Seeking Balance: Wii Fit

Not a post about meta. Instead, a post about my new Wii Fit.

This year's frivolous tax return purchase was a Wii and a Wii Fit. For those who are curious about the cost, the Wii, Wii Fit with software, two controllers with motion plus, a charger and a couple of games ran us around $578 with warranties. We could probably have done the Wii and Wii Fit for around $500.

Our motivation for buying the Wii Fit was to put some jazz back into our exercise life. The bleak Iowa winter had taken us away from our usual early morning commute into the gym. We wanted to get equipment that wouldn't be repetitive and dull, plus something that would motivate us.

When you sign into the Wii, you create an icon for yourself called the Mii. You can take this little avatar and transfer it into the Wii Fit. Once you've calibrated your controller and your Wii board to the Wii, you're ready for your body test.

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Mirrored from Writer Tamago.

Revise, revise, revise…

Brian Kell writes a solid post for those of you in a hurry to send your work out. It's sage advice.

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.