Getting Fit

Usually I don't play into the hype of something, especially if it comes to fitness and losing weight. The only true way to accomplish that hard feat is to work hard doing it. There are no magic pills or machines or anything else. The true magic lies in a low calorie diet and working out, plain and simple. And while it doesn't tout itself exactly as being a miracle for weight loss, there is plenty of hype surrounding the Wii Fit. And while it took almost two months, I finally got to "buy" into it last Friday.

I had had a terrible week at work and will admit that I was napping when my phone rang close to 7 pm Friday night. But a few moments later, I awoke to my husband's voice. I didn't want to get up, and I told him so. Then the magic words were spoken. Alycia, one of our good friends, had called both of our phones and left a voice mail. Five Wii Fits were sitting at Best Buy. It may same strange that someone would call us to tell us this, but it so happens Alycia lucked out several days after the Wii Fit was launched in the US and was able to purchase one. When she did, there were actually two on the shelf, but she didn't think anything of it, and only left Target with the one. I have been teasing her ever since, and just a few days before the Friday night call, she told me she promised to call if she ever saw one again.

She did offer to buy it for us, but it was a Friday night so we just headed to Best Buy for it. Well, two actually. These are a hot commodity, going for at least $160 on Ebay. When we arrived at Best Buy, there were only three left. We settled on purchasing two, Jason worried the entire time they would tell us we could buy only one. There were no questions asked though at the checkout, and a few hours later, we arrived home with our Wii Fit. One being ours, the other one we had already sold.

As for the hype and will it get me fit? Well, I've worked out every day since Friday night, logging about an hour each evening. My muscles ache, which says a lot as I have been working out religiously for over two months, and when I finish a workout, I am tired. Sweat runs down my face, and my heart rate is definitely raised. And after four workouts, well, I am down two pounds. I think that fact speaks for itself.