Wii Shape 1

Just 20 minutes later...

What i was expecting was for the camera to make some kind of animated(wishful thinking) image of your body shape and cruelly recommend areas for improvement. I wanted this specifically because for some reason all the weight i lose comes off my top half only. This is to the extent that even when i'm over my normal weight you can see my rib cage but i can still barely fit into a size 12 pair of jeans! I worry that i would turn into a top half skeleton before anything dropped off my thighs...

Anyway what happened was this - it scanned an image; you had to line your body up with the silhouette on screen forwards and from the side then click on an area i think one out of 5 thatyou would like to work on. I dont like the idea of only working on one thing at a time - although i thought i did - don't worry i am confusing myself too. I am assuming tht in a month or so they will ask me to scan in my body againstthe silhouette and see if there is any change. You had to do a short fitness test which was calculated on accuracy of completion of the moves e.g. squats, jumping jacks etc and i got 75% overall which is a b+ I suppose grades give you something to aim for each time.
The camera wasn't actually as scary as i first thought and you really can't see your face because your whole body needs to fit in the picture and i found it very helpful seeing the lines of my body in relation to the animated coach so i 100% agree that it helps with the accuracy of the moves which is so important because if you're not doing them right you can do little good or even harm yourself without realising. I don't know when i will have time to do a proper workout as it's New Year's Eve tomorrow so everyone will be up late and in a few days i'm going away but when i have a chance i will go into more detail on the actual workouts.

Just for a laugh - imagine me in pink underwear looking like a fool - you had to wear something that would stand out against the background and all my clothes are black and i wanted the camera image reading to be as accurate as possible so i didn't want to wear anything baggy. The camera was slightly slimming i think - very clever on their part but i'm not silly i know what my flab looks like cheeky game maker people i'm onto you!

I have no plans for tomorrow :( but i can't wait to get this awful year over and done with that's for sure! I'm tempted to see if there are any late cinema showings on...