On Christmas Day at my Dad’s we busted out the Wii Fit and my dad was the first to go through the rigamarole routine when starting up with the system. Nobody thinks of my dad as fat, although he’d be the first to admit he needs to lose a few pounds. Getting on a scale and evaluating your BMI in front of your family, on CHRISTMAS DAY, no less, probably wasn’t the best idea. The Wii quickly deemed him obese, promptly puffed his Mii image into a roly poly Daddio, and Graham laughed a little harder than he probably should have.
Luckily my dad had had a couple of drinks and was able to laugh it off. Graham wisely decided to stay off the thing, at least until he’d digested all of the seasonal food he’d eaten. My step-mom insisted on waiting until she was alone. My sister-in-law and I both set ourselves up, and although the Wii happily deemed our BMIs to be “normal”, our Wii Fit Ages were set at 42 and 43 years old! Apparently I have the posture and balance of an old lady. Crap.
As if it wasn’t enough to be judged on a daily basis by our peers, now we have to worry about being judged by our video game systems?
Sigh. My Wii Fit age is 51. I’d gladly take 42 or 43 (of course, I’m 41!).
I don’t trust that age calculator. The first time I got on and did the initial assessment, I was 32 (under my real age). The very next time, I was 44 (over my real age). I think it’s just randomly programmed to make you “sweat it”.
@mandy, I’m sure it’s because it factors in that balance test thingy…I had a hard time just getting adjusted to what task I was doing. Next time I go to my dad’s I’ll try again and maybe it’ll tell me I’m younger!
It’s tough to concentrate during those tests when there are other people around.
Still, I get a little defensive when my Wii Fit snarks, “Too busy to work out yesterday, eh Julie?” when I spent an hour on the treadmill at the gym instead of Hula Hooping. Harrumph.
LOL! That’s funny.
Wii Fit asked me if I “fall down a lot”.