Wii Fit BMI Argh
Jan. 31st, 2010 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheWe set the kids up on the shiny new Wii Fit today and I was really NOT HAPPY with them measuring the kids' BMI and labelling them "at risk of overweight" and asking them to set weight-loss goals.
I cannot articulate how annoyed I was, in fact.
But the good news is that I didn't articulate how annoyed I was, particularly in front of the children. I ignored it.
I sincerely hope that the children and I gain enough weight in the next 6 months to mess with that blasted calorie-counting pig's head but good.
On the other hand, both children find the balance board easier to operate than the remote controls.
I cannot articulate how annoyed I was, in fact.
But the good news is that I didn't articulate how annoyed I was, particularly in front of the children. I ignored it.
I sincerely hope that the children and I gain enough weight in the next 6 months to mess with that blasted calorie-counting pig's head but good.
On the other hand, both children find the balance board easier to operate than the remote controls.
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Date: 2010-02-01 05:16 pm (UTC)You can hack the hardware to fake it so you can use it even if you're over the weight limit -- basically putting foam between the bits it uses to sense weight so it thinks you weight less than you do -- if you really want to play it, but I was ticked enough about that aspect that I didn't want to bother. (It's academic now, as we gave our Wii away over Christmas, but still.)