For the last year I’ve been trying to change my eating habits. I’ve been steadily losing weight though reluctant about exercising. I can blame asthma, my lack of decent sports equipment, or the blazing Florida sun. But deep down I know it’s just pure laziness on my part. I also realize I’d probably be losing double the weight, in addition to sleeping better, if I just started exercising. So why haven’t I? Probably because I haven’t found anything with a lasting fun factor… till now that is.

About a month ago I started listening to the “Give Me My Game!” podcasts on myspace. They announced a contest during one of their podcasts. It consisted of naming the movie a particular song was from. Surprisingly, I won. The prize was a limited edition Legend of Zelda cell art print and a green Wii Fit wristband. Wii fit? hurr? I must have been living under a hole (in a hole?) because up until winning that wristband I had no idea what Wii Fit was.

After a little googling and a few minutes later, I realized I had to have it. On a scale of 1-5 I give it a fun factor rating of 5. The hoola hoop game is one of my Aerobic favorites. I think I’d actually consider buying a hoola hoop at this point if I actually knew where to get one. Sadly though, I quickly discovered I can hoola to the left but not to the right. I was told for most people it’s the other way around. WTF?

My second favorite is the Soccer Ball Dodge. I mean where else can you have that much fun working out your love handles while dodging flying Panda heads?

One of the best features has to be the fact that the Wii Fit board can calculate your weight, BMI, training and weight loss progress. There are currently four different training categories; Aerobic, Yoga, Strength Training and Balance. Yoga is definitely much harder than I was expecting it to be. I haven’t ventured into the strength training so I can’t really say much about that.

As you play the mini games you earn time that is later deposited into your Fitness Piggy Bank. After earning a certain amount of time you begin unlocking more and more mini games. I’ve only had Wii Fit for a week but I’ve been pretty excited and consistent about playing. Hopefully that means I can still reach my weight loss goals by my birthday.

So if you’re a lazy fool like me, and have been looking for a good excuse to exercise, Wii Fit is IT!