Daily Obsessive Google Rank Check:
Pool Cues: #1 (Take that McDermott!)
Pool Cue: #1

Isn’t it just a bit insulting that Wii Fit uses a giant pig to track how much time you’ve spent exercising.  Yeah, I know its supposed to be a “piggy bank”, but pig and exercise just don’t seem to go together in a positive way (and I’m all about the positive as you know).

Anyway, I hit 20 hours on the Wii Fit this morning, so as a reward, my piggy bank turned from Bronze (which you get at 10 hours) to Silver.  Apparently when I hit 40 hours it will go gold.  As to whether or not its working, who knows.  After 20 hours over 40 days I’m down about 15 pounds (still have a good 15-20 more to lose though).  The strength training and the yoga are actually pretty decent, but the arobics stuff seems to be increasingly lame.  Despite the fact that I have absolutely no rhythm at all, I’ve been able to earn the “calorie torcher” status for advanced step.  Unfortunately, advanced step doesn’t seem to be much more than walking, since the fit board doesn’t represent much of an actual step.

As for the weight loss, I’m thinking a large part of that can be attributed to the insane diet I’ve been on for the past month.  Man do I miss carbs and candy.

Yiddish Word of the Moment:

Schmuck
Definition:  A dork, a loser, a tool, a spazz (you get the idea)
Example:  Did you see that chubby schmuck get all excited when his Wii Pig turned from bronze to silver?  Yeesh!

Daily Obsessive Google Rank Check:
Pool Cues: #1
Pool Cue: #2

Well, I’ve gotta say I love the Wii Fit.  I never thought I’d be sore from it, but damn if it doesn’t provide a very decent workout.  I still can’t do some of the one-legged balance poses in yoga, but I am beginning to understand why yoga freaks are so into yoga.  Five days in, I’ve dropped 6.5 lbs, although I know a big part of that is due to the suck-ass diet I’m on along with an hour a day on the Wii Fit.

In other news, we’ve got the National Championship today.  My bowl record against the spread is up to 21-10, which is better than I’ve ever picked.  For tonight, I’m going with Chokelahoma +5.  I’m probably gonna lose this one, but I just can’t stand the Gators so I’m going with the Big 12.

Well, I managed to score a Wii Fit for the family yesterday.  Sure, I had to drag my ass down to Best Buy a little early and get in line in the snow, but we all wanted it, so decided to man up and get one.  Honestly, I thought the thing would be pretty stupid, but I’m pretty damn impressed.  The thing gives you a pretty accurate weight and BMI, so naturally once I hopped on the board, it gave my Mii a big old pot belly.  

As for the stuff you can do on it, I’ve been mainly focusing on strength training and yoga.  This is my first time trying the whole yoga thing, so imagine how surprised I was to find out that getting into and holding some of those positions seriously kicks your ass.  Once I start getting back in shape, I’ll get started on the 8 Week 10K Training Guide I found.