It's the third week of the Wii fit challenge and I'm happy to report some good news. This last week I've lost five pounds! Fantastic! It's been tough going, and I've really had to push myself, but I feel slimmer, stronger, and better about myself in general. So far the best thing about the Wii fit is the manner in which it tracks your progress. Daily BMI tests are plotted on a line graph and its quite honestly a great source of motivation. Anytime your weight goes back up you can reflect on your activities in the previous days and try and correct your behavior.
The aforementioned aspect has also been a great help in controlling my diet. Most of the times where my weight fluctuated upwards I could pick out where i could have made better eating choices. Loosing weight and becoming healthier is a two-fold process, as I've stated before and as any doctor will tell you. I feel that the Wii fit has thus far helped me manage both of those in a far more effecient fashion than I could have on my own.
I must admit, where as at first I was working out almost exclusively on the Wii fit every day, I am now expanding my Exercise regemine. In just a few short weeks I'm up comfortably jogging two miles as a warm up for my workout. All in all I walk/jog for about thirty minutes which is the minimum recommended time for a worthwhile cardio workout. That leads into Wii Cardio exercises like the Stepping working or rythem boxing. All in all it makes for an manageable an effective seeming workout. I've also begun lifting weights in tandem with the Wii strength exercises. Best of all, even if I'm not actually using the Wii, the exercises I've learned fit in very well with weight lifting and other strength training exercises.
At the end of the third week the best thing I can say about the Wii fit is that it got me off the couch. I wouldn't have fell so easily into an exercise routine if I hadn't had the Wii fit to start me off. How large a part the Wii Fit my actual exercise regemine in the future remains to be seen however. I'm attempting to incorporate it as much as possible.
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