Correction:
To give yourself credit for non-Wii activity: Go to the Graph, then Fit Credits (along top), then Activity Log (grey button to the right which turns green on rollover). See bottom of post for more info.
BMI: 25.19
Weight: 175.9
Min:26 - Cal: 82
The Wii knows how long it's been since you last used it. With the electrical outage, it's good to know that you can unplug it and it won't lose your data. But, it knows how long it's been since you last used it!
Body Test:
The BMI:Weight measurement in the Body Test does not display the actual weight. It shows a dial scale - so I could see that I was a smidge under 176, but not the exact amount. I had to go to the Graph, then choose Weight (along top), and then hover over today's dot on the graph.
I've been thinking about my earlier weight gain. I'm wondering if it was because I had been cooking with wine? I'll try going a week or two without that and see if it makes a difference. Or it might have been my weird period... I'll keep an eye on that too.
My Center of Balance is still towards the left, but this time I was forward more. So I looked down at my feet and low and behold, I turn my right foot out a little! The Balance board has rectangular areas for your feet, so it was easier for me to notice that my feet where not both squared up. Interesting. I'll be watching that.
Balance test = Hit Blue Tiles With Dot (yes, that's what it was called)
I only got 13. It was hard! You have to quick move your balance around to smash the blue tiles with your balance dot. It starts out with one tile, then two, then three. And they are all over the place. This will come with time. My poor balance dot was all over the place.
Prediction Test
You have to shift left and right to avoid walls and moving obstacles. My time was 27.05. At first, it wasn't bad. But then a green bar would come up to obstruct your vision of the upcoming obstacle. You get a glimpse of the obstacle and have to remember and prepare to time your move. I bombed out on a moving obstacle that would have required a quick balance shift.
Wii Age:
41! That's more like it!
So you know I had to go right back to my nemesis: Soccer Heading.
4 out of 5 scored in the 50's. And then, (drum roll please) my last rep was 101! Woohoo!
I'm focusing on hitting as many balls as I can while avoiding the baddies. The scoring increases the more you can do in a row. I'm still ranked Amateur but I don't care. I'm moving in the right direction!
Ski Slalom
4 out of 5 scored at/near 44, which is Amateur.
I'm still having a hard time doing this one set of poles that is way over to the right, but I'm fighting for it. I try to slow down on the previous set and then try to do a big shift to my right. Then it's a big wobble to the left for the next set and a struggle to maintain my control. Over-adjusting on these two can make the rest of my run wobbly.
Ski Jump
My 1st run was unbalanced, and then I remembered how to hold steady at the right moments - while accelerating down the ramp, and then after extension. My next 2 reps were Amateur. Then my 4 rep was Professional! But my last rep was a snowball :( LOL
Table Tilt
I finally made it past Level 5!!
It took me until my 5th rep to figure it out. I'm getting better at my small range of motion control. Level 5 requires the ability to make a larger, sharper "push" and then control your over-correction to get past the "gravity" protecting the holes. You must be willing to sacrifice too to dump a ball into a hole while the others go shooting off the table. It's all really about doing those bigger balance shifts which I struggle with. I made it up to Table 7, but didn't pass so my new high score is 60. Fun stuff!
Exercise Minutes
Some games give more minutes. Not sure of the math.
Activity Log
Non-Wii activities are calculated with Activity Types in METs.
- Light (~2 METs) Cooking, doing laundry, eating, dressing, stretching, playing guitar
- Normal (~3 METs) Dog walking, Cleaning, Baby sitting, fishing, golf practice, bowling
- Hard (~5 METs) Dancing, tennis, baseball, skiing, aerobics, cycling
Adds to the calendar for today. Not sure if you can back-date them. Looks to be just a generic calculation with no space to indicate your activity. I think I'll take a pass on using this. I'll look into the METs again though at some point.
I have also decided that I need a stand for note taking and keeping track of my reps. Something tall and skinny to have at my right hand. Scribbling notes for my blog can be fairly time consuming so I want to try to reduce that. Perhaps I need a Macbook... so I could blog in the moment...
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