I have read a lot of different articles and blogs about people saying they got in shape and lost a bunch of weight using the wii fit. I can’t say if this is true, I don’t think much weight loss would be happening by just using the game the wii fit comes with. If people are actually loosing a lot of weight by playing just this game, then they must of significantly changed there diet as well.
All about Balance
The basic Wii fit game is fun, but I wouldn’t call it much of a workout. It is more teaching you about balance and thinking about your posture. Most of the games deal with balance and it is kind of fun to see how bad your balance is.
One Good Thing
One thing I really like about the game is that you get to set up weight loss goals and you get to have a little calender that you update everyday which can show you progressing toward your goal. That alone would make me want to play this game again.
Overall Thoughts
Overall though the games are very basic and not hard what so ever, I’ll have to see how they progress and if they get harder as you unlock different moves and levels. But one of the things the trainer says to you is don’t breath hard you’ll raise your blood pressure. So it is obvious that this game is more about balance and not about getting your sweat on.
I know there are other balance board games that are more about getting your fitness on, maybe I’ll try one of those out in the future.
Compared to P90x or Insanity workouts
If you have done p90x or the Insanity workouts your probably going to think Wii fit is a bit lame.
If you have gotten in shape just using Wii Fit let me know and also what game you used!
Eight Months Ago I left California searching for something different…..possibly a new place to live….I road tripped all around the country.
The Road trip looked Like this…..Yes some places we visited twice and double backed to.
What I realized when going a trip like this:
You never quite no what you have until you leave it
Check out one place for as long as necessary, do everything you want to, once you you get 200 miles down the road you don’t want to have to turn back because you think you missed out on something.
Accept that you will miss a place after leaving it, enough that you may have to return and revisit it. This happened to me after I left Durango CO, I got all the way down to Florida and after a couple months realized realized that I really want to go back and think about living there.
I really miss CA…..I missed it about the whole time I was gone.
After been gone from CA for eight months and visiting (almost) everywhere that I have ever wanted to or thought of living….I now can return to the west coast feeling satisfied with my decision to live there.
So My New Road Trip Plan is the one that gets me to Southern CA the fastest. Luckily I made all my pits stops around the country last year…..so the new road trip plan looks more like:
Over the last eight months of driving I have picked up some tips to planning a good road trip:
Plan ahead (knowing where you going and where you going to stop makes things easier, booking hotels in advance online always gets a better rate)
Don’t get upset when you have to throw your whole plan out the window cause you only made it 200 miles the first day and planned on 400. Rerouting and reconfiguring your trip is part of the spontaneity of road tripping.
Do some research, how are you suppose to know where the biggest ball of string is if you don’t look it up before you go. With out research you are just aimlessly driving (which can be fun too)
Hotel Coupon books at gas station really do save you money….usually around ten dollars a night.
Fast food gets old quick. Load up and grocery snacks before you leave. Even eating at a gas station is more interesting then fast food after a 1000 miles.
Plan the trip with someone you can laugh with.
Comedy CDs will help you get through states like Kansas or Nebraska.
If your a kiteboarder these words should hold a lot of excitement for you:
“It was the wicked and wild wind
blew down the doors to let me in….”
kiteboarding; My obsession, passion, quit your job because your lust was too strong kinda sport. Always seeming to be a day behind or maybe it was in front of the wind….well regardless, I know wicked and wild wind isn’t easy to find not the kind I was looking for anyways.
But I’m learning to never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
So I keep searching my car filled with all my worldly possessions and driving East and than South.
