Thanks Cass. Is that for the basic unit only, or would that include Wii Fit and a couple of games to get started? I am a real novice.

Hi Barefoot,

I have the wii Sports version. The wii Fit was out of stock. The opening date on this thread was 6 months ago, almost exactly. The supply of these things has been purposely limited by Nintendo I am sure. I am so sure they could have cranked them out faster. People around here stood in line for them. Not me. But I figured sooner or later one would fall into my lap and that's what happened last night.

Cassie's answer on the cost is where mine was. $250 ($249.99) but it only comes with one remote. We bought a second one for $40. The games are included: Golf, tennis, baseball, bowling, and boxing.

And. . .

I am so glad to read here how everybody likes these so much. Maybe there is hope for me to become coordinated even though I am now in my dotage. (I was always that girl who could not get picked for those gym class teams. Even my best friend would not pick me. -- and to this day, I will not let her live it down. Just because I ducked every time a ball came anywhere near me. Even MY BEST FRIEND would not pick me. There I stood. On that stupid line in that gym. Wearing my baggy gym suit and my cateye glasses. MY BEST FRIEND! WOULD NOT PICK ME! -- Whew! It seems that I am still not over it.)

So anyway, I am going to give this thing a try. For some reason after the news this week, I feel like starting with boxing. I think you get to punch people and knock them down. Maybe Nintendo should market those virtual opponents with a choice of faces.

And JoannP, I just have to say that not only do I really like that avatar, but that little saying at the bottom of your screen is so wonderful and so true.

Boomer

OMG.....I am so GLAD I am not the only one....ofcourse I am the ONLY one from that class and beyond that is able to RETIRE at age 44!! Look at me now!! hahahaha..... I am Wii FIT and living in TV's!!! :a040:


:pepper2::pepper2:


LIFE IS SO GOOD!!!

:1rotfl:

Well Boomer, you've really struck a nerve with that comment. I was that girl that was the LAST ONE always picked, no co-ordination whatsoever. :22yikes: In frustration I organized all the other losers and started a cheerleading squad which was even more pathetic because we were all so uncoordinated!

Anyway, back to Wii. I'm wondering, do you think it is like treadmills? You buy them in a fit of enthusiasm and after a few months they end up in the basement (or in the case of TV, in a garage sale)?

Barefoot,

I can relate to the fitness center in the dark basement corner. I have found though that some pieces of exercise equipment can serve as excellent places to hang clothes. But from what I have seen and heard about the wii, it can make you laugh. And I have never laughed while on a treadmill.

Well, come to think of it there was that one time that I laughed while on a treadmill. For some reason, a few years back, the doc decided I should have a stress test. So OK. I did. And I was on that treadmill, going faster and faster, and asking the nurse who was standing there about a million questions. I asked her about when we would be finished, and about how fast it could go, and about how she liked her job, and about how I was doing . . .and about oh, whatever. And that nurse finally said to me, "You know, Boomer, I think you are probably doing just fine because you have not shut up yet."

And so I laughed then, while on a treadmill, just that one time though. (And that is a true story, just like all my other stories.)

The one time I tried a wii, it was just for a few minutes and everybody else was laughing. I truly am unbelievably uncoordinated. There is a post in all this stuff I have written that is about how I am completely traumatized by majorettes. How in the world can anyone manage to twirl a baton without knocking themselves senseless. And then there is that whole fire twirling thing! My hair or someone ese's would be in flames so fast.

Hey, maybe when you get back to TV, you could start another club like that cheerleader thing you did in school. Maybe an uncoordinated twirlers' group to march in parades. I bet we could draw a crowd.

Boomer

Is this the story of five little piggies? WII We OUI all the way home?:1rotfl:

Boomer & Peachie: I think the club that would suit us has already been started. It's called The Village Idiots. Something tells me that we would fit in there just fine. :laugh:

I could do Village Idiots but I do not do Cheerleader jumps or twirl anything, including tassels!

Ahem, Ms. Peachie,

You are referring to the ones on those majorette boots, are you not? Ahem.

Boomer

Tomorrow, I will ask Mr. Boomer to hook up the new wii. I seem to be trying to get into trouble around here tonight. What with the rumor mongering and the causing people to have flashbacks to their school days of not being picked for teams and such. Maybe if I am distracted by the wii, I can not only shape up, but perhaps I can shut up, too.

Goodnight.

Well, of course, Boomer... what else would I be talking about? :1rotfl:

Good luck with the WII. :coolsmiley:

The Wii is an excellent tool..............
 

to get excercise like with bowling, tennis and golf.
If you get a Wii fit you will find it to be a very useful tool to help one establish a goal to reduce your BFI (body fat index) as well as weight loss.

Just becoming aware of your center of balance and the different games that Wii fit presents...all help to improve your balance as well as being a guide to BFI and weight reduction. We use it every day and enjoy the discipline it provides as well as the fun with the differing games/routines/execises.

It is not just for kids....in our opinion.

BTK

PS....if you try it you will like it....most of you that is.

Hi BTK,

Thanks for the information. I really hope to be able to find the wii Fit to add to the system. Everybody who has one really seems to like it. I will just have to keep asking every time I am in a store that might have one. They are always out of stock around here it seems.

I still need to get what I do have hooked up. Mr. Boomer has run off today to help somebody with a project, and I do not know one wire from another. But I hope to get started with this thing soon.

Boomer

Typically the Wii for $249.00 comes with the sports games...tennis, bowling etc.....these really are the bet games to get started with.....

It does become addictive though! I found myself on the Wii all the time. It was hysterical.

I absolutely want the Wii Fit....I think I could do each day to start out the day before work stuff!

I will tell you that since I started playing the Wii and becoming more active over all...I really have lost a lot of weight. I know it is not just because of the Wii...but it did get me started and still helps.

I went shopping to day and can officially wear 4 sizes smaller than what I was wearing in January when we started our Wii playing~!!

I realized I needed new clothes the other day....when I was dancing at the square and my Capri pants almost fell right off!!!

SO....I need to keep going and I need Wii Fit....if anyone sees one out there please post it here ASAP!!! or pm me

Great recommendation BTK, we'll be getting one for sure! :coolsmiley:

My only concern was that it might turn out like my treadmills. Yes, plural, I actually have two, one at the cottage and one at home. Occasionally I look at them, and sometimes even step on one of them and turn it on for old time's sake. But then I realize how truly boring it is to walk in one spot for an hour.

The Wii sounds as if it might actually be fun!

Our treadmill was in our bedroom and ended up as a clothes hanger! Got very little mileage on the critter. As we speak, it's now stored in the garage...... B-O-R-I-N-G....