Using Wii Fit for Monitoring Weight and BMI

Last week, our whole family played the Wii Fit and we all had the chance to check our weight and body mass index (BMI). We all have gained weight but the most significant was our son Jed.




Our son has started reaching the overweight range but still near the borderline. We are not in any way considering using serious fat burner activities for Jed because even though he has reached that level he doesn’t look overweight or obese. He just looks big for his age, a bit chubby but not overweight.

We’re glad that the Wii Fit game can be used to entertain him and also to let him engage in physical activity.

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Our Nintendo Wii vs the Flood and Typhoon Ondoy

Yes, our Nintendo Wii still works! When typhoon Ondoy hit our country, the flood waters went inside our house and left our bedroom like this.





My wife placed our Nintendo Wii inside a plastic bag with Ziplock and secured it on the top plastic drawer. But as you can see in the pictures above, the plastic drawer cases also fell to the floor after probably being lifted by the flood water and entered each compartment.



The plastic with the Ziplock did not work either because as I inspected the Wii console, its two remote controllers, and a pair of nunchucks, water was dripping from inside the Wii console and the other accessories. So we let it dry for a few days and also blow dried it before testing. When we tried it, we were glad that we can still view the Wii Home but when we inserted the Wii Fit and Wii Sports discs, they could not be read by the Wii console. We thought we’d need to resort to diet and regular exercise again instead of the alternative games of the two that we have. The two remotes worked perfectly but the nunchucks did not.

A few days after, when we were scheduled to go to SM Megamall for the launching of the Atrium, we intended to bring the Nintendo Wii to a service center. So I tested it again and to my surprise, it worked perfectly! I realized that it wasn’t completely dried yet when I first tested it. My wife and I are happy that this turned out this way, at least it saved us from additional expenses. Thank You, Lord!

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Our Nintendo Wii Has Taken a Vacation

We haven’t been using our Nintendo Wii lately. It was addicting when it was still new but with the Bible college classes I am teaching and our son’s home schooling starting it has become so hard to put it in the schedule.

The Nintendo Wii

You might ask why playing the Nintendo Wii is such a big deal. The reason is, it has become part of our exercise routine that it might even compete with the best diet pill available. We use the Wii Fit and the Wii Sports most of the time.

Skins for the Nintendo Wii

This very interactive video game is what makes it stand out against other video games. It may not have the great graphics and other stuff but it does not make a couch potato like all other video games. It can be addicting, too. But that’s what video games can do. It’s just up to the user to manage the time spent for these recreational tools. You should try the Nintendo Wii.

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Our Wii Experience

This morning, I experienced my first work out using the Wii Fit. The Wii console was brought home by our in-laws when they returned from the United States. Wifey and I asked them to buy it for us. I was actually happy that my wife wanted the Wii too, knowing that she is not into gaming stuff like the play station or even PC gaming. She said that Wii is played differently than the other game entertainment systems because with the Wii, the whole body has to move. It is sort of an exercise with entertainment.

Last night, my brother-in-law and I did three rounds in boxing and three best-of-five matches iin tennis - all through the Wii Sports. When we both woke up this morning, we all felt the aches in our bodies because of the muscles that were worked while we played the Wii. We really are enjoying our Wii experience, so far!

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