Last night John Mark, Regan and I all went over to good friend's of ours to play on their Wii. Now I enjoy playing video games, but I would literally play all day without self control, so I choose to not buy one of these fabulous systems. I have also determined that my family and I would be eternal couch potatoes if we had one of these and I prefer for us all to be active......that is until I played Wii Fit last night for the first time.
First of all the thing had the audacity to age me over 10 years!!!!!, and told me I needed to lose a few pounds (really , I hadn't noticed, but thanks for pointing it out to a room full of people). Then I actually got to exercise on it thinking it would be no big deal. It was tough and fun and I had a blast and I really want one of these machines to torture me and tell me I have to work out on a daily basis. I want to watch my precious little me get smaller, and look svelte. I am mad that on screen my cute little mii looks like a tub of lard (sigh).
You know the coolest part though? Regan could do a lot of the exercises on her walker. She stood there working on better balance, and even had the remote controls and ran a race in competition with our friend's daughter. There she was working hard, and having a blast better than any physical therapy has done in a long while.
In fact today she was complaining of being a little sore from working out.
Well I told John Mark that I would concede that this was worth us finding some space in our budget. If I can get Regan excited about exercise and get her working out all summer this would be such a blessing. So we are going to put aside a little money over the next few months, and also see if this qualifies as therapy, and look into medical compensation (not for the Wii, just for the fit program). I love the idea of she and I working out together (I would rather get a serious work out than result to Apidexin) when we are about to get a three month break from official Physical Therapy which is school based and not available to us during the summer.
I am curious who out there has Wii fit, and is it a great possible therapy program for Regan besides, being a good fitness program for myself?
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