And now for something almost, but not entirely, completely different.

It was the morning of the Wii Fit launch and Fifi’s pre-ordered copy was waiting for her. Bah! Just the wrong time to have caught a cold …. the thing was bound to pronounce her unfit and weedy.

Fifi had a healthy, good fit intentioned, breakie and rushed off to town, stopping on the way to the game shop at the chemists for more tissues, Vaseline, cough medicine, snuffle.

Soon Fifi was back home unwrapping her new purchase (having carried it back to the car with much paranoia and looking round for muggers). She was very impressed by how sturdy the balance board was and even more impressed when she saw the measurements on screen were in pounds. Fifi’s furry visitor friend Ralphy came to check it out he takes a keen interest in whatever Fifi is up to.
And now for the dreaded moment of truth …..phew it said BMI ideal and didn’t make Fifi’s Mii look fatter. It was on the heavier side of ideal though and recommended that Fifi could do with shedding a few pounds ….well of course it would wouldn’t it.

Fifi tried out a few exercises and ………it was fun ……even jogging on the spot with the Wiimote in your pocket is fun as on screen you jog behind a pace Mii and …….oh no there’s Der Zamonier zooming past mii, oh and then she spotted Gaffer coming the opposite way, then Fudge cheering her on from the side and finally Pedro clapping when she got to the finish line.

Head the football balance exercise next ….didn’t do so well, got smacked in the head with a couple of old footie boots. On to downhill slalom……fun. Muscle strengthening ….Fifi tried to do a push-up and failed miserably …..but you can start with easier “box” push ups ie: keep your knees on the ground and it will still register your movement. As for anything involving standing on one leg Fifi wobbled around and had to keep dabbing her foot down.

Then on to the yoga section deep breathing and some stretches ……Fifi didn’t dare try the standing on one leg of those yet. Overall total 16 mins of exercise clocked up for the first day, not too bad considering Fifi still felt really crummy from her cold. Fifi decided that although it was expensive she was pleased with it, much cheaper than a gym membership and fun enough to help you stick at it. Oh and it came with a really cool Wii Fit dumbbell shaped water bottle!


Thanks for reading,
Fifi

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