Janis - Week One

A Whole New Mii & A Makeover

Once I found out I was chosen for the Wii Mommies Citizen Journalist Program I began a sick obsession. I now have to admit to you all that I stalked the FedEx trucks in my area for two days. I’m not proud of my behavior. But there it is in black & white, I am an obsessive stalker type. Who knew? Luckily my obsession quickly turned to something else, getting healthy. {More on that later.} First things first, shopping. Ah, retail therapy. Yes, before I even received my Wii Fit Plus in the mail, I had made a purchase. I mean, I was going to the store anyway and just happened to find something to motivate me. So ya know…I bought something. And because nothing tells a story better than pictures, here are some Before and After pictures. You can see for yourself the magical transformation…

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Yes, I gave my Wii Fit Plus board a pre-workout makeover. And you have to admit it; my board looks thinner already! I tried to convince myself that it would be more comfortable to have this board cover, but the truth of the matter is, it looks pretty AND the comfort is a plus. Win-win.


It was kind of like going out and buying some skinny jeans as motivation for myself, except I knew this would FIT!

Psychologically this little trick worked wonders for me. I figured if the board looked more comfortable and sort of “customized” I would want to hang out with it more. It worked and we have bonded.

Once my board was all dolled up, I began to read the instructions for setting up everything else.

I am an instructions person. My 12 year-old Nephew helped me with the set up. As I read aloud, he installed the “thingamajiggers” into the right places. It was fairly straightforward as a small pamphlet for “Quick Install” was included. It sure beats reading the 30+ Page Operations Manual for the System Setup.

I mean I did read it, {of course} but the small pamphlet hit all the highlights. I imagine the bigger booklet is just to be used in case you need to trouble shoot a problem which thankfully, we did not.

After the initial system setup, I will admit that I was a little intimidated so I let my Nephew take matters into his own hands. He knew exactly where to go to set Mii up. In hindsight, I really think he just wanted to play so he sped thru the Mii set up on purpose.

I followed along, but apparently I missed a crucial step. So a few days later when I tried to set up a Mii for my mom, I got all turned around. Wonderful! {Insert eye roll}

This convinced me of one thing, I should have done it for myself the first time because I was wasting precious Wii playing minutes going in circles. The good news is I eventually DID figure it out and now I am the “Official Mii” setter upper. And as a bonus, I did it without reading any instructions. {Score!}

Next week I’ll introduce you to my mini Mii, discuss what happened when I actually stepped on and how the Wii Fit Plus gave me some awesome super powers.

~Janis