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[sensei256]

Wii Fit, week 1.

So, I got the game last Wednesday, took a few days off, and started playing "for real" last Monday.

Things I've learned:

• Free Step is one of the simplest games, but one of the ones I'll probably stick to in the long run.  It's little more than "walking in place", but I can watch TV while it's going on.  This is much more interesting that watching Tamilee or something
• Plank hurts!  I guess I have no core muscles
• My Wii Fit age bounces between 20 and 39, depending on how I do on the agility games.
• I stand with my feet pointed out at a diagonal.  I forget if that's bad or not.
• I sweat out about 2 pounds of water per 40 minute session.  More precisely, I can have the game measure myself before exercise and after exercise and see a dramatic jump.

Okay, real results:

• Net loss of about 1 pound.  I can post my specific weight and BMI if anyone cares.  But I'd be happy with a pound a week.
  
• Even if I dread the thought of having to stop what I'm doing and exercise for 30-60 minutes, I still do it.  I don't know why; I've quit out on many other exercise plans when it became inconvenient.
• I'm not yet bored at it.  I suppose that if I'm going to play this every day for the next several months, it needs to remain interesting.  I don't know why this game has given me the motivation to continue, or how the game design is supposed to make it engaging.  All I know is that I'm expecting to press on for a while more.
  
• I'm getting tired more of the time.  I think my body is still not used to this whole "exercise" thing.