Birthday Cake, and Such...

Every time I use the Wii Fit, it tests my balance, takes my BMI, and shows my current weight. On any day I've gained one pound or more, it makes me explain myself to it as if it were my personal trainer. The screen changes to a word bank of options like "I ate too much," "I snacked too much," or "I ate a big meal before going to bed." And I'm forced to choose one of them. Then it prepares two graphs; one with my BMI, the other with my weight progress, taking everything day-to-day. And my Mii, the little fat dude who embodies everything I am as a cartoon animation, stands at the bottom of the screen. If I hover the cursor over a day of significant weight gain, a word bubble pops out of his mouth as if he were saying, "I ate too much," or "I ate too much before bed." That way, these little failures are forever logged away into the Wii memory so I will never forget them.

Since last night, I gained 2.2 pounds. So I had to hang my head in shame and explain to the Wii Fit why it happened.

I think it's unfair that "Birthday Cake" is not an option. I feel Nintendo should build into the software a selection of special occasions where a person could blimp out and not feel too bad about it. These could include "Financee's Birthday Cake," or "Anniversary Dinner," or "Bad Day at the Office." After selecting one of these, the Wii Fit could take you to another screen where you rate just how good the cake was--or the donuts and rootbeer, if it were from stress at work--and if your weight gain was proportional to how good the cake was, the Wii Fit Balance Board (the host of the program) could give your Mii a high-five. Or a sympathetic pat on the shoulder, of it was because of the office.

Perhaps I'll be writing Nintendo a letter.

Either way, I have an additional 2ish pounds to lose. If this ends up being a repeat of last week, then I'm not too worried about it. But, it does mean that if I wish to be down at least 2 pounds from Sunday's reading, I have to lose 4 pounds this week. Considering I'll be doing kettlebell workouts everyday at work, sometimes twice a day, I'm confident it'll come off like it did last week.

I decided to start things off seriously today by doing an hour kettlebell workout at the wellness center this morning. While the whole "one hour" idea didn't happen, the challenging workout definitely did. I feel there comes a time when it's best to just stop exercising before killing myself, and that came about 35 minutes into the workout. When I finally stopped and drove home, I actually felt sick to my stomach for about 20 minutes. Though a total one hour workout on kettlebells may be yet in the future, it's comforting to know that I can work myself out nearly to death with 30 minutes of kettlebells, rather than an hour of running, and with more significant benefits.