a girl despite all my best efforts?
Anyway, I got started with creating my Mii. She had long dark hair, glasses, blue eyes, pale skin… truly a cute cartoon version of myself. Then I had to do a body test before I began training, and the Wii freaked out a bit. Although everything is in Korean, I could tell that it was extremely unhappy with me simply by its tone of voice and all the exclamation marks. It informed me that my Wii Fit Age was 41 (!), and my Mii hung her head in shame. Then it told me I was obese, and suddenly my cute little Mii morphed into this huge barrel-shaped creature, so fat that her arms now stick out slightly from her sides, and instead of running on to the menu screen, she sort of… waddles. I didn’t know whether to be insulted or amused, but I suppose I’ll know I’m starting to lose weight and tone up when my Mii looks less like Buddha on a cheeseburger diet.
I have commenced the fitness regime.
I’ve discovered that although I hate step aerobics, I love it when it takes the form of a dance mat style of game. Although I detest running, I enjoy it when my running motions are controlling a computerised character on cute cartoon island. Although I have terrible balance, I like practising yoga with an animated instructor who is patient with me until I get it right. I think I have finally found an exercise programme that works for me – and the best part is that I don’t have to pack a gym kit, travel to a leisure centre, or be all red and sweaty in public (well, any more so than usual, I mean). And as someone who gets bored and discouraged unless I can see results, having the Wii track my daily progress, weight loss, BMI, and exercise sessions on graphs and charts is a huge incentive.
I love it! And who knows, maybe my super-sized Mii will be a Wee Mii before long. 
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41 isn’t too bad… I’m pretty sure I’ve been much older some days. Haven’t done mine in ages – I’m sure it’s going to be very upset with me when I finally step back on it!
Ohhh, does the age vary from day to day then? I don’t have much of a clue what’s going on, to be honest, because my Korean is far too limited to keep up with everything that pops up on the screen. Maybe when the novelty wears off I’ll have the patience to sit down and read an online guide in English.
I had my Wii for a long time before we bought the Wii fit. Like yourself I also had a lovely wee Mii, long blonde hair etc, until we got th Wii fit. Its amazing how quickly you can go from loving something to hating it!
On the bright side, it told Ryan, my 7 year old nephew who can count his own ribs without breathing in, that he is obese! I like to think that I’m a similiar size to him and its just made a “wii” mistake
Ha ha, poor Ryan! Yes, I may be a bit cuddly, but I’m pretty sure my arms don’t stick out at my sides because of my huge round middle. But it’s definitely a good incentive to keep exercising!
Why was your iPad a huge disappointment?
It was just a big iPhone. My own fault for expecting more! I just got more and more frustrated with it when it failed to cope with the things I wanted it to do – and I’m not exactly a demanding person when it comes to technology! There were lots of glitches when it came to web browsing, I hated how everything had to be done through iTunes (very limiting when you’re travelling minus a computer), and the absence of a USB port was a surprise to me – I’d thought I could upload my photos to my blog, for example, while travelling – but I would’ve had to come home,. put them on to my computer, connect the iPad, and then transfer them. Which kinda defeats the purpose.
I need a decent portable computer, not a big phone. For anyone who’s quite happy with it just being an over-sized iPhone, it’s probably fine!
I wondered why I hadn’t seen my boss with his in a while.
The best part about the jogging programme is running up behind someone and watching them go smack on their faces. It actually makes the effort worth while!!
Ha ha ha! I didn’t realise you could do that – clearly I have been going too slow! Time to speed up and start knocking innocent people over, methinks.
OK, I’m not sure if this is even meant to be possible, but I tried running really fast (and I really am not good at this – running is one of the things I am worst at in the whole world of things that it is possible to be bad at) and somehow *I* managed to fall flat on my face! My Mii, I mean. I’m not so terrible that I actually went sprawling across my floor just from running on the spot.
Check out a few sights online and you can create celebrity mii. Doing step aerobics takes on a whole new level of fun when you are sweating it out beside Mick Jagger or find Uma Thurman in the audience,lol