The Wii Fit is a little bitch...

There are plenty of reviews of the Wii Fit that tell you the things that the user didn't like about the way it handled their Mii or how it is a little too Black and White about weight. But those reviews are flawed in the reviewers own self-perception. I have no misguidings or deluisions about myself. So here starts my review of that bitch in front of my TV.

First off, and most importantly:

I'm Fat.

That's why I bought a Wii Fit in the first place!
No one goes into the store and says
"I am a hardcore gamer and destroyer of n00bs! I am the King of pwnage in all things WoW and Halo! I have a full theatre setup with a full 1080p HDTV to see all the minutiae that geeks with more coding experience than I have hidden in the backgrounds. I am now going to buy a Wii (a standard definition video source) and a Fit in the hopes that I'll be able to one day walk through my favorite maps on the balance board."
It hasn't been documented but I am none the less sure it hasn't happened.

I bought the Wii because:
1. I like the Mario Games for my kids
2. I wanted to lose weight playing a game.

But I am honest with myself. I made my Mii avatar and when it came to body type, I cranked it up. This is where the Fit starts being an ass. If you have made your body skinny but you are clearly not, based on BMI, it automatically changes it. That can make someone feel like crap by itself. But this is a feature I just noticed... when you are "weighing in" it makes your Mii skinny again so when the BMI scale is shooting up, it can make your Mii fat again! So day in and day out of weighing in, you have to be reminded that you are a fatty. Nice. If the Fit had a face, I'd punch it.

Now... here's my sad part. On day 6 of my using the Fit, I put on weight. Well, according to the Fit, I did. I had a late dinner that night and didn't get a great workout in. I think If I had waited an hour, things would have "read" differently. But I found this out that night, when you put on weight, it asks you to "think about what you did since your last weigh in" and then gives you a bunch of choices. I told the truth and clicked on "I had a late snack" since that was the closest to the truth: I just ate dinner. When I backed out of the active user to get to the Wii Fit Plaza, I saw my "chart" behing my Mii and it was showing my weight gain right there. I rolled over the "up weight" log and was PISSED! My Mii bowed his head in shame and a thought bubble popped out that said "I ate a late night snack". If the Fit had a gut, I'd punch it.

Here's where I can agree with the "black and white", fat or not fat madness that is the Fit. As I said, I am fat. But as my doctor will tell you, "It's a double edged sword" I have extra weight on me. As such, I am in a constant state of exercise. I carry and move that weight all day. That makes all the muscles underneath the fat stronger. Muscle is heavier than fat. So I can lose fat and gain weight.
Yay!
I can really only lose weight by not eating. That's just me. But I can't really stop eating can I? So my battle becomes about portion control. Well that just plain hasn't kicked in yet. I can admit that. So I am taking in the same calories as before but am more active. I am doing the Yoga (surprisingly relaxing and stretching), I am doing the strength training (designed to build strong muscles), I am doing the aerobics (getting my heart rate up and shaking that bowl full of jelly) and I am doing the balance games (getting me shifting that mass of a man on my twinkle toes. All of this building this muscle up. Weighing me down more. The Fit doesn't accept that if you are already fat, things aren't going to go well at first. It's like cleaning a room out, it gets worse before it gets better. If the Fit had legs, I'd kneecap it.

But I will stay dilligent. I will play the games, I will run the course, I will stretch the muscles, I will do that god awful Plank exercise, I will Hula Hoop my gut off. But I will not look that balance board in the face until it makes my Mii skinnier.