Wiiiiiiiiiii!

This morning, I hit the Wii.  I played Wii Fit Plus.  If you didn't know, I love Wii Fit Plus.  <3<3<3  :)

I started today with the Advanced Step.  No problem there.  Almost all perfect steps...until the end...when I messed up on the sideways steps.  Then that messed the whole blasted thing up.  I should have played it again, but I didn't.

Next up: Super HULA Hoops!  Yeah, baby!  10 minutes of hip-swaying action!  I always try to beat my score for each rotation, but, for some reason, whatever I do the first rotational direction, I always seem to fall short during the second direction.  I think when I did this last week, I missed by one.  One!  One!!!  I missed today by twenty four.  I suppose I should be proud of my 1725 + 1701 score (that's 3426, if my math is working tonight).  How high can YOU score?? 

My third game is the island bicycle ride.  Stand on the balance board, hold the Wii-mote like it's a classic controller.  Step to mimic the pedaling of the bicycle and tilt the Wii-mote left and right to turn.  Pedal through the island to all thirteen checkpoints to complete the game.  You CAN pedal around at a leisurely pace, seeing all the sights that are around, but, really, what the balance board (because that's who's encouraging you through all this, right?) wants you to complete all 13 goals as quickly as possible.

So, here I am, "pedaling" away.  First few checkpoints, no problem.  Then that message about taking the scenic route pops up.  Hmmm....okay!  Because "you can take as long as you want to find all of the goals."  I take a side street.  I mean, really.  You are given this tiny area map.  You can't really tell where anything is from that map unless you are practically on top of it anyway.  It turns, uphill.  My goodness....WHY is it harder to pedal uphill?  I'm not really going uphill...I'm not doing anything differently.  I pass a few no entry barriers -- obviously, I am nowhere near a goal.  Nowhere.  Eventually, barriers completely block the path.  I turn around, sail down a hill (Wiiiiiiiii!!  Uh, I mean: Wheeeeeeeee!) 

Time to get serious.  Gotta find those goals.  I got a notice that said I'd pedaled 1.2 miles already.  That's got to count for something.  I'm coasting around the town, pedaling to my heart's content, sweat pouring...this is tough work!  Finally!  All thirteen goals found -- to the finish line!

Sweating, panting, I'm finished.  I feel like a champion.  I "pedaled" over 2 miles!  Woo hoo!  Then the place comes up.  I'm in 4th.  4th?  It seems that it told me I'd pedaled 1.2 miles because the two previous times I'd played this, that's where I'd gotten.  But, oh frustration!  My sister-in-law got all thirteen checkpoints and to the finish in under a mile!  To be pleased that I pedaled farther or ticked that I was bested three times over?  Conundrum. 

Then, it goes back to show the piggy bank.  32 calories burned.  What?  All that work, sweating, and heavy breathing, and all I got was 32 calories?

Well, I did at least get in 30 minutes of cardio.  Even if it was light cardio.  But, still...32 calories for 2+ miles of pedaling?  *sigh*