I bet you think it's Greeblemix Day, don't you?
But it's MUCH MUCH MUCH better.
See, along with several other ladies from Colorado, I have become a "Wii Fit Brand Enthusiast." What is that exactly? It means I learn about the Wii Fit, and I share what I have learned about the Wii Fit, we talk about all the cool things the Wii Fit does, and what we wish the Wii Fit would do better. Mostly it means I type Wii Fit a lot.
Oooo! That's better.
It also means that I will have someone come to my house this week and teach me how to use the darn thing. Because, even though I have had it for a while, I still don't know how to use it. OK. Truth. I mostly know how to use it but I am lazy. I need someone to come over and make me use it - in front of several friends. You'll see photos of this embarrassment later.
In the meantime, here is our family of Mii's to amuse you.
Why did Bryan decide he should look like Wool Hat from the Monkees? I have NO IDEA.
OK, Miis Schmiis - enough yammering on. I will get to the point. WHY should you care about all this? Because Nintendo loves you and it's the holiday season and GUESS WHAT, HOLY COW, I HAVE A WII AND WII FIT BALANCE BOARD TO GIVE AWAY TO YOU ALL!
I repeat. *A Wii and Wii Fit.* You read that right.
And you came here for a measly Greeblemix, didn't you??? Ha ha! I TOLD YOU THIS WAS BETTER.
OK, here are the rules. Big scary rules.
1. One winner will receive one (1) Wii and one (1) Wii Fit Balance Board 3.
2. To enter, comment on this post. You may comment as many times as you like.
3. BUT! I want to hear WHY you would like a Wii Fit. What you would use it for. None of this Dooce-esque "pick me pick me" business. Real answers, por favor. How it might help your exercise routine. What you think sounds cool about it. Why it will work with your schedule. Whatever. I DON'T CARE. It just needs to be a real answer that you thought about for more than the time it takes to type "pick me pick me!" Meaning, I reserve the right to delete mindless or repeat comments. Or at least make fun of them.
4. Contest will end Noon, Mountain Time, December 5th, 2008. Yes. IT GOES ALL WEEK, FOLKS.
5. At which time, I will use a random-number generator to pick one winner - randomly. Bryan will not touch this with a 10 foot pole.
6. No anonymous comments.
7. No relatives or coworkers of Greeblemonkey may enter.
8. United States residents only. (Sorry, foreign friends!!!!)
9. Fulfillment will be handled by Nintendo, so you must be willing to provide your real name, phone number and mailing address if selected as the winner.
10. Nintendo expects to ship the prize two weeks after notification of the winner's details! Look at the calendar, peeps!
11. And yes... Five randomly selected runner-up winners will receive a Christmas Music Greeblemix. BUT WHO CARES! It's the Wii Fit we are talking about!
Have fun, happy holidays and GOOD LUCK!
See, along with several other ladies from Colorado, I have become a "Wii Fit Brand Enthusiast." What is that exactly? It means I learn about the Wii Fit, and I share what I have learned about the Wii Fit, we talk about all the cool things the Wii Fit does, and what we wish the Wii Fit would do better. Mostly it means I type Wii Fit a lot.
Oooo! That's better.
It also means that I will have someone come to my house this week and teach me how to use the darn thing. Because, even though I have had it for a while, I still don't know how to use it. OK. Truth. I mostly know how to use it but I am lazy. I need someone to come over and make me use it - in front of several friends. You'll see photos of this embarrassment later.
In the meantime, here is our family of Mii's to amuse you.
Why did Bryan decide he should look like Wool Hat from the Monkees? I have NO IDEA.
OK, Miis Schmiis - enough yammering on. I will get to the point. WHY should you care about all this? Because Nintendo loves you and it's the holiday season and GUESS WHAT, HOLY COW, I HAVE A WII AND WII FIT BALANCE BOARD TO GIVE AWAY TO YOU ALL!
I repeat. *A Wii and Wii Fit.* You read that right.
And you came here for a measly Greeblemix, didn't you??? Ha ha! I TOLD YOU THIS WAS BETTER.
OK, here are the rules. Big scary rules.
1. One winner will receive one (1) Wii and one (1) Wii Fit Balance Board 3.
2. To enter, comment on this post. You may comment as many times as you like.
3. BUT! I want to hear WHY you would like a Wii Fit. What you would use it for. None of this Dooce-esque "pick me pick me" business. Real answers, por favor. How it might help your exercise routine. What you think sounds cool about it. Why it will work with your schedule. Whatever. I DON'T CARE. It just needs to be a real answer that you thought about for more than the time it takes to type "pick me pick me!" Meaning, I reserve the right to delete mindless or repeat comments. Or at least make fun of them.
4. Contest will end Noon, Mountain Time, December 5th, 2008. Yes. IT GOES ALL WEEK, FOLKS.
5. At which time, I will use a random-number generator to pick one winner - randomly. Bryan will not touch this with a 10 foot pole.
6. No anonymous comments.
7. No relatives or coworkers of Greeblemonkey may enter.
8. United States residents only. (Sorry, foreign friends!!!!)
9. Fulfillment will be handled by Nintendo, so you must be willing to provide your real name, phone number and mailing address if selected as the winner.
10. Nintendo expects to ship the prize two weeks after notification of the winner's details! Look at the calendar, peeps!
11. And yes... Five randomly selected runner-up winners will receive a Christmas Music Greeblemix. BUT WHO CARES! It's the Wii Fit we are talking about!
Have fun, happy holidays and GOOD LUCK!
394 Comments:
how completely cool is this?
Here is why it would be PERFECT for me: I'm a single mom. My kid's in daycare, so it's not like I'm going to take her to the daycare at a workout place at night. I like to run, but can't do that with her (yet). I got the tandem extension for the bike, but we're pretty much limited to that. I want to be able to do my workout at home! With feedback! Wii does that!!!!! Wii Fit is the answer for single moms who want to work out at home!
oh wow i keep hearing about these things and well I am computer game challenged. but i would love one for the following reasons. i have a teenager who thinks i am uncool and behind the times always. perhaps if we could Wii together that might bring a slight step closer to uncool , plus she like me struggles with her weight so it would be a great sneaky way to get in exercise AND try to look like a hip mom to my teenage daughter. and if you need more well honestly after 3 kids i have let myself GOOOOOOOOOOO. i need to lose more than a few pounds, why do you think all you ever see of me is my head??? well now you know. so maybe some months with a Wii and i could do a decent self portrait i was proud of.
so being fit and having fun??? oh yes please! random thingy selector pick me!!!!!!!! LOLOL
Hello! My daughter's wedding was in August - I lost 14 lbs before the wedding and am desperately trying to keep it off. A WiiFit would be perfect for me!
THANKS for the opportunity!
I think that a Wii fit may be the only way I can motivate myself to lose the weight that I have been carrying around. I just can't handle going to the gym where people might look at me!
Rockin' Giveaway!
We would love a Wii Fit because our family loves to be TOGETHER, but we are challenged in the exercise department.
I would just love to be able to turn it on, and enjoy some healthy time together ... and burn calories, tone up and lose weight together!
I would love to have a Wii Fit, mostly because I love the idea that I can exercise after my kids have gone to bed and my husband is still at work. I would love to use the yoga program and get feedback on whether I am doing the poses correctly. With something as fun as this it would be much more motivating to exercise everyday. thanks!
Why Rachel deserves a Wii with WiiFit:
1. She didn't win one at work for November because the inside sales guy she picked did not pick up the most sales for the month.
2. It would provide the opportunity for A for a Wii Fit Buddy nearby ;).
3. I need to get back in shape and need something new to keep me motivated and excited about exercise.
I'm the perfect candidate for your Wii Fit! I commute 2.5 hours each way to work every day (to a job I love) and that makes for a very long day. The only way I'll ever get in any exercise is to have fun with it- everything else seems like a chore! PLUS! It would have the added benefit of being able to share what little bit of time I do have at home with my teenage son and husband, so we can bond, exercise and laugh together!
It would be awesome! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love a Wii fit to do the yoga I so miss since moving from CA. I'm not a big 'studio' person. I AM a little concerned about the fact that it will tell me EXACTLY how much I weigh, and that I favor one side of my body, and that my body fat is, well, THERE. lol
Oh, love it. I mean, I LOVE the Greeblemixes, too, but this just takes it to another level of cool.
Okay: so my expanding backside could very much use this Wii and balance board. Running used to be my exercise of choice and kept me from butt expansion, but now that I have a newborn and no jogging stroller (yet) and the traditional stroller sucks at running AND the weather isn't always cooperative AND I can't afford a gym membership (nevermind the child care question)... well, you can see how a Wii Fit would be on savior level for me.
Plus, I love video games and anything associated with them, so even more motivation.
Plus, I could tell my husband that this is HIS Christmas present, winning the Wife of the Year award, and still get in shape (while he plays video games at other times).
See? A PERFECT CHOICE.
I have a Wii and I have been researching the WiiFit board. I think it would have lots of health benefits including distressing. I am a graduating student from the Art Institute THIS DECEMBER and I am all stress. I can uses the zen aerobic stress reliever of a WiiFit Board.
Oo! Pick me! I need one because I'm too embarrassed to go to the gym and it's way to cold to go outside. I've been diagnosed diabetic now because of my weight and the endocrinologist is convinced that if I reach a healthy BMI that it will go completely away. I need to lose at least 60 lbs btw.
Plus, the girls love yoga, and it'd be fun to actually participate in it with them. :)
Oh and I've been unable to comment on your site in Firefox. Today I tried it in IE and it worked perfectly. Maybe it's just my crappy internet.
:)
Oh Boy, do I need this right now. I would love a fun way to lose a few lbs. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about the wii fit..
I totally want this because:
a. I don't feel like I have enough avatars of myself and would like to add to my collection.
b. Now that I got rid of cable, the television just sits there like a sad lump. Give it another reason to live.
c. Would love to have a way to melt the fat off my butt. lol.
I would LOVE to win this! I've been trying to lose weight for MONTHS, & have only lost about 3 pounds because I just.don't.exercise. I have a gazelle, but when my grandkids visit I'm afraid they're going to get hurt swinging on it, so I really need to get rid of it. The Wii not only would help me exercise, but it would be more fun than the old school Nintendo (1st made) that I inherited from my daughter.
Thanks for the chance!
Dude, you guys aren't wearing any pants.
I would LOVE to win this. Since getting my Lupron shot in September, I've gained 9 pounds. Sadly, my doctor's response to this is: "you're just going to work out harder!" And, well, I'm burnt out. I'm burnt out because I worked out HARD from August on, and as it turns out, I gained weight and my body fat increased. That's SAD.
I would love a chance to win the Wii Fit.. Having the two monkeys it is hard to get out and excercise..especially in winter when it is too cold to run. This will help me shed the excess weight I have gained and show the boys that being fit is fun!!
I want to win a Wii and a Wii Fit for many reasons. First, I'm very poor and can not ever begin to afford one myself, but honestly need one desperately to help with my continued weight loss (70 lbs and counting). Second, I have a congenital heart defect and congestive heart failure and I absolutely have to exercise to build and strengthen my heart muscle. But I also live in a very cold climate where I can't go outdoors in winter because I can't breathe, so any way to actually exercise in my teeny tiny house would be so excellent and awesome, I can't even begin to express how much this could save my life. And I mean LITERALLY save my life.
I desperately want to entice my children, who have a 50% chance of inheriting my hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, to do some daily exercise. As teenagers, they are both sloths and this is something we could do together that would be fun, slightly competitive and healthy for the entire family. My kids also are ADHD and need to take up some sort of exercise that would allow them to burn up the excess energy they have, especially in the winter.
On a fixed income of Social Security because I'm 100% disabled, I have no chance of ever getting a Wii on my own, but really would be so appreciative if I won one. So pick me, please!
I've come to realize that I badly need to get fit to set a good example for my daughter. This past year, she has become riddled with anxiety, and one of the things she obsesses about is my being healthy. I'd love to have something I could do at home for her to see that exercise can be fun AND good for you, and that no, I won't be dying anytime soon.
I need a Wii Fit because I need to look hawwwwwt for BlogHer so I can complete my bid for world dominations. Because, let's face it, having a bitching blog is one thing; but if I'm not in shape enough to keep up my partying stamina over three days, I'm a goner. I might as well just join Facebook and forgettabout it. Oh wait...I did join Facebook.
Anyway, I could use me some Wii Fit so that I can be Queen of all Cyber Media. Thank you very much.
This is ridiculously awesome. I am a stay at home mom and my family doesn't really have the finances right now to pay for a gym membership. I work from home part time but my work involves a lot sitting around and consequently I realized I've gotten out of shape. Eeek!
You're big time now, girl. You're giving away a Wii!? ;-)
Of course I would like to throw my hat in the ring because I live in Seattle - the land of dark, cold, rainy days where many many people suffer from S.A.D. I would use the Wii to combat my winter blahs.
(That's reason number one.)
also, I don't do well with monotonous exercise. Sit ups that involve staring at the wall usually go south pretty quickly.
This looks like fun fun fun!!!
Aimee,
I have a Wii Fit-it's one of the few things that I can actually do a no impact workout, like the doctor ordered.
However, my SIL needs to exercise and is on more severe restrictions than I am. If I won this, it'd go to her. She's supposed to get some major surgery, but has to get in shape first. This would help...
My sistah. I know your random number generator loves me as much as you do. Right?
You see, I have two full-time jobs. Also I have 6-yr-old twins. Also, I have a house and a husband and a family that eats dinner at the dinner table every night. All this means that I don't have more than about 30 seconds of me time in any given day. Now that it gets dark at, like, 3pm, I certainly can't use those 30 seconds to go outside and exercise. And go to the gym or yoga class? Sorry - hard to take those 30 free seconds and go to another building with them. Also? My husband would now love you as much as I do bc you would be bringing a Wii into his life.
Thanks for offering your goodness. xo!
Ooh pick me pick me!
kidding.
All my son wants for Christmas is a Wii so a Wii Fit would be perfect! I need to lose weight. Need to be healthy for my son especially as a single mother. Can't afford a gym right now.
Have I tugged on your heart strings enough? :-)
Wanna know why I want it?
My mom just lost about 35 pounds. She gave me her "fat" coat...and it fits. Wearing it right now.
I work from home while the kids are at school and totally don't have the time to go to the gym. I'll be damned if I take any more of my mom's fat clothes!!!!
We have finally got our grubby mitts on a Wii for the family Christmas gift this year. Yay.
A Wii Fit would be so awesome because it will enable any and all of us to workout and have fun doing it! What better way to get exercise in than playing games and not realizing it?!?!!
Fun aside, there are no fitness facilities near us and who couldn't use more fitness in their lives?
Well my reason is that I have a 6 mos old and I haven't been to the gym in at least 6 mos (really much longer)...even though I'm still paying my membership fee (sigh...I know I'll be back I just don't know when.....) And so having the wii fit at home would be so efficient and helpful to my life....Not only would I be fit and buff, but my husband might start getting some action too, if you know what I mean. But I see that the "i have a kid and need to work out at home" comment has already been used several times....and so here's another reason.....Does Nintendo really want to allow my newborn daughter to go through life not knowing about Wii? She could grow up knowing it is a necessity just like the telephone, electricity, running water, ........ in her eyes it could become more important than the (gasp) Television.
hope that made you laugh.
Oh boy!!! A Wii AND a Wii Fit!!! What lucky peeps we are!!!
Here's why I would LOVE one!! I have lost 35 pounds and I have been working hard at it...but I am hitting my plateau and it seems it is time to add some working out to this regimin. I have been working and very busy volunteering, so to able to work out at home and spend time with my husband at the same time and potentially lose more weight! What could be better!! What an awesome chance, what an AWESOME giveaway!! Thanks!
this is so fantastically awesome! i cannot believe you are hosting such a cool giveaway!
why would it be perfect for us? we found ourselves suddenly in a large family with the birth of our triplets a little over a year ago, so we cannot really afford to pay for gym memberships and classes. not to mention the lack of time we have to do things outside of the home. this would be perfect for our family to get back into exercising. i also know that our 12 year old would be beyond awestruck at such a cool xmas gift should we win!
I would love to have a Wii and Fit board to help with my roller derby training.
I would love to have a Wii Fit, with five kids it's hard for me to make it to a gym. My father is probably going to lose both of his feet to diabetes, that scares me and I don't want my children to have to go through the same thing. Maybe if it's a game, my husband will exercise with me. What a great example that would be for our children!
Thanks for running this contest!
OK, first I want to say that it is TOTAL BULLSH*T THAT NINTENDO CONTINUES TO SCORN ME!
WHY NINTENDO!??! WHY!??!?!
*hysterical sob fest break*
Ahem.
Now.
I want a wii fit because I have agreed to sell the unused treadmill and am looking for a way to exercise that I might actually, ya know, USE.
(P.S. Nintendo. Call me. Seriously. WTF?!?!)
Reason #3 - my family of Miis would look pretty awesome.
Holy cow this is awesome.
Okay, why I would be a perfect pick for the Wii and Wii Fit:
I had a baby in March. While my weight is mostly down, my body has shifted in ways I'm not thrilled about. I work full-time and love being home, so I'm not too eager to leave my son and husband to go work out. This would be great for me (and my husband too! We BOTH should be working towards being healthy)so I can stay home and work out while Theo is napping or in bed at night. I want to build more strength and endurance since I'll be running around after a toddler soon enough.
So yes. That is why I'd put a Wii and Wii Fit to good use!
Thanks!!!!
This is such a cool giveaway.
I would love to have the Wii Fit because I could motivate my mother & grandmother to use it with me. We are all diabetics and exercising is strongly recommended but it's hard to get to a gym because my mother also suffers from fibromyalgia and my grandmother takes care of my severly handicapped uncle (born with hydrosyphillis, Scoliosis, Cebral Palsey). So time away from home is not an option on most days for either of them. And only two of us would be able to go at a time since my uncle can not be left home alone. We all live together and this way we could exercise without leaving home. Thanks!
OK, I'll admit that I already have a Wii Fit. But I'd like to win this so I can give it to a friend of mine who has been wanting one. She wants to get in shape, but can't afford a gym membership and has practically no time by herself.
She just found out her job is being consolidated with another one, and therefore she's out of work, right before Christmas. She's a single mom with a four year old son. I'd love to win this for her.
oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! I would love to win a Wii Fit. After seeing the demo at BlogHer, I was pretty smitten, but not sure I really needed it. But since winter is upon us and going outside to exercise is not always an option (even here in Northern California), I would love to have a Wii Fit to workout indoors. Also, I am particularly interested in the balance and yoga tools, as I find as I am getting older, those are the two things I find to be the most useful....
Happy Holidays!
I got to try a Wii Fit for a few brief minutes at BlogHer and was immediately hooked on the idea. I have been practicing yoga for 11 years and thought I was pretty solid on my balance... but after standing on the Wii Fit board I realized I had room to improve, it gives really great feedback to help improve my practice. I'm obsessed with the idea of the Wii Fit, those Nintendo folks know what they're doing... give me a tiny little hit for free to begin the addiction... ;-)
I want it to get me out of this funk I've been in, and back into actively losing weight and getting fit.
I would love to use the balancing stuff! I have an injury to my foot and I really need to build up strength in it again! With feedback, it would be AWESOME!
I'm thinking I would love a Wii and a Wii Fit for getting back into shape after I have my first baby in like, oh my god, a month. Perfect timing!
oooh....
immediately i can think of many reasons why i would love a wii fit.
1.) i know it would be a great motivation for me. i keep saying i want to exercise more and get in shape, yet i can't seem to find that motivation. i like the thought of doing yoga, but i always get way too bored when watching those instructional videos and am way too self conscious to take a class.
2.) in our house, a wii/wii fit is a want very badly but not a need. since it isn't a need and is over 300 hundred dollars, we will never buy one.
3.) my sister-in-law is getting married in march, and i would like to look something other than "stout".
So last week I tried out for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, right? And they said I had the bouncy curly hair and the big boobs, but that I needed to work on my dance moves in a BIG way. And lose ten pounds.
So if I win the Wii Fit, it will help me achieve my lifelong dream of strutting my stuff in really tiny tops and cowboy boots in a job you can actually tell your grandma about. Please pick me!
Okay, for real. My husband and I are hoping to start trying for a baby early next year, and it would be really great if I could get into better shape before and during the pregnancy.
We are trying to save up money for the sprog, and therefore can't afford anything super useful like a gym membership or pool pass.
If I had a Wii Fit, I would definitely exercise more, because I could do it at home even when it's too dark and cold to do any outside exercise.
Think of the baby!
And also, you never know...the cheerleaders might call me back...
I would use this to help get my chubby butt in gear for 2009. I think that the whole family could use a good new form of fitness here. I really need it- like fer realz.
Well first of all, I played a Wii Fit for the first time this weekend and I wanted to take the darn thing home!
It is something my husband, kids and I can use to get a little fun with our fitness. I think having one will keep us motivated and that really excites me!
Even my 3 year old wanted to hula hoop!
WAIT- I can't believe this is happening...this might be my most perfect day EVER....my son is going to wake up THRILLED that he can finally open a damn window on his advent calendar after a month of begging, I have the privilege of taking our car in for an oil change and admitting to the smug worker people that I do indeed need help changing my rear windshield wiper as it is like a torturous mind puzzle to me, AND I have the honor of helping in the classroom at my son's preschool, which means that I will become surrounded and possibly eaten alive by 16 4-year olds in a matter of hours. BUT WAIT...."just when I thought this day couldn't get any stupider- it goes and totally redeems itself" - ok, I was only partially plagiarizing there. Any way, I digress.... I would be ecstatic if I won the Wii. I think it is such a great idea and technology never ceases to amaze me! I am going to keep my fingers crossed! Thanks so much for bringing these great offers our way!
Oh I forgot...Can I tell you??? Ever since hopping on that thing at BlogHer and having embarrassing video taken of me during my hula hooping challenge, I have been in L-O-V-E. I also played the boxing game with a friend once (she stole the console from her nephew while they were on vacation and the middle aged women couldn't get enough!)- anyway, I was SORE for a week! My arms! Oh how they love the Wii. My ass- oh how it NEEDS the Wii. Did I mention, that I am too cheap to pay for a gym membership, so that boxing game made me buy a punching bag for the garage to try and recreate that oh so good type of sore muscle feeling. Did I mention that I am too cheap to join a gym- that's expensive people! Did I mention I would share it with my friends if I did get it- inviting them over and making fools out of ourselves together and sharing the videos with the entire Internet afterwards. Did I mention we live in Seattle and it rains a LOT here. What an awesome contest- THANK YOU!!!
Why I need the Wii Fit: (1) 20lbs...'nuff said, (2) work-from-home mom and the gym daycare has very inconvenient hours, (3) my 30th bday is coming up in a few months and I would really like to look gooooooood for it, (4) I really want to lose all the extra before getting pregnant again.
I've used DDR for exercise in the past, and love the challenge and the changes that can present themselves. I like to keep things new all the time. DDR on random can surprise me with what songs are coming up. I would hope that Wii Fit would also be able to keep things new and interesting. I think the yoga and balance board is especially intriguing.
1. I need to renew my driver's license in February and I'm not going to be happy with either the weight or photo. Dammit.
2. I've started working out at the gym, but I'd like to find something physical to do with the kids in the evening. I think the wii would make them enthusiastic about exercising.
3. It has a hula-hoop game. My hula-hooping could use some work.
I need it to help evict the flab that live on my belly!!!
I would love a Wii Fit!! Or even just a Wii... It would be a great excuse for the whole family to get in shape together. And a very healthy excuse to play video games!!
Here is my grand plan if I get a WiiFit....Lose a lot of weight, become hot. Find the perfect guy, have lots of babies. Lose baby weight (with the Wii Fit of course). Become a mommy blogger. What? You wanted a serious reason?
Wow, just when I didn't think you could possibly get any cooler you do this! Thank you for giving us all a chance, my husband and I have been going back and forth about buying a Wii in this economy. We are just scared to death of spending too much this Christmas if something happens to one of our jobs.
Anywho.. here are the reasons I need this.
1. My ever expanding muffin top.
2. Fun with my son, we need something to do as a family during the cold winter months.
3. I will be the coolest mom ever in my sons eyes.
Thank you! you rock.
Okay seriously? I might as well smear everything I eat on my buh-hind because that's where it's going anyway, so wouldn't it be nice for me to have a Wii and Wii-fit to fix said buh-hind? I certainly think so. Plus, my kids would be SO jealous and that would be kinda' cool. lol.
OK, must delurk.
I always check out the music on your Greeblemix list (I'm usually too late to enter), but this is just... Wow!
I've wanted a Wii Fit for a while now actually, but well, being poor sucks! LOL
I run and/or swim fairly regularly (although now that it's gotten cold, I've slacked off a lot) and this regiment has helped me lose about 40lb over the last couple of years. However, I've been looking for something new/different to add to my workout routine to keep me motivated, especially something I can do indoors for the winter months (because I HATE cold weather). I thought Wii Fit might be perfect for that, since I live in a small town out in the middle of nowhere that doesn't have a "gym" or anything.
Thanks for this opportunity! :-)
Why do I need a Wii Fit? I'm an Army wife, and mom to 4 kids, and we homeschool. There is about zero time in there to go somewhere to exercise. I'm lucky if I get to pee by myself.
I work, wipe, cook, clean, fix, plan, coordinate, follow-up, remember, smile, hug and kiss for OTHER people all day, every day. I need something to do for ME.
I would love to win this great little gift, but not for me. We already have (and love) our Wii Fit. This would be for my amazing sister and her fabulous son.
My family has loved having the board and cheering each other on. I know my sister and her boy would, too.
I {Heart} Wii Fit....especially the hula hooping...and the skiing and the step aerobics (in fact I e-mailed Nintendo and asked for a whole Wii Step game) - but the soccer...I keep getting hit by Pandas...
Oh this is awesome.
I would like to win because I'm about 100 pounds overweight. I'd like to say some of it is due to baby weight, but let's be honest. My daughter is 11 months old, and I weigh the same as I did the day she was born. It's not going anywhere. In fact, I probably weigh more than I did the day she was born, how humiliating is that?
Anyway, with 2 kids and what amounts to 2 jobs (accounting and photography) I don't have time for a gym. And for Christmas? I've asked for an exercise ball, some hand weights, and some exercise DVDs to finally get in a healthy body for my kids. Because this pattern I've started? I don't want my kids learning it.
Having a Wii and Wii Fit would definitely help me on the way (weigh) to losing this weight, providing fun and motivation to get me off the couch and out from in front of the computer.
Ok, here is why I should win this one. I've never heard about it before reading this post. I am always looking for ways to keep up with a workout routine, Jazzercise, roller derby, treadmill....but I am out of shape, and most of the time it is much easier to do my sweating in the privacy of my own home and not with an audience. Sounds like fun!
Also, I just checked my BMI and it's in the RED ZONE, DANGER, WHOOP WHOOP! BUZZ BUZZ! PLEASE CLEAR THE AREA, DANGER, DANGER.
Yeah, it's not healthy.
Oh, and also?
I'll do just about anything for blog fodder, including document my use of the Wii and Wii Fit on my own blog.
Are you reading Nintendo!? I would be a perfect candidate to get a promotional Wii and Wii Fit and another one to give away! Promise!
Perfect giveaway right before the holidays. I would love to win this because my husband needs to lose weight but hates to exercise. He would definitely play a video game with the kids though...even if he was getting healthier in the process!
I'm not putting myself in the running -- just wanted to say that I think this is cool and love you (in a kinda semi-detached Internetty way, of course) for doing this1 I just know that someone who could really benefit will get it. I'm sure there are many others but my money is on commenter #1 MB ;-)
Why do I need a Wii Fit? Because I absolutely refuse to go to the next size pants! I seriously need something that is going to motivate me and I really think this will. Thank you for doing this!
I would love a Wii Fit, because it's something I've had my eye on for a while now. Rather than going into the dank basement to work out on the NordicTrak (how very 1990s!), I could exercise in my cozy living room!
Also? I totally need to lose about 50 pounds, which I gained during my divorce. I'm happily remarried now, and the Wii Fit would be a great way for me and the new hubs to get in shape together. Besides, ahem, that other thing.
I NEED a wiifit because my jeans are getting tighter after Thanksgiving. :)
I NEED a wiifit because I hate going to the gym, even though I pay for the stupid membership each month. :)
I wouldn't mind winning a Greeblemix either, because Aimee's taste in music is awesome! :)
I really need the yoga and cardio. Badly. My butt-thigh and keg need to be glutes and abs.
I think our grossly overweight cat Luci (no really, she weighs something like 23 pounds) would benefit from using the Wii Fit as much as Alison and I would.
In fact, I am sure that it is her (Luci's) only chance to shape up.
You wouldn't want our cat to die for lack of a Wii Fit would you?
I need a Wii Fit because I work long hours, seven days a week. Despite my best efforts to go to yoga classes, I can't seem to fit them into my schedule. And in order to afford gym membership fees (or, to be frank, regular yoga classes) I would be forced to work even more. While my financial fitness is getting more and more sound as I bring in enough money to survive in San Francisco, my physical fitness is suffering the consequences. A Wii Fit would allow me a structured workout at convenient times of the day!
Thanks for this utterly fantastic giveaway!
I would love a wii because I am going to DC in April and would like to exercise a little so I don't pass out at the Lincoln Memorial.
I would love a WiiFit so that my husband and I could exercise together in the comfort of our own home (read: no judgmental looks at the gym) and have fun together. We SO need to have more fun together right now.
Okay, this is just a crazy awesome giveaway. I would like a Wii Fit because:
1) My cholesterol is too high and Doc says "exercise, exercise!"
2) My 3 monkeys, ages 11, 7 and 5 need something to keep them from bouncing off the walls on cold, snowy days.
3) I want to see myself as a chubby mii and then evolve into a skinny, fit and healthy mii!
Way cool and waaaay generous. :)
Sofie, my babe, turned 2 a couple of weeks ago. You and I have exchanged virtual words in the past about prematurity, Sofie born at 26 weeks, etc.
I lost my groove once she came along. I struggle to manage my time... to find and claim enough ME time. I could have never imagined what it would be like adapting to life at home with a new baby let alone a premature one. Fortunately, she's turned out to be happy and healthy.
As for me, I've never recovered any sense of normality for my own personal schedule. Unfortunately, I tend to grasp for ME time from about 11pm - 2 am, once everyone's asleep. Of course, by that time, it's not of the best quality, and I thus remain in ME-time deficit. And until I can get my time thing together, I just can't feel I have enough of ME - the best ME - to offer my family.
Wii Fit just might be the ticket. I can imagine pulling it out after everyone's gone to bed... using my ME time constructively, have fun to boot, tucker myself out, and be satisfyingly recharged for me and my family.
Oh yeah, and I seriously need to get in shape. :p
You so rock for offering this opportunity, and cheers to whoever is the lucky recipient. :)
Pick me! Pick me! Because the kids might be fascinated enough by what was on the tv that I would actually be able to do this and halt my recent highly-troubling ass-expansion.
I'm cracking up because there are already 82 comments in here!!
OK, first off, it's what the family all wants this year. Ok, by "family", I mean me!! Single mom who can't stop volunteering to sit on the boards of the various sports leagues that my son is in. Which means that between work, driving him to his practices/events and then time spent supporting the leagues, I don't get to take care of me. BUT...I am pretty good about working out at home and I know I would use this a ton. The cool thing is that this is a video game that I hear about from all of my girlfriends - not my son or his friends - MY peers (and I'm 43!) So I know I would love it.
OK, that's enough blathering - just pick me? ;-)
Why I need a wii fit:
1. I have gained 15 pounds in the last year.
2. We have had to cancel our gym membership for cost saving reasons
3. I really would like for my pants to fit again someday
4. I think it's gotta be funny to have a video game tell you your balance is bad.
OHHH you are gonna have so many comments.
I need a Wii fit b/c I am too lame to drive to the JCC anymore. My 3rd child has thrown off my metabolism and I am tired of my pilates video...yes..video (not dvd).
Also, and I forgot to add, I wouldn't mind having a Wii because then my son will quit asking to go to your house to play it. Plus I am really good at the boxing game-it is quite a workout for me as well.
You are such a rock star giving away a Wii!!
Okay, why I want this...
I actually NEED this to get in shape. That's right, NEED. I really think that it will be a great way to get away from the computer and exercise. No excuses that I don't feel like going to the gym or that it's too cold...I can exercise in the comfort of my own home!
WAIT, hold the phone.
Wii fit has a hula hoop game? OMG I need this. So my third reason is I want to regain my title from 3rd grade where I was reigning hula hoop champion!!!!!!!!
what a fantastic giveaway! I would LOVE a Wii Fit and use it to exercise. 20 lbs isn't a lot but it sure is a pain to lose!!!
Ask FruitLady, I need this. NEED. I started changing my lifestyle and making a concerted effort for fitness back in August. With a support team, calorie counting and walking. I've kept up with it better than any other effort in the last ten years. I'm doing well with the calories but I am struggling with the exercise.
I want a Wii Fit to do yoga in my living room, and to zen out when my kids misbehave.
Sometimes when my kids misbehave, I forget to breathe. So if I am the winner, my kids have a better chance of me surviving the exasperating moments and calming down.
And maybe I'll learn golf, too. You know, to ramp up the stress again.
Really struggling. I have an extremely inconsistent schedule and live many miles (at least 15) from the nearest gym and even if it was closer I wouldn't go very often. I've wasted a lot of money on gyms because I can't motivate myself to go. I have tried at least 4 different st-home dvd-style workouts and even found one that I like, but I've been using it offand on for 4 years and I'm really bored with it.
You should pick me because try as I might? I missed my one and only work out opportunity of the week the past two weeks. Two weeks ago I missed my train coming home from Chicago (GARRRR!) and last week? I was stuck in the worlds longest grocery store lines (but I guess I *was* shopping by myself for a change - that's a plus, right?) My midsection STILL resembles flarp, even though I can technically do "plank" and other really easy pilates/yoga.
I desperately need to shake things up. Since beginning in August I have lost 10 of the 110 lbs that I need to lose. With the holidays and feelings of depression I desperately need to shake things up.
With the exception of a computer and an ancient antenna TV, we are a very low-tech family. No video games, no cable, no iPod, none of that. Believe me, the rest of the world has made it very clear to us just what we are missing out on. Wii and Guitar Hero are at the top of that list.
The idea that I could rationalize, even justify having a Wii for fitness reasons is AWESOME. Except that there is a list of very necessary things that have to be paid for first like repairing the furnace, snow boots for the kid, and bills to pay.
If I WON the Wii Fitness though... well then there would be no guilt. And no excuses about losing those 100 extra pounds I'm carrying around, would there.
I have been overweight since junior high. Which means many years to become an expert at making excuses NOT to be healthy. Only recently have things changed. I'm determined to lose this weight.
140 is a long way away right now but a little here, a little there, and I will overcome. I don't know what it is to look sexy. I never have. I don't know what good fashion is because clothes don't look good on this body. But I look at photos of my mother when she was my age and hot damn! To think THAT body might be lurking under THIS fat? I'm determined to find out.
Winning a Wii Fitness would help. And of course I would have to blog about my progress and the big part Wii Fitness plays. ;)
I go to the gym at 5:30 am and don't see my kids in the morning. I get home from work between 4 and 5 pm and that until bedtime is the time we spend together during the week. I would love, love, love to workout at home in the mornings and then eat breakfast with them.
Also, my daughter is 8 and already is asking me things like, "am I skinny." I'd like her to *see* me working out, and also be able to join me if she'd like to.
Normally I email my fitness buddies with my daily progress report. For the previous day, I tell them how many calories I ate, how many I burned, and what the net is. (My goal is burning 1000 more than I eat).
Starting tomorrow I'll be posting my progress reports here too. Stay tuned.
Funny .. we've been wanting a Wii for SO long but can't ever seem to even find one. This weekend we went to my Dad's for Thanksgiving and they had one - everyone played and it was a BLAST. NOW I really want one ... but not just for the games, I mostly want it for the Wii Fit. I am working out of my house and really don't get out much except for when I have shows. I don't have a gym membership because I have other priorities that need to be met first, so this would be awesome to win.
Then I could spend time each morning before I step into the office doing the Wii Fit and maybe even talk my family into playing in the evenings to spend more "family time" too. :D
Win Win
Because I can't do yoga without it . . . isn't that reason enough?
Hi, I would love to win a Wii Fit because I love to exercise but over the last year I haven't been able to do it because of my old knees and my old dog. My knees are getting back to working order but my dog is not. We used to run around City Park but now that he is fifteen he can only make it around the lake once and then he starts to limp. I feel guilty if I go without him so I tend to just take short walks for him. I think Wii fit would allow me to exercise while he relaxes and while I get fit and fab.
Thanks!!
Why? Because they are sooo cool. And I really want to play tennis, but won't be found dead in public playing. Oh and my 5 year old just beat me at bowling the other night, maybe I can beat her at Wii. (Probably not).
how exciting.
I NEED this because blogging has made my Butt big! :)
Oh, AND want to beat my boyfriend at Cyber sports! lol He thinks he can beat me. um...NO I'm gonna be a good Wii bowler!
I totally don't want that. I haven't ever worked out, not a day in my life, and no high-tech gadget is going to make me start now. No way.
Unless...
Nah. Nope. No way. You'd better not give it to me.
Well now that triathlon season is over its winter and time to work on flexibility and strength and the Wii Fit seems to be a good way to go. Also, being winter, my desire to leave the house to exercise has gone down significantly. So, please, PICK ME!
Again, I had a baby 9 months ago. 'nuff said.
:-)
I've been wanting a Wii Fit since last spring! I also had a baby last spring. (eek) So I think it goes without saying that I definitely NEED it. I think a Wii Fit would work better for me getting back into shape because it's SO hard to leave the house with two very small children. Shoot, it's hard to take a walk with two very small children! I could easily whip this out while their down for their afternoon naps. Plus the whole "tracks how you're doing" thing would be so handy since I am not at ALL organized and it would be nice to have a machine do that for me. ;)
I bought my kids a Wii; they love it. I need to exercise, but you know? I let it slide. Yes, because I am sometimes lazy, but more than that, because it is just one more thing I have to do; one more thing that is tugging on me. And that's ridiculous, that taking care of my physical health has become a chore, and at bottom of my list because I don't ever put *my* stuff at the top of the list.
So, I would like Wii Fit because I don't have it in my budget to buy it for myself, and because I would like one of my "chores" to actually be FUN.
First off we don't have a Wii and apparently need one desperately. But the reason I want a Wii Fit? To get my eight-year-old daughter excited about exercise. This is something we could do for fun, as a family, smack dab in the middle of winter. What could be better?
Thanks for the opportunity!
Wow...what an amazing giveaway. Yet another thing I'm thankful for - access to technology that continues to make my family's life better and better.
I would LOVE to win this package...very much so. We've been looking for a Wii Fit around here forever and a day. We don't want to overspend on one, and that's why we haven't ordered one online at an inflated price. If we one this, we could be able to GIFT the Wii, as we already have one...and that would make someone's Xmas very, very happy. Could be very cool!
I'm totally not even kidding, but all of a sudden I got love handles today. Ironically, the day you decided to give away a Wii Fit. Methinks it is meant to be.
I have a 9 month old and can't get out of the house to exercise. Bryan and I need to work out. It's a match made in heaven!
I would love to win the Wii Fit, because it really looks like a cool way to keep us active when it gets cold out. Yes, yes, it's always sunny here in Colorado, but the thought of bundling up to walk around outside is daunting. And, I take Claire to all kinds of indoor play-places, but this would be something we can do in the comfort of our own home.
And, something tells me that Claire will find this to be more fun than watching Momma do her Tai Chi video. ;)
I have struggled for the past year trying to lose this excess baby weight. I don't have a lot of time to go to the gym and the time I do have (when I'm not working) I'm busy around the house. I also like to reserve much time for my family. Having a Wii and Wii Fit in the house would allow me to work out late at night when my son and husband are asleep.
jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com
I need a wii fit to help get my family (and yes, I do mean all of us -- at least all of us that I get to be in charge of) healthier.
I'd love a Wii! I still have more than a few pounds to loose since our handicapped son was in the hospital.
We have six children at home so getting to the gym is almost impossible with a husband in school full time.
I need a Wii Fit because I am chubby and don't venture out of my apartment often, other than school. I am also a single mom and full time student so I do not have enough money to buy one. Since I live in Hell, aka, Arizona, it would come in handy in the summer where melting is an issue if you go outside. Thanks! :P
Wow, this is sweetness. I'd say need need a little wii fit in our household because my husband and I are both on student loans (grad school) and would appreciate some fitness time between writing papers. It'd be great to do something physical together, without paying the money (that we don't have anyway) for a gym, etc. Fun and exercise = a happier family, community, and WORLD! :)
Not just a Wii, but a Wii Fit would be a fabulous way for us to have fun and get fitter over the winter months! :)
I would like a Wii & Wii Fit because I'm horribly masochistic and I'd like a snarky little game telling me that I'm overweight. I'd say, "Oh yeah? Well take this, you game!" and it would make me exercise. And then I'd totally awe the game and it would tell me I'm the coolest. Or something like that.
I think it would be both fun and funny to own, so it would be cool if your random number generator generated my number.
I would like to come up with a brillant comment, but my brain is mushy. I think it would be less mushy with exercise: thus the need for the wii fit.
So here's why I need a Wii Fit:
1) I live in Denver. So we can play with the Wii Fit together. My offer to take the Wii Fit off your hands also comes with opportunity for camaraderie. That's something, right?
2) I'm a grad student... a lazy, lazy grad student. I need something to encourage me to burn off the beer without, say... actually going to the gym.
3) I could do the whole sad "I used to be a soccer player in high school a hundred years ago and now I'm out of shape boo hoo hoo" spiel, but rather: I need to not look so bad in family pictures.
Happy choosing, random number generator!
I would like to play that rabbit game with my butt - and I apparently need a wii and a wii fit to do it.
That was not a heart wrenching, or even good, answer but it was an honest one.
I would be so excited to have a Wii Fit! I have let myself go and this would be a way to get back in shape. It looks like lots of fun!
I would love to win a Wii/Wii Fit because we cannot afford to buy one and I would love to use it to help me in my quest to go from a size 26 to a size 12. I live out in the boon docks and there are no good gyms locally. Not to mention all of the snow piling up outside, makes it hard to go work out outside.
I think my kids would have a good old time laughing at mom in her quest to get skinny, and it might be good for the hubby too. He could use to lose a lot of weight too. I think it could bring us closer together.
And video games are totally addictive, thus we could get addicted to working out!
I would like a Wii fit, because I need to do some exercise and I have no time to go to the gym with three kids and a full time job. I need more bonding time with my 9 year old Son, who ignores me daily for his Wii. Hence, it would be nice to do something with my son while doing something for myself.
I have a really hard time working out, and the Wii fit looks like fun. No to mention that I have gained 20 lbs in the last 4 months due to numerous factors. Please help me!!
Jen Goldstein
Golden, CO
Ok, here's my honest answer...I am a busy mom of 2 kids and abandoned exercising when I went back to work part time. Instead of running trails, I run around a school like a maniac fixing teachers' computers and helping 3-5th graders in a computer lab. Hardly counts as exercise! Then when I get home, I spend way way way too much time blogging. As much as I love Being Savvy, it forces me to spend too much time on my duff writing. I mean really...Posting 5x a day does take a toll! So really I'd love to win a Wii and Wii Fit so when I'm done writing for the night, I can head downstairs and get zen again with some yoga. Thanks fellow Savvy Editor! I know you know my pain! :)
Awesome.
So many reason I could use this...
First being the fact that I have gained about fifteen pounds since July. Sad, I know. I even declared November "Annie's Month Of Excess" as it seems all I did was eat and drink and enjoy the company of fabulous people.
I need to get back into shape and I think Wii Fit may be a good morning routine as I am far too unmotivated to get myself out of bed to work out before school, so maybe 20 minutes on the Wii would be a solution.
Me! Me! My family doesn't yet have a wii... it's on all the lists for Santa. Wii fit would be so much fun... and good for all of us. We need fitness!
I would use it to get rid of the "Baby fat" I've carried for the last 12 years. I used to be athletic, but let my kids and husband take over my body, and I'd like to reclaim it before I turn 40!!
I need a wii fit at home, because we have one in therapy at the nursing home where i work, and it would be so wonderful to have TIME to figure it out at home because i don't ever have time at work to figure it out!!
that, and because at 4:45 this morning when i was not sleeping, and contemplating whether or not i should get up to go to "boot camp" at the local gym, i thought to myself, how nice it would be to have a wii fit and i could just go downstairs and exercise all by myself!
oh, and i thought bryan was trying to look like the edge in an orange hat... ;)
Well, I feel kinda bad that my first comment is for a contest. But, as I've learned as a blogger, there is no better way to tease out the lurkers than with freebies.
So why do I want a Wii Fit?
1. I'm not fit. I'm trying, but it hasn't been taking too well this time through. And the gym just gets boring.
2. You said something anti-Dooce, so clearly we're cosmic soulmates.
3. I fell in love with Wii Fit over the summer when they had a bunch at a local summer festival for people to try out. But I haven't been able to find any at stores. Not that I've been haunting places like I did when I went to wait in line at 4 a.m. to buy my Wii, but still.
4. The contest ends on my birthday! What better way to celebrate!
Also! In addition to my other answers, I think this could be my blog calling. I can document my before, during and after progress with the Wii Fit in hopes of getting others to exercise as well. Kinda like Sundry but, you know, with more Wii. So if I were to be selected, the WHOLE BLOGOSPHERE could end up healthier.
No pressure.
Oh, love it. I mean, I LOVE the Greeblemixes, too, but this just takes it to another level of cool.
Okay: so my expanding backside could very much use this Wii and balance board. Running used to be my exercise of choice and kept me from butt expansion, but now that I have a newborn and no jogging stroller (yet) and the traditional stroller sucks at running AND the weather isn't always cooperative AND I can't afford a gym membership (nevermind the child care question)... well, you can see how a Wii Fit would be on savior level for me.
Plus, I love video games and anything associated with them, so even more motivation.
Plus, I could tell my husband that this is HIS Christmas present, winning the Wife of the Year award, and still get in shape (while he plays video games at other times).
See? A PERFECT CHOICE.
Okay. Reason #1 I need the Wii and the Wii Fit:
The Wii is on my list of things I would love to own, but would never be able to justify paying for. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one without a Wii system, but apparently there are at least 140 other people who still don't.
Stay tuned for Reason #2 coming up tomorrow. =)
Here's another reason: I need to lose weight.
See? Totally need a Wii Fit.
I am a grad student writing my dissertation. I have two kids and a husband who need lots of things from me. Wii Fit would be the perfect "escape" for me!
My body is chunkfabulous minus the fabulous.
Oooh, I really want one of these! Here are my reasons: I have had the year from hell (serious health issues) and I am waaaay out of shape right now. I have another big surgery coming up in the spring and really want to lose weight and get my body stronger by then. I do belong to a gym, but as a single mom with a full-time job, I don't make it there nearly often as I would like to. This would motivate me to exercise at home, and maybe even get my seven-year-old son to join me.
Also, my son is a serious tv addict and I've been considering getting rid of my cable as a sort of intervention. I'd be happier if he spent his time playing active games on the Wii rather than watching those nasty shows on Cartoon Network.
I am too cheap to buy a gym membership and i really need to get back into shape so i can feel better about myself and my body. and also trick my husband into exercising with me.
I was all set to go buy a Wii & Wii Fit early in November at a special event at Best Buy. The day before, my husband went into the hospital. He eventually went into the ICU and was there for several days. He came home a week ago today.
Now he's off work at least through January and on IV antibiotics through Christmas. We won't be getting anything for ourselves for Christmas, which is 100% fine b/c we're just happy to have him here & at home.
The reason I wanted a Wii Fit in the first place was b/c finding time to exercise w/ two small children to care for has been next to impossible. While that's still true, my husband is interested in a Wii Fit now b/c he lost 25 lbs in 3 wks, most of it muscle. We need to find a safe, low-impact, convenient way for him to get some of that muscle back.
I'd love to be included in the contest and all, but
(*whispers*)did you know that none of your family Wii characters are wearing any pants?
Well, now you have my attention!
Reason number one, is I live in the pacific northwest and it is pouring rain as we speak!
Reason number two, I recently discovered Flickr and now I need a good reason to get up off my chair!
Thanks for the fabulous offering!
My folks have a Wii Fit and will be getting us a Wii for Christmas. It is the one game that my whole family will play and nobody fights! Everyone takes turns, laughs at each other's goofines and cries when a higher score is acheived. Seriously, we have some great fun...and the kids don't even think of it as exercise, just fun! It would be awesome to play this in our home whenever we wanted to.
WOW! I had a 12-year-old child come home from school last week to tell me our house was too boring because we did not have any video games. I told him it is on the list after braces, soccer fees, summer camp, trumpet lessons, baseball and the new baseball bat.
I need a Wii Fit so I can amuse my husband by hula hooping and down hill skiing while huge and pregnant! Wouldn't that be hilarious??? Also, it will help me get into shape after our little Mini-Cooper is born...And I'm gonna SERIOUSLY need to especially considering all the Cheetos, Chocolate-covered cherries, and other junk food related things that start with "ch". :)
No way! OK, I need this because for each of my sweet, adorable, three children I have "retained" 10lbs after their births. Yep, 30 total.
Now 10 weeks has passed after having my little Charlotte and I need to get my arse off the couch and put down the donuts. I need to lose 35lbs so I look better than I did BEFORE I had my kids.
OK... and I'll even let my girls use it this winter when we can't get out to play.
Thanks!!
Oooohhh wait, I have another reason... It would be great for my marriage. I neeeeed to see my husband doing the hula hoop thing. How can I ever stay mad at a man who would use an imaginary hula hoop? See, good for my marriage!
My bro and I worked our butts off on his Wii fit the other day! It's really fun to compete against each other, but it's also fun to track your own progress. I would like to work on learning the yoga poses in the privacy of my own home. Especially on those snowy days where all you want to do is bake and watch movies!
Wow, very cool!
I've been totally eyeing these Wii Fit dealies... How great would it be to actually get fit by playing a video game? Sounds very, very fun!
The wii fit would be perfect for me because with 16 month old twins and a three year old that goes to school I have little to no time to go to the gym. Not to mention I recently injured my wrist so I am unable to pick up my babies with one arm. Ever tried to get twins to walk themselves into the gym? Not happening, the wii fit would work because I could work out after I put them to bed at night the only time I really have to myself. After twins I could really use the help.
Wow, a lot of people want one, LOL! Including me :) What a fantastic contest!
Now that it gets dark early, I'm getting NO exercise at all - my day is filled with kids and work and kids again, and by the time they go to bed, I am unable to muster up the energy to drive down to the Y (25 minutes away) to work out. My self esteem is suffering, my dh is suffering as a result, and my body is suffering. I have been drooling over the Wii, particularly the Wii Fit, for some time now, but haven't been able to justify spending the chunk of change required to get started.
So, random number selector thingee, hope you land on mine :)
I have a gym membership that I use sometimes frequently, sometimes infrequently because I don't like to do videos and such at home. However, I do like to be entertained while I exercise and I think that Wii Fit will give me the ability to get some exercise done at home while having fun. A working mom has little time to squeeze everything in. This gives me an option to multi-task fun and exercise, lol.
I so would love a Wii fit. I need to lose weight to help with the diabetes. I can't get myself motivated to get up early to work out--it's cold and dark here in Chicago at 5 in the morning! After work, I want to spend time with my family. Plus, who else is going to make dinner, fold the clothes, help with the homework, and watch all the really bad Christmas movies this time of the year!
I could give you the answer about how I work full time, have two kids, and am trying to get my art career off the ground so can't get to the gym and need to loose some pre-middle age weight before it is too late and my metabolism stops working completely (all of which is true).... but the honest truth is that I am also inventing a Wii sex game and need the system and fit to test out my new game.
Oh here's another reason.
We are video game newbies......We wanted to get the Wii for my 7 yo son after I had a baby this summer. We liked the concept of the Wii because it was much more intreactive than the game systems you can sit in a chair for hours playing. I have since learned that not all Wii games are interactive. I guess my rookie assumption was that all the Wii games would be programmed differently. However, since the Wii Fit IS a game that's interactive like the Sports game, it's one we'd love to have. I hope they come out with even more games that operate this way.
Hmmm...
Another reason I could use a Wii/Wii Fit...My husband.
My husband, also a Brian, was laid off a few months ago. While it has been a good opportunity to get his own business going, it has also been a hard time for him personally and for both of us financially. This would be a great Christmas gift as well as a good way for him to become more active.
I love your Wii fit family!! So cute.
I've looked and looked at them but simply cannot afford it for this Christmas' budget. Both my seven year old and I both could use some motivation and fun to get a little more healthy. My friend raves about her Wii fit and I'd love to be able to have one for our family.
Thanks for the great contest!
Rebecca F.
rebeccamferguson@yahoo.ca
#1 never wins, especially in a random picking kind of thing, so I'm posting again. I need a Wii really, really bad.
The first time I heard about the WiiFit, I got all excited. To think that I could do exercises in my own home! And that means I could pick yoga back up! I used to do yoga regularly, but have fallen (figuratively, so far) out of practice.
I did recently get a used treadmill, and I have been using that regularly, but I think the WiiFit would be a great and FUN addition to my exercise needs.
Thanks for having this contest!
reason #4 - I'd like to set a precedent of my son seeing me be active!
I really have been wanting to purchase a Wi. I did the Wi fit at a friends house and LOVE IT!!! I work from home and try to exercise on my breaks and this is the PERFECT, and I do mean PERFECT!!! thing to use. (Not to mention I am dying to beat my husband at bowling and this maybe my only chance!!)
Thanks for such great contest'S you put on! And thanks to Nintendo!
I want the WII Fit because I am sooo clumsy. The balancing activities would help to strengthen the muscles that assist with coordination and balance. It would be awesome to not trip over my big feet!
i lost my job and can't afford to buy this item. i need one of them to stave off the depression that is forming. and i hate the gym.
I love playing video games. I appreciate the fact that Nintendo has created this amazing system that allows me to perform formerly brainless activities in an active way, both mentally and physically! It takes away the guilt complex that I have alays had about sitting on my butt for hours.
I love music but I am not musically inclined. Guitar hero allows me to experience what it would be like to have learned to play guitar. Feeling like a rockstar? Priceless!
I would love the Wii Fit because I am a stay at home mom of a 16 month old and a 24 month old. After being pregnant for basically 2 years, I am still finding it hard to lose that weight. I have about 2 hours a day during nap when I can get anything done...so it would be the perfect time to excercise!
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Yoga- who doesn't need to meditate a couple of times a week to get the crazy out of their system? Living in NYC I need the yoga to balance out the hectic pace of the city.
I would love the Wii Fit because I am a stay at home mom of a 16 month old and a 2 1/2 year old. After being pregnant for basically 2 years, I am still finding it hard to lose that weight. I have about 2 hours a day during nap when I can get anything done...so it would be the perfect time to excercise!
I have a gym membership but sometimes you just don't feel like going to the gym. The WII would allow for a nice change of pace in my routine. It would make sure that all of my muscle groups were getting trained, not just the main ones.
I'm from TX. We don't ski in TX. Skiing is something that I have always wanted to try but have been too afraid. I think that getting some practice on dry land will give me the confidence to go out and give the real thing a shot!
Coming back today because I really need this. Last night I put on a sweater I bought last year and this year I see roles... the roles must go.
I have lower back problems due to a car accident that occurred years ago. It limits the type of aerobic activity that I am able to comfortably perform. The Wii would be ideal for my problem.
This winter is going to be extremely cold in NYC. I know that you are no stranger to the cold and how difficult it is to motivate yourself to go to the gym when it is literally freezing outside. I would love to be able to keep up my routine without having any excuse not to.
I have wanted to get a Wii Fit every since I heard about them... problem was that when I could find one of those, I couldn't locate an actual Wii....
So, this would be an awesome, awesome, AWESOME thing to win! BOTH! :) You Rock!
I am the PERFECT candidate for the Wii and Wii Fit! I have twin 5 year olds, a full time job and a husband that travels 2-3 days each week (and when he is home, he's working on his computer catching up from his travels). So with feeding the kids, getting them to and from school, helping them with homework and reading, bath-time, etc, there isn't enough time in the day for me and exercise!
I would love to have the Wii to be able to get up in the morning before the girls wake up and get some exercise in to jump start my day (plus losing about 10 pounds to fit into my clothes CORRECTLY wouldn't hurt either!)
Keeping the kids active inside this winter would be great for the whole family!
When having frineds over for dinner, we could play on the Wii to burn off some of that wine that was drunk during dinner!
I do believe I deserve a Wii because my avatar on them looks pretty freaking adorable. That's enough reason in my book!
My husband would love to learn new sports (without the cost of buying all that new equipment!)
Stressed College grad needing some Wiifit zen...
It would be nice to have because my body has never been the same since the twins were born.
Another reason my wife and I need to get a Wii Fit:
My wife is still working on trying to get rid of the weight gained from having our son last year (I am too for that matter - sympathy pounds are a b*tch). Getting a Wii Fit would be a great way to get into a health habit, and show our son that the big glass tube in the living room isn't just for sucking time away.
I really just want the Christmas Greeblemix, but for good sport I'll play along on the Wii thing. I guess if I had one I'd actually be able to make a dent in the egregious lack of coordination in my tall, clumsy Scandahoovian body. But then again, I *so* enjoy tripping over carpet lint and shadows.
I'd love as WII just to try something new. My cardio routine is stale and with 2 little ones, it's challenging to find time to get out of the house, and waht a great tool to show them that being active is cool!
I'd love to win this because I need all the help I can get. I'm getting married next year and the more exercise the better. I think it would be an awesome tool to help with the lb shedding.
I would love a Wii Fit! I want to improve my fitness routine and get stronger for hockey, and I want to entice my husband to do the same. I suspect the novelty of it will appeal to him, and next thing he knows he'll be EXERCISING. Woo!
Did I mention that I work for a non-profit? Because I do.
I totally need a wii! My BF just got a new 40" lcd and an xbox (becauase the wii doesn't have enough blood and gore!). I totally need something to annoy him and amuse him with my lack of coordination!
Wow -- thanks for this great giveaway. I think my family of 5 would be a perfect 'fit' for your Wii Fit! My kids (4yo twins and a 2yo boy) are just about at the age where they understand what exercise is and what it means to be healthy, and I'd love to have this tool to help us stay active together. Plus, I know my wife would really get a lot of use out of it ... unlike our gym membership! : )
What a super offer!
I think a Wii Fit looks like a great general fitness "toy" that doesn't take up a lot of space. It would be convenient to be able to exercise more at home without all the extra gear!
And... A Wii just looks like something I can "do". I am NOT good at the button pushing video games but think I could swing a Wii remote around with the best of 'em!
Fingers and toes crossed... here's hoping! :-)
Jessi said...
First of what a perfect giveaway this time of year. You need to send that Wii and Wii Fit my way and I will tell you why. First off I am the biggest competitor and I need to win. Secondly our office is running a Biggest Loser weight loss contests running now until April. This would the perfect weapon in are arsenal to win. If I received the Wii I would place in our conference room to use everyday. We (me and two other women) are 1 of two female teams to participate. We need to beat the men big and bad. Winning the Wii will not only help to get us moving but will be that stepping stone to get us moving and in shape and have a better lifestyle.
I forgot to add how to get ahold of me.
Jessi
picker.s@mchsi.com
my sister's have a wii that my mii is on. They hate it that when they are doing the wii fit, my personality laps them and mocks them. I personally do not have one but would love it.
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