You see, becoming a Nintendo Brand Enthusiast is awesome for many reasons. For one thing, I get to spend a year learning about their various products, including the Wii and Wii Fit. (And the DS Lite! Which appeared in my mailbox --along with some games--from the generous folks at Nintendo like a magical surprise! Which it was!) For another, Nintendo will be throwing a Wii Fit party at my apartment for me and some friends very soon (more on that shortly). AND ...I also get to give away a Wii andWii Fit on this here blog. And just in time for the holidays!
I know.
I KNOW.
I can tell you firsthand that the Wii is fabulous; we've had one since the summer, and are hopelessly obsessed. We (NERD ALERT!) often talk about our Saturday night plans to go bowling and play tennis...when in fact we are actually talking about Wii bowling and Wii tennis. (What do you want, people? We are geriatrics trapped in the bodies of people in their late twenties.) I'm not even going to get into what I actually mean when I suggest to J that we go for a drive (cough, EXTREME MARIO KART WII RACING, cough).
Here are our Wii Miis; it's uncanny, right?
In addition, I just started working out again (by which I mean "for the first time since college"), and am thrilled that I'm going to get some time learning how to work the Wii Fit into my routine (by which I mean "one day a week that I actually exercise"). I'm exceedingly uncoordinated (shocking, considering that I'm a former gymnast), and thus live in fear of the balance board...
...but I'm excited to give it a shot all the same.
So, I know what you're all thinking: "Metalia, when do we see videos of you falling off the balance board? And perhaps MARGINALLY more pressing, how do I win this Prize of Awesomeness?"
Easy peasy:
- To enter, leave a comment on this post between now and December 15, 2008 at 11:59 pm E.S.T.
- But wait! I'm going to make you work a little for this awesome prize. Your comment must tell me: How would you work the Wii and Wii Fit into your life? (How would it move you? What would you use it for? In short, WHY YOU?) Feel free to be creative with your responses; while a comment addressing the question is perfect, poems, links to videos and/or illustrations would be great, too(but are in no way a prerequisite).
- After the comments are closed on Monday, December 15th, J and I (aka, King and Queen of Wiiville) will sit down and read through each and every comment, and select what we believe to be the top five comments. Our criteria will include, but not be limited to: originality, pertinence to the contest question, humor (where applicable), and all-around awesomeness. We will take this responsibility very seriously. Perhaps almost as seriously as we take our Mario Kart races.
- We will then place the top five comments in a comically large hat, and select a winner at random.
- The winner will be announced on or before Friday, December 19, 2008. (I wanted to do this before Chrismahannukwanzaakah time, yo!)
The Fine Print
The prize is one Wii and Wii Fit with balance board.
The contest is only open to US residents (sorry, my Canadian lovelies!) The prize cannot be given to a relative AND I INCLUDE MY FUTURE SISTER-IN-LAW IN THIS CATEGORY, NEWLY-ENGAGED LITTLE BROTHER!
Nintendo will be handling the fulfillment of the prize, so the winner must be willing to provide his/her real name, address and phone number. And winner, I solemnly promise not to stalk you. Or steal your identity, and flee to a tropical island, where I will drink fruity, rum-intensive drinks on your dime. Swearsies!
The prize will be shipped within two weeks of Nintendo receiving the winner's contact info.
Yes, I think it's safe to say that this is by far the most awesome thing that I have ever given away here (no offense, lip gloss!); I'm so excited about this contest, and CAN'T WAIT to read your responses.
Good luck, everyone!
UPDATE: I indicated that if the comments reached 200, I would kick in a prize of my own. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble to the first runner-up. There is also another "prize" that I'm kicking in, which will be revealed later on in the week, after we choose the finalists and pick a winner. (Ooh! I am shrouded in MYSTERY.)
Also? Damn you people. Your entries are awesome, and you're making it REALLY, REALLY HARD for us to narrow down the finalists.
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202 comments:
1 – 200 of 202 Newer› Newest»Frankly I have better luck with a random integer generator than I do when winning depends on being WITTY (erlack!), but I suppose I could be one of only five people who comment (dream on) and I could have a shot.
Anyway, I need a Wii because my husband lurves sports but I usually refuse to play with him because he is so much faster/stronger/better than I am and losing makes me completely crazy. The only sports we ever play together are Wii sports at a few friends house where he loses the weight/height/speed/skill advantage for the most part. Also, if I lose I can always just pretend the controller was malfunctioning and that he only won because of that.
Basically if I win the Wii, both of us win - he would get to do sports activities with me and I wouldn't be forced to stomp around angrily for six or seven hours afterwards (although who knows? maybe the stomping burns calories?).
Ack, forgot my email address: janssen.everyday at gmail dot com
Well, being the first commenter, I think I should automatically go into the large hat!
My husband and I have BOTH been wanting a Wii for the specific purpose of WiiFit. We live in a very samll apartment and this would be perfect since we don't have much space. Plus, we have both had to give up gym memberships because of finances and time constraints. Taking the 30 minutes one way adds an additional hour to our already short day where we both drive an hour one way a day to work (the gym is in the opposite direction). We leave in the dark, get home in the dark, so can't work out by walking or bike riding. If money weren't so tight, we would already have bought one.
True story, I turned on the computer to find a possible Wii give away and found that the first feed in google reader was YOURS! It was MEANT to be! Please pick me!
Darn you Janssen for hitting publish before me!
I am a grad student. I just moved to MI from my very warm and tropical field site where I had lovely things to do like go running on the beach! swim/scuba in the Indian Ocean! drink tropical drinks from coconuts!
Now, I sit in my large green chair and read book after book and then write paper after paper. A wii would be a nice distraction from:
a) the MI snow (sw'tjesus!)
b) the work (procrastinators unite tomorrow!)
c) and would give me something fun to do with my hubby who is also a grad student, sitting in his chair, writing his papers (sigh)
bigby dot littleb dot gmail dot com
Hmm... so I haven't played any video games since playing Pitfall on my Atari at age 8. Since I am STILL a "husky kid," I could use the exercise. I'm actually semi-adverse to video games that don't have pong... but the kids say Wii Fit is all the rage. (Are kids still rage-ing these days?)
Anyway, the REAL reason you should pick me is that my boyband ((my boy + husband) - hus + boy = boyband)) Look! New math!...
There I go again... ANYWAY... my boyband would be totally SHOCKED and even more in love with me than he is (this could TOTALLY be us... http://images.inmagine.com/168nwm/digitalvision/pdv125/pdv125069.jpg) if I surprised him with a Wii. He's an only child and used to having all the latest toys, but I'm from a frugal family and don't spend money on "wants" as much as "needs" these days. So we're Wii-less. But would love a Wii-fo-free.
In summary, please pick me so that I can wear the Best Girlband Ever t-shirt that's been collecting dust in my imagination.
Thank you!
(aaciil AT excite D.O.T. com)
Damn... the link got cut off..
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(aaciil AT excite DOT com)
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Another Wii Fit giveaway? Woo! You're the second blogger I read that is offering this. I must run with the big guns. ;-)
I would totally use a Wii Fit to increase my social circle, throw Wii Fit parties and, bonus, I would lose weight.
Um, I would kiss you on the mouth if I won.
That means I automatically win, right? No? Well, then.
I fought the Wii revolution just about as hard as I've fought the leggings-as-pants trend, but since I just recently gave into those shenanigans, I've decided that I'm perhaps not as strong as I once thought.
Actually, once they came out with the Wii Fit, I began to seriously lust over it. It is like my work-out fantasy machine. I've heard rave reviews, and wish I could drop the money to buy one, but it's just not in the cards right now. I have a husband who runs 12+ miles on a regular basis and I, quite frankly, feel like an absolute potato compared to him. I would love to have my own little workout system! Yoga in front of our TV without some cheesy person on the screen who makes me feel even more like a potato? Yes, please. Sign me up.
Oh, and part of me wants to sit down for a good six hours and make Mii's out of every person I've ever known. Or dated. And, actually, I may make one for every single one of the characters in Twilight, but probably won't tell anyone about it.
Did I mention the mouth-kissing? Just checking.
(wishcake@aol.com)
We need Wii Fit!! I have a Wii already (look at the honesty!) which if I won, I would bestow upon a family who would otherwise be having a very conservative holiday.
I'm having my first baby in March and the combination of being pregnant in winter, during the holidays, and having half my family move to the Middle East, I'm packing a little bit of extra stress weight!
I feel like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc9ex5DSjSw
I want to get back in shape this Spring but in March in Utah where I live it will still be snowy- the Wii Fit is the perfect answer!!!
I would use it to increase my sex life.
What's that you say, even a Wii Fit won't help? Fine then.
I ran the San Francisco Marathon earlier this year, and alas, I have become very lazy (read: bored with running) since the race was over and have fallen back into my New York-like lack of a fitness regime. I need something fun, new and challenging to pique my interest. Alas, all yoga, Bar Method, Daily Method, and any other sort of fun class in the Bay Area start at $25 a session (egads!). Seeing as I am a freelance journalist who just lost her three main writing gigs (=approximately 90% of my annual income!) to this crap of an economy, I simply cannot afford the fancy-pantsy classes. And why would I need to with the Wii Fit?!?
Also, my bf and I kick it old school with a big-ass projector screen that takes up an entire wall. How awesome would it be to do the Wii Fit on that bad boy???
kristinluna AT gmail DOT com
I'm having a kiddo in February and the Wii or Wii Fit will help me incorporate a little fun into my "lose the baby fat" mission.
Also, I don't have to tell my husband I won and can pretend I got it for him, and that would be just the very best Christmas present (although the blatant lying makes it less great, doesn't it?).
Anyway, thanks for the opportunity, Metalia!
Crap, forgot my email address too: shelikespurple@gmail.com.
I am working on losing 100 pounds. I am also working on not spending money impusively, so I am not going to buy a Wii Fit. But if I win one, I will incorporate it into my New Year's resolutions - which include a more structured plan to work on the 100 pounds. And I'll have to talk about it on my blog all the time - which would be good for Nintendo...and for metalia! :) It would become an integral part of my Losing It story...leading up to a sort of blogger's fairy tale ending.
Who should get a Wii?
Still play on N64...
Please, upgrade for me!!
Perhaps you're more in the mood for a limerick instead of a haiku?
There once was a girl in school
She couldn't afford anything cool
No money for a gym
Need a way to stay slim
No Wii Fit for her is just cruel
Acrostic, anyone?
Wii, they say, is great
I hear it's really top rate
I really want one
Fitness can be fun
I'm on my knees begging you
This would be my dream come true
I'll go even cheesier...
Roses are red
Wii is my muse
Think of me
When you choose
I hope I entertained you!
You can see how bad I want a Wii/Wii Fit... and how bad I am at poetry! I'm throwing my mediocre talent out onto the internet in hopes that you'd think my rhymes were so bad, they are kind of good... :p
apfoster89 at yahoo dot com
Us Canadians get the short end of the stick.
Thankfully the In-Laws have bought us the Wii and Wii Fit fot Christmas :)
I have a Wii/WiiFit but the Health and Wellness ministry and the Ministry to Seniors at my church where I work is hoping in the 2009 budget to incorporate Wii activities for many of our seniors. They really are the cutest things - they exercise here, do stretching and are here at the church all the time - We have so many seniors and so many activities for them - it's their life at their ages - especially when their families live far away.
They are so faithful! I work for the Wellness Ministry and would love love love to be able to provide this for them - especially since all budgets here were cut due to "times" and this freebie would help so much!
Think about it?
~Mad(elyn) n Alabama
www.xanga.com/madewyn
mwing73 at charter dot net
Wii + Wii fit . . . soo cool. I am (cough, cough) a bit older than you -- Driving about town picking up kids, surprisingly does not burn that many calories? You would think just driving to football practice watching them run, then the pool watching them swim would count? Course I am a firm believer in the 'buy an exercise thing and automatically lose 10 pounds' theory. This looks fun, entertaining = Perfect!
I have almost 1 year old twin boys who behave like rabid possums every time I try to leave them in the childcare at the gym, so I've been about four times in the last year. Also, December 19th is my birthday, so if I win, you can just consider this my birthday AND holiday gift, and you'll be totally off the hook for the year! This would be the best birthday present ever, except for maybe last year when I got these cuties: http://picasaweb.google.com/sally.a.hall/August#5242382795932540994
I have never won one of these here bloggy giveaways, but man would this be the perfect time to do it! I SO want the Wii and the WiiFit would be such a nice accessory! And I am all about accessories!
Perhaps if I had a WiiFit, I would get off my fat bottom and spend a little less time here on the net and a little more time being active. Also, my stepsons would like to have it when they come to our house so they could bring their Wii games from home.
I think my e-mail address is linked to this comment, but if not it's thomas.mm at gmail.com.
I have been wanting a Wii and Wii Fit ever since I first learned about them. Unfortunately, due to tight financial circumstances for myself, they are not a possibility until I am free to get a "real" job.
I take care of my niece (3) and nephew (5), full time, for my brother-in-law, you see. A year ago last May my sister decided that she no longer wanted to be a mother so she moved 2000 miles away and left him to care for them. I am completely unattached, so I gave up my job and my home in Illinois and moved here (gladly) to assist him.
The biggest challenge I've had is since I am overweight, and have been for some time, it's difficult to work in any type of schedule to work out..and even more difficult to try any type of diet recipes on a regular basis since they have their specific likes (and Lord knows..we already spend enough time at the table getting them to eat). I know with a Wii I could definitely interest my nephew to get involved and it would be much, much easier to find time to work out if I could do it in our home..between loads of laundry and the endless picking up of toys.
Thanks for holding this contest!
- Benz1966@gmail.com
Lydia
I'm totally playing my menopause card AGAIN. But, have you heard? I'm 29 and I'm in menopause and I've gained 9 pounds since my first shot 3 months ago. Next week I receive another shot and I HOPE to J.CREW that I will not gain another 9 pounds. Along with the weight gain has come extreme lethargy so I'm needing to find ways to TRICK myself to exercise. This weekend I'll try having Bill run ahead of me with a glass of wine NEVER letting me catch him. Or, I could just win this Wii Fit.
HA, you CANNOT drink fruity, rum-intensive drinks on my dime, because I don't have one! Sadly, I'm not too witty either and am totally ignorant regarding this Wii stuff, but I have vague, unformed hopes that it will be a sneaky way to get some exercise (much needed, as I'm double the weight I was when I was 18) . . to sneak it both past ME (who hates any exercise besides a stroll in the woods) and to sneak it past my just-turned-four daughter, who wants mommy to play "let's look for monsters" or whatnot - maybe there's something we can take turns doing on the Wii instead!
(withOUT the spaces: r a b b o y c e at yahoo dot com)
I am a Mom of four who has been buying every game system since Sega for my kids. I have no interest in video games but the Wii fit.......I want it. I also want my shape back so I need the Wii fit. I also think my kids would get the biggest kick out of seeing me use a gaming system. please email me about my win (fingers crossed).
charingkelsey@insightbb.com
By a strange twist of fate, I have become a daily reader of your blog. A college friend sent me the link to your blog just 2 short weeks ago. I have been hooked ever since :) And now, the chance to win a Wii?? DOUBLE PRIZE.
Why give the Wii to me? (yay for rhymes) How about a somber story? My 6 year old daughter - who is dreadfully cute and sweet - would LOVE to have a Wii for Christmas. (She is my defult pic)
However, my husband was laid off last week - causing all Christmas purchases to come to a screeching halt. Unfortunately, we are not financially secure enough to make it without him working so, a Wii comes in dead last. I know that it would make my daughters Christmas to see a Wii under the tree (again with the rhyming!) If chosen for this generous gift, we would be very grateful. I will say that this is a wonderful time of year for this sort of thing, and I'm sure, in these trying times, anyone will appreciate it! We are blessed with so much, that this is in no way meant to seem as a pity party. This is just our story. Our daughter is sweet enough to be happy with just love for Christmas, if need be. We are very grateful for what we have and know that so many are much much worse off.
Thank you!!
Melissa
melryon216 at yahoo dot com
And I'm back...
A baby was born 5 months ago
Mommy's hope of losing the weight just weren't so.
Help me my dear friend from seeping into a depression
As I cannot afford to buy my own WII during these times of recession
and I would love for it to become my new obsession.
Also, I cant figure out how to fit this into my poem (if you can call it that), but mommy will of course share her gaming system with her two adorable kiddies.
You know my email - I cannot afford to publicly reveal my identity :)
Once upon a time, I was a junior in high school and very much in love with a boy who I knew I would be with for-evah. (I know. I KNOW.)
So for Christmas I bought him his most coveted, highly-prized gift: The then brand-new PS2. (Yes, I have dated myself. Sorry). He was ECSTATIC - it was the biggest surprise I've ever accomplished, and certainly the first secret I'd been able to keep from him! He was shocked and awed.
Several years later, I married him (which I tend to think was THE best gift ever, for us both). Now we have a little girl together, and one would think we were living happily ever after... except for last week, when the PS2 took its last ragged breath.
My husband was very sad, but has sucked it up because money is tight and a replacement is nowhere on the horizon. Priorities and all - diapers, food, mortgage before gaming.
However: I would LOVE to shock him all over again with the system he (again) covets the most. It would be so much fun for us: we love the Wii and it would be fun to play after Madeline (our baby girl) is in bed.
It would be like a built-in date night, also designed to remove the last of the baby flab (mine AND his!) Time together is sparse now, and this would be fun for both of us.
Anyway... long story short: I would love to have another moment where I shock and delight my husband. He's an awesome dad and an even better husband, and he deserves it.
Thanks for the chance! You & Nintendo BOTH rock!!
bessie.viola AT ymail.com
EHMeyer@gmail.com
I am not witty or funny at all, but would still love to have a Wii Fit. My reasoning is that I am in my second trimester of pregnancy and I am scared to death I will gain a ton of weight and not be able to get it off. I am trying to keep up my pre pregnancy workouts, but all that running is killing me.
Thanks for offering this up to everybody! I love reading your blog and looking at your pictures.
I don't think I can beat acrostic poetry in my response.
I would love a Wii Fit, but I cannot think of any clever reason to make you pick me. Because I want to be as cool as Metalia and J? (Well, duh.) Because I want to be the most popular person in my friend group? Because I want a machine to tell me my "fit age" is 72? Oh yeah. Definitely the latter.
1. A Wii/Wii Fit would fit perfectly into my life because right now Kasey and I live with my parents, which is awkward. This would let me exercise in my own room with no need for big equipment. That would be supremely awesome and the only things around to openly gawk at me would be my rabbits and they would be much happier just sleeping.
2. It would move me to exercise in the mornings and possibly the evenings. Well not both, I'm not crazy, but at least one of those.
3. This has so not been a good few months. I have to take a semester off of school next term because I just can't afford it and that sucks because I feel like I'll be a freshman, forever. In short I can't afford that so I certainly would never be able to get a Wii Fit and it would mean so much to me.
4. It's just hard to exercise where I live. We don't have sidewalks and winter begins in September and lasts till May. (You know what the Poconos are like!)
5. Yeah, okay so I'm pretty chunky as in I have never ever not been overweight. (Except for the ages 6 and under.) So if I was able to use this and lose weight even to get under 200 that would be pretty much awesome.
So, in short, I would appreciate a Wii Fit like you would not believe and Kasey would really love being able to play Wii Sports or whatever she plays while I'm busy blogging. EVERYONE WINS!!
Thank you.
angela@sparkliesunshine.net
obviously, even though i live in canada, i am still american. so i think i still count. i have a US mailing address and i VOTED (so i think i should win something just for that)
my reason for needing a wii fit? it's simple. i work full time. i have two other jobs that are practically full time. i have three kids and a husband who works late.
this could be a chance for me to actually EXERCISE!!
(and don't you want that for me, Metalia???!?!? hmm?!?!?)
I'm not a very witty person, so I'll just tell the truth...Am currently 37 weeks pregnant (due on Christmas) and would love a Wii/Wii Fit to help lose the baby chub once this little man makes his arrival. Hubby has also put on some sympathy weight so he would also benefit from using it. Add to the mix a very energetic almost 3-year old, leaving mommy not much time to get to the gym (plus it's too cold to exercise outside during the winter). Would love to work out in the comfort of my own home during my maternity leave (6 weeks!!). We were just talking about video games the other night, and I said the only reason I would buy one, would be so that I could get the Wii Fit. lakriska at sbcglobal dot net
I have great reasons for needing this prize. #1- I have not had a gaming system of any type for years. Please help me get up with the times! #2- I work in the city, but live in the country. I never get home before it's dark outside, so outdoor exercise is out & I never want to drive back to town to the gym. #3-As you can see from #2, I am also lazy...which has led to being fat. Not a little pudge, full blown F-A-T. #4- I truly am ready to get into shape for many reasons, but most of all I want to have a baby. I need to be healthier before taking on pregnancy and motherhood. Help me get in shape so that the only pair of squishy cheeks is on a sweet baby face(like your beautiful girl!)instead of my ass. laura.williams@centurytel.com
One, I think you and J are the most beautiful people in the world and have THE! CUTEST! KIDS! Basically, I want to be the non-kosher you. Because I love Bacon.
AND, because I love Bacon, my pants don't fit. And I don't like to work out. I ideally would LOVE to work out in my house, but since I live in a third floor apartment, any kind of treadmill or machine is out of the question.
I don't like any exercise videos, because if I'm going to watch a video, it's going to be 13 Going on 30. So this Wii and Wii Fit is a way to make exercising fun again!
The end.
The timing of your contest couldn't be better. I'd love to win a Wii and Wii Fit to inspire me (and my husband) to get back into shape after I have our first child in early January. Since we live in Seattle, it'll be months until the weather is decent enough to actually venture outside, so winning a Wii could be a godsend for my postpartum experience.
Jen G.
quarterlifecrisisblog @ gmail
35 entries already?? Wow... how do I compete. Let's see... I want a Wii and Wii Fit because I have a 2 year old. Is that enough of a reason? Because seriously I am still carrying around "baby" weight and I think my excuse has long since worn off because he will be TWO in January.
Also, my husband just started a new job so I was going to the gym from 5:30 - 6:30 but now he has to leave at 6:30 so I have to be home because DHS frowns on leaving your toddler alone in his crib. Even if it IS just for 15 minutes and Even if he IS sleeping. Something about the cats not being able to get him out in an emergency....
So, leaving for the gym in the mornings is kind of out and often times he now works until 7:00 or 7:30 and since we are going into tax season (please don't disqualify me because I'm a CPA and I do taxes. I promise I don't MAKE the tax laws I just help you do your return. IRS = bad, me = Good!!) as soon as he gets home and Zack gets off to bed I will be going up to my shiny new (just dug out from 3 years of paperwork) office to work on my real work.
So, I would LOVE to have a Wii and a Wii Fit because then perhaps I could work on this spare tire that has taken up permenant residency on my waist line and fit into some of the other 10 pairs of pants that hang in my closet mocking me. :-)
Thanks for considering me!!
Heather
hamiltonfamilycircus@yahoo.com
sarah.g.hill.1@gmail.com
I am an accountant and am approaching the busiest part of the year. I am also trying to get back to the weight I was when I got married 2.5 years ago. I need the Wii so that I can come home from a 10-12 hour day of accounting and not have to leave again to go to the gym. I need to get rid of the jiggle around the middle. Plus, my husband is a medical student (READ we have no money just debt) and a Wii would just make us both ecstatic. Its been a hard three years so far of school and studying and such for both of us and we could use some fun and exercise in our lives!
Well...I would like the Wii because I love to throw parties and this would make my shindigs ALL THE MORE AWESOME.
My booty is also getting bodacious.
(turner.rosie@gmail.com)
It's kind of simple: I need to lose weight. When I lose weight I will meet a man. When I meet a man I will have children. When I have children I will name my first born after you.
I've also been itching to get myself into some 80s inspired lycra, you know, from American Apparel and Jane Fonda, similar to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3W7BZ85vY. If I were to win, I would of course tease my hair and put on a head band (terrycloth of course, duh) just for you.
After having three kids and a VERY trying year (husband out of work for 9 months while I was pregnant, amlmost lost house and EVERYTHING!), I put on weight.
I would love the wii and wii fit to help me get motivated and lose weight while having fun. I love yoga and can't afford classes right now this would be great,. Plus it would be fun to do with my family.
We are moving to NH next year and I am planning on reinventing myself. I can be whoever I want to be and this is a new chapter in my life, our family & my marriage.
Losing weight is part of that and this would be so great for me.
So really great.
tuesdayef (at) aol dot com
I would use a Wii & Wii Fit to improve my yoga practice and to incorporate some other cross-training into my marathon training. Then I would totally talk about it on my running blog (JillWillRun.com), making everybody jealous of my cool new toy. And then Nintendo would be forced to contact me and offer a Wii to use in a giveaway on that site, so I could be one of the cool blogging kids. And then, since Nintendo wants me to pimp their product, they'd give me a DS and I could get that "Personal Trainer: Cooking" program that Lisa Kudrow has been advertising. And then I could have a little kid and we'd learn how to cook some stir fry dish by following the steps in the DS. And that would be a positive memory for the child, thus making them happy and well-rounded, so they grow up to be a stable member of society, doing good for all of mankind... All because I had a Wii.
Thank you for your consideration! ;-)
I don't need but would really like both! I have two step sons (18 and 20) and a 7 month old. For the obvious reasons it would work well in bribing the older boys to stay around a little more. And I'd like to get in a little better shape since not working out for the past year and change (yikes!).
And maybe my brain function would improve so I remember to post my e-mail, cause I forget that Blogger doesn't automatically ask for that...
jill AT glossyveneer DOT com
Alright I'm jumping on the bandwagon, cause I too have been really wanting to get my husband and I a Wii. My husband Jason used to be a marathon runner before knee surgery took him out of commission. And I used to be quite active as well until a heart condition prevented me from doing too much cardio. I know...tear.
No but really, as much as all this sucks, we are getting pretty out of shape and I had been thinking of getting us a Wii to bring in an alternative method of exercise into our home that would allow us to be together and yet stay active :-)
So I'm asking if you'll add me to the ever-increasing list of participants, so we might have a shot at winning!!
my email is: steppincloser@hotmail.com
what would make me a wii bit happier? having a wii. no seriously. i've started to get actively fit again by taking dance classes and using my treadmill and trampoline. and i tried that shred video for...well a week. i think the wii would be another motivation to get out of bed and to be active and be entertained while doing so.
i haven't had a baby yet....so i cant use that as my reason. but my food baby does exist. and would appreiate a wii fit. ;)
(katgriffin @ gmail . com)
What a fantastic contest! I'd love to have a Wii& Wii Fit because everything I've heard and read about them sounds like it's a fun way to get healthier, and Heaven knows I could stand to be healthier without breaking my ankle playing Dance Dance Revolution! I'd use them before work and again before bedtime for yoga (I'm currently using my DS for this, but it's difficult to focus on the poses when you're trying to squint at a wee screen too), aerobics (REALLY interested in the boxing, hula hoop, and step), and strength training (I know the plank challenge would kick my ass, but I'd love to try it). My puppies would want to help keep me motivated by doing all of that with me, but, really, all they'll end up doing is napping on the balance board, so I promise to keep them off of it so it can be used as Nintendo intended. Getting rid of my jiggles and post-hysterectomy pudge is one of my top goals for 2009, and I would really, really love to have this to help me accomplish it.
oracle (at) tayker (dot) com
This is crazy, because just yesterday I got a callback from the casting director of Cats. She said that I had many fine qualities they consider essential for a member of such a prestigious musical, but that she could not accept me unless I worked on my dance moves and lost ten pounds.
I have been wailing and lamenting ever since, because it's now too cold and gets dark too early to do much outdoor exercising. Also, I was counting on my big Cats break to provide me with enough money to join a gym, so I can't join a gym to get ready for Cats because I need the Cats money to join the gym! It's a horrible conundrum!
With a Wii Fit, I would be able to work on my mad dance skillz in the evenings, even when it's dark. As a side benefit, I could cancel the dog's Netflix account, because he'd be so amused by watching me bust a move that he wouldn't need his Air Bud DVDs anymore (which would be an additional bonus, in that I could stop buying whiskey for the cat, which he drinks to dull the pain of watching Air Bud DVDs all the time).
PLUS, Cats is the only musical my dad ever saw and liked, so if I get in, he'll actually come see me and not have to lie about it being good!
So really, if you pick me to win the WiiFit, you'll be saving my cat's liver, my dog's attention span, my checking account, my dad's honesty, AND my dream of performing the role of Skimbleshanks the railroad cat on stage.
TRUE STORY!!
((And maybe, also, my husband and I are going to try for a baby early next year, and it would be FABULOUS to get in shape before and during the pregnancy. We can't afford the gym membership b/c we're saving for the bebe, so a WiiFit would be a huge help.))
((Also, that first thing? About Cats? TOTALLY TRUE. SWEAR.))
I painted our guest bedroom yesterday and today can’t move my arms. I’m thinking that’s a sign that I’m not as fit as I could be. I’m still working on losing 10 (er…20) pounds of baby weight from kid #1, who is four, by the way, so great job getting on the stick there. I’m still eating as if I’m nursing kid #2 (grande latte, buffalo-wing flavored peanuts…yes please), which I am not. And, those sweet child nuggets are seriously cramping my workout schedule.
Because I am on the bleeding edge of technology (seriously, I just found Facebook three weeks ago), I am finally fully on the Wii bandwagon and have somehow envisioned Wii Fit as the answer to all my prayers. If I won, I totally promise to shape up my eating habits as a supplement, as long as I can still have bacon.
I crave Fit primarily for the yoga, though all the balancing activities intrigue me because I took ballet for a million years and am good at balancing, and being somewhat competent at my chosen workout activity makes me want to do more of it. As a bonus, I’d use sport-oriented games to bond with the hubs after the kids go to bed. (We’ve been looking for a just-us-two weekly tradition. He suggested playing spades or hearts card games. What, are we 70?)
Hmm, what else can I throw at you. Hey, I’ll convert! Umm, that might kill my Catholic parents, and the Wii folks wouldn’t want that on their hands. So, I’ll pledge to throw the most rocking Chanukah party my son’s Jewish preschool has ever seen. Okay, in all honesty, I’m the room mom, so I have to do it anyway. But it sounded good, right?
ahmcinkc at msn.com
Jingle bells
Wii fit sells
out in all the stores
I would like
to get one too
So I can look good too.
Please pick me! Sarah G. teckelcar@yahoo.com.
I absolutely love my DS. It's a must-have for traveling and boring things like sports games.
I hope you love your DS as much as I love mine.
Oh and I love my Wii. I grew up in a 'Nintendo' family, so I've always had all the Nintendo products and I love them.
OK OK, so a Wii Fit would be awesome and all, because this muffin top that I've been sporting for 10 months after my daughter's birth needs to GO AWAY once and for all, but let's discuss why I REALLY want this:
The American Idol game for Wii.
We played this last Christmas at my in-laws' house, and laughed ourselves silly. Somehow, it turned into a contest where my husband and I had to choose songs for each other and the rest of the family judged us.
His pick for me: Bohemian Rhapsody.
My pick for him: My Heart Will Go On.
He totally surrendered himself to the moment and ROCKED the Celine Dion song. Long story short, HE WON. Which means I LOST.
I MUST HAVE MY REVENGE. Metalia, pick me so I can put this right. Pretty please?
(You already have my email address due to the unfortunate number of enabling emails that are exchanged on a weekly basis. :)
i just found your blog recently via susan w. and i have been reading all the archives like a maniac (when the two kiddies let me!)
why do i need a wii fit? same as so many others-i still have baby fat and the baby is 21-months-old! my husband got home at 12:30 last night and that is a wee bit late to be going to the gym, in my opinion. we are reserving money to throw at the preschool, so no babysitter here, hence the need to wait for the husband to arrive home, thus the situation that would have me working out at 1am in some gym in Brooklyn with lord knows who (i mean, obviously, you have an idea of who, you seem to have run in to enough crazy new yorkers on the subway-save me!)
but really? wii has ddr. and if i had a wii, i could ddr to my heart's content at home. and with my sister-in-law! it would spare my husband and brother so much shame. they would not have to act like they didn't know us at the annual family water park trip. they would not be required to carry their weight in quarters on said trip. a wii would restore family peace and harmony.
lastly (is that a word?) my husband is six foot four. i am five foot three. we weigh about the same. this is not to say that i am fat, exactly, but that he is insanely skinny. and he is so without doing a lick of exercise. and he can eat whatever he wants. so perhaps i could win to counter the sheer unfairness of our situation? and then it could put a few pounds between the two of us, which could only be a good thing.
anyway, thanks for such a great read!
jodes
jd dot alperin AT gmail.com
Aha! I have a two-fold plight! I'm currently pregnant with my second son, due the first week of January. I'd love to work the Wii Fit into the regiment that I hope will give me back some semblance of the body I never got back after my FIRST son.
Also, my husband and I promised a Wii to my son if he learned to read by the end of the school year. (He's in kindergarten.) He was thrilled, and was working so hard, but upon hearing about that promise, his father just up and bought him one for no reason, only to be used at his house. (Every other weekend.) As you can imagine, this is breeding some bullshit instant gratification tendencies in my kid. I'd love to be able to have one here so I can reward him with a little video game time for working hard on sounding out his books and assignments.
Hi! My name is Christina. Why do I need a Wii Fit? Because I am 9 months pregnant and my husband works 12-14 hour days so when I have this baby I will never be able to leave the house again and really really REALLY need to get back in shape at home and I already decided to get one this month even though I really should use the money on some other non-selfish baby-related item so it would be like the best thing ever to be able to win one!
(God I hope credit for run-on sentences was in the small print rules because then I will definitely win right?!)
Also, Please???
Whoops, email address is
bukiporter at aol dot com
Thighs go jiggle
Belly goes FLOP
But all this eating I cannot stop
Being active in the Pacific NW is such a pain
With the onslaught of all this winter rain
The battle of the BULGE has been lifelong
But with a WII Fit I can't go wrong!
Tennis in the living room
Bowling in the den
What a great way to get me back to zen
Dancing and jumping on the balance board
The fittest in the land shall be my reward
METALIA, the WII Brand Enthusiast did declare
Leave a comment, something with flair!
This is my attempt to be clever and win
Not just the WII Fit but the quest to be THIN!!!
stefaniemw@yahoo.com
We all know why I need a Wii Fit - my husband would thank you and I would thank you and Nintendo and my thighs and my girl's school friends so they don't have to see me fat anymore and well, this unborn child too. He might know me a skinner version of my old self.:)
We need a Wii Fit because I'm a salsa dancer by birth and my husband is not. Wii hula will help loosen up those hips. And then the chances that there will be a third Miguelina child in the world will increase. Exponentially.
Thus, a Wii in the Miguelina household will make the world a better place.
The End.
I'll be blunt, in the hopes that my situation sounds pitiful! I work seven days a week. At least one of those days is a 12-hour workday. I work this much because San Francisco is insanely expensive, and I am an arts educator for a non-profit. I have no time to go to the gym, no money to join a gym, and I have therefore managed to gain around 10 pounds in the past year. A Wii fit would save my sanity, and would allow me to get a structured workout during my limited free hours!
You rock for offering this giveaway, by the way. Oh, and my email is brightyellowworld at gmail dot com.
I left something out of my (totally true! really!) Cats story: that yoga pose in the pic, with the foot up behind the head? I can totally do that (Standing Bow)(honest, and for real) and if you pick me, I will -- I swear -- post a photo on the internet of me in all my non-in-shape glory, doing that pose on the WiiFit.
Apologies to the Beatles:
Oh yeah, I’ll tell you something
I think you’ll understand
When I’ll say that something
I wanna hold a Wii
I wanna hold a Wii
Oh please, email me
To say I’ve won the prize.
And please, say to me
You’ll let me hold the Wii
You’ll let me hold the Wii
And when I play it I’ll feel healthy inside
It’s such a feeling that my blood pressure
Will not rise, will not rise, will not rise
Yeah, you’ve got that something
That will tone my thighs
When I play that Wii
I’ll drop a dress size
I’ll drop a dress size
Seriously, it gets harder and harder to lose weight and get fit as you get older. I am 48, have lost 65 lbs in the last year and a half, and am stuck on a never-ending plateau with 20 lbs to go to reach my goal. Which is critical, since diabetes runs rampant in my family and I’m still in the danger zone. I promise you, I will WEAR THAT SUCKER OUT. And, you know, Mario Kart is pretty damn fun too.
Nancy
indiie2002@yahoo.com
"Chelllo. Choooow areeee jouuu?"
Yes. Those were the only three words that came out of my adorable, new boyfriend’s grandmother’s mouth and already I knew I was in trouble. He had promised me that she spoke a “passable” English, but it was clear that that was the only English phrase she knew. And I was stuck in a room with her while my ex-Soviet boyfriend went to “quickly change” (cut to me sheepishly waiting IN SILENCE with his Russian grandmother for 25 loooong minutes as he took his sweet-ass pimp time upstairs). So, I did what my mom usually does to people who don’t speaka da English. I answered her with an unusually loud, booming voice, “Chi am fine, (LONG PAUSE) sank you, (LONG PAUSE) Chow are jouuuuuu?” Why was I screaming at her? And why did I speak to her in a strange accent, you ask? Good question, silly rabbit! (Trix are for kids!) Because, as every well-seasoned New Yorker knows, it’s easier to understand someone if you talk to them LOUDLY and in the same ridiculous accent that they use themselves. It’s, like, a fact. They proved it. In science labs.
Anyways… immediately, M’s grandmother started giggling, confirming my suspicions that she didn’t really speaka da English. After twenty minutes of smiling so much that it hurt my cheeks almost as bad as after my bat-mitzvah, I decided to muster my remaining dignity and mumble out the three words I had learned in Russian. This was fine when I said “hello” and then “thank you”…. But the third word I know is “sukka,” meaning bitch. Why did my adorable boyfriend teach me this word, you might ask? Well, it’s not what you think. He wasn’t cussing me out (he does that in English, so that I can understand it). The word came up because it sounds similar to the Hebrew word for the Jewish festival hut, the sukkah. (And yes, he explained this HILARIOUS etymological coincidence to my mother when she asked him to come over for a sukkot meal).
Anyways, what does this entertaining story have to do with me winning a Wii? Well, just after I met the boyfriend’s G-ma, he was trying to assure me that she “absolutely loved me.” I asked him what she said about me and he said, “She said you were cute.” I was trying to be even cuter, so I asked him, “Sooooo, what do you think? Agree or disagree?” And like any sweet boyfriend, he knew it was his cue to sing my praises …and loudly. But as he is listing all my wonderful qualities, he starts talking about my body. “I love how soft your rolls are.” If we were at a high school prom, the music would have screeched to a stop. I understood that his intentions were good, so I quickly mumbled out a garbled, “thank you” before the tears flooded. What?! It was an emotional day! I had just spent half an hour locked in a room with a Russian woman whose grandson then told me I was a “cute” fatty!
Thus ends my plea, Metalia. Please give me the Wii Fit. I promise if you do, I’ll pay you back in candy. And maybe some more stories.
g w 2140 AT barnard DOT edu
Ooh! I'm chelsea dot e dot jones at gmail dot com. And I'd like a Wii and Wii Fit! My boyfriend and I live together in Queens and are both so terrible about exercise, and both starting to lose that fabulous twenty-something metabolism and obviously need to put down the chips and pick up the exercising. And would it not be easier if this were video game form? So, on behalf of two flabby Astoria residents, pick me! And then I can give my potato chips to other people! Because I'll be too busy playing with my new Wii!
Serendipity that I began reading your blog about 3 weeks ago, just in time for the annual "lets all eat our weight in pie" season. So, why I need a wii fit:
1. I have gained 15 pounds in the last year. Add that to the 15 I gained the year before that. And I have no baby to show for the gains.
2. We have had to cancel our gym membership for cost saving reasons. That, and it's been 3 months since we went, because my husband is busy and I...well I like TV.
3. I really would like for my pants to fit again someday. Maybe Wii Fit can help.
4. Would love if my husband thought my body was rockin' again someday--but not enough to like go run or something.
5. How bad can my balance be? I'd love to have a video game show me.
ginger@rambleramble.com
If I had a Wii Fit, I could work out while my son is napping, instead of eating a 2 lb. bag of M&Ms.
twitblog@gmail.com
Joy to the world, my ass is fat! I need a Wii Fit for Christmas! Oh please pick me-e-e! Oh please pick me-e-e! I promise to work out. I promise to work out. I promise, I promise, to work out!
Sincerely,
Angie
arobinson5 at yahoo dot com
Why do I need a Wii? In reality I don’t need one but I would really really really like one. I am college student who also happens to be a single mother who is also caring around 30lb of baby weight. Yes, my daughters two…your point?
I would love to have this so I could work out during the Wii hours of the morning that I get to do stuff without the little one. That whole she is asleep runs the gym idea. So if you could hand it over this way before I give birth to a third but or better yet give you nightmares by sending you a tape of my back fat asking for the Wii. Holy Crap I am 21 years old and have back fat in what universe is this cool.
Oh…I also will fully agree to tape myself so the world can watch me fall on my but. Its got to be good for a laugh or two right? After all, if I am skinner I am ok with it.
This little fat roll had another peace of pie
That little fat roll went back for tenths
Those little fat rolls all gave birth to more
And this little fat roll went Wii Wii Wii all the way gone.
thomasonj@berea.edu
One thing my boyfriend and I have really committed to (a lil early on our New Years Resolutions) is getting fit! I am an 8th grade English teacher and by the time I get home, going somewhere to workout sounds like such effort. We'll be celebrating a year together, and this would be such a fun way to add something new to our relationship with a goal we're both working towards.
amy.m.estes at gmail.com
I've been working really hard to get healthy and in shape for the New Year, taking walks, running and such outdoors. I live in Wisconsin and now there are massive amounts of snow outside, in addition to being about 10 degrees out, making my outdoor exercise impossible for many more months.
I have been looking for a really long time for a Wii Fit to do my workouts indoors but I haven't been able to find one - all sold out EVERYWHERE [as I'm sure you know]. My mother is also looking for one we can use together, to stay in shape. In addition to this I'm also a student, so getting one for free would be amazing.
Email: marshmallowpaws@netscape.net
We live in Northern Michigan - last night we had over 10" of snow fall in less than 8 hours. That makes it extremely difficult to get outside for any activity other than shivering. I wonder if there has been any studies done on how many calories are burned by 30 minutes of shivering? Hmmm...
However, we love Wii. There are 4 of us here - 2 adults, 2 kids. The Wii fit will allow all of us to break a sweat indoors where it is above freezing cold degrees outside.
cindy.riddle@att.net
Why do I deserve the Wii?
1. My neighborhood is not conducive to exercising outdoors. And getting in the car and driving somewhere to exercise seems wrong on so many levels. If I get the Wii, GLOBAL WARMING WILL CEASE! (There wasn't any prohibition against hyperbole in this contest, was there?)
2. I can't afford to buy one for myself. All of my "discretionary" funds go to the care and feeding of every stray cat in town. (Or so it feels.) I would hate to have to kick my cats out in the cold, or leave some orphaned kitten JUST SITTING THERE, simply so I could afford to lose weight AND fight against climate change. Give me the Wii and YOU WILL SAVE KITTENS.
Thank you for your consideration. :)
Oh, crap. Email address is lizgwiz at the mail that is hot. Exercising with the Wii would also boost circulation to my brain. ;)
I would love love love to win a Wii and the Wii fit!!!!
My other half has been out of work for over a year, and with lack of money comes lack of gym memberships. This would be such a fun way for us to do something to better ourselves as well as get a good giggle (those yoga positions make me laugh).
Also, we are video game nuts and its a sad state of affairs when we go to a friends house and they break out the Wii. No competion from us (am I taking it too seriously?!?!?). It would be great to have one of our very own (I would love him, and hug him and name him George)and show our friends a thing or two!
So please...pick me, ooh ooh, pick me pick me!!!
Jessica
(lovtadanc at aol dot com)
There are a number of reasons that I shoud win this contest. Allow me to list a few: Note: the arguments get progressively better
1) The "Come on" card:
Come on! You know you want to give it to me....think about it for a second...COME ON
2) The friendship card (the "Come on" card continued):
CMON, we're friends.....I walked down the aisle at your wedding. I mean seriously, COME ON.
3) The comedy card:
This should be the clincher. As you know, I am not exactly the most graceful and coordinated of person in the world. Consequently, if I win this contest, moments like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNx_4RE3DKE
Or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MkJ0052M2U (fast forward to around the 1:20 mark)
are highly likely.
And, though I don't have a dog, I can arrange to recreate a moment like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hMI2-yqXWU
I rest my case.....but, to be safe:
4) The "good guy" card - I rarely play this card but I want to win. Despite my evident lack of coordination and athleticism, and my occasional bouts with the gout (T still hasn't forgiven me for missing his birthday party), I have agreed to run in a half marathon in Miami on January 25th. The catch? (besides running 13.1 freakin miles) I'll be pushing my old camper in a wheelchair for the whole race. I'm also raising money for an organzation dedicated to helping children with cancer and other chronic, debilitating diseases and their families (Donate here: http://www.teamlifeline.org/mypage.php?myid=55557).
Anyway, I have been training for a little over a month now and I've been progressing pretty nicely, but I need something to put me over that edge and guarantee that I finish this race and I think the Wii and Wii Fit is the answer I've been looking for. It's either that or running more....but it's probably the Wii thing.
Thank you for your consideration,
Pelc
Pelc327@gmail.com
Recently (as in last week) I gave birth to my son… two and a half months early and weighing only 2 lbs 11 oz. His actual due date was supposed to be February 17, but apparently he makes his own rules. Little Matthew will be spending the next 10 weeks in the NICU with me by his side. At this point my life consists of holding the ‘lil guy’s hand and pumping. Holy crap, the pumping. Every freakin’ 3 hours.
I hope to win the Wii for a few reasons. Number one: My husband and I need some laughter in our lives right now. Do you think I can Wii while pumping???? Number two: My husband says I should start walking to get some exercise, “it will help you feel better.” What is he trying to say?!? Oh, did I mention I live in Colorado and it is currently 12 degrees outside. There is no way in hell I’m walking out there. Number three: I’m really too exhausted to come up with number three, but felt it was better than only 2 reasons.
Here is the link to a blog I put together tracking his progress. Keep in mind this is my first blog. Nothing fancy! http://babymrg.typepad.com/baby_steps/
My email: bjabe at yahoo dot com
Jen “The Pumper”
Hi,
I want to win!!! I want to give it to Liza's brother. He really needs it cause he works so hard at college and would be able to relax with it.
engelg@saracademy.org
Love,Liza's mom
I am in need of a Wii Fit balance board. I already have a Wii, but my husband has not bought me a balance board. Probably because he is worried that I will actually play the Wii. Right now he only has baseball and football games and those don't interest me. If I had a Wii Fit, I would actually be excited to play!
Why you should totally give it to me:
1) I would use the Wii fit to improve my balance. I am known for wiping-out every year as soon as the ground gets slippery. ONE SINGLE ICE CRYSTAL on cement and I hit the pavement. On my butt. Repeatedly. I'm like freaking Bambi here. And just as cute.
2) I would use Wii fit for aerobics. I am also notorious for lousy coordination. I don't like to do public classes because I can't keep up with the moves. In fact, I took an aerobics class in college and my sister took the same class with me JUST FOR THE COMEDIC VALUE. And I've been known to hit myself in the face doing upper-cuts in Tae Bo.
3) Doing good deeds. I want to do the MS walk with my Aunt, who has MS, in May. I need to get my butt in gear.
As a fellow NYC-er, I have awesomeness covered. I mean, fuggetabouddit. But if you need further proof, I am married to a die-hard Giants fan even though I am an EAGLES fan. And I let him hang up a picture from the Superbowl victory, signed by the whole team, in my bedroom. THAT IS MAJOR BROWNIE POINTS FOR LIFE, MY FRIEND. I only had nightmares one or two times.
Furthermore, I am willing to sing karoke for you, as long as you sing, too. I will also reciprocate and send YOU a game that made me think of your "Ask a Jew" series when I was at Urban Outfitters.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28575204@N07/3085390798/
This is why I should win. And also because you are awesome and your husband is awesome and T sings a great turkey song and Lo is the cutest baby ever. The end.
email notice of my boo-tay winnings to: anoneaterblog @ gmail . com.
Um, yes. That is karaoke and the picture link is:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/3085390798_b456510fd2.jpg?v=0
I need a WII Fit because I"m not fit. I'm fat. Old. Fat. Crabby. And it would give something for me and my heroin-addicted son to do together (I'm so not kidding there)... and...I have nothing to give my kids for Christmas.
AND.. my Asparagus and Arugula recipe is kick-ass and you will love it.
l y bremer@gmail.com
Holy smokes! That's very cool. Let's see...reasons I need a Wii and Wii Fit: basically, it all boils down to FAMILY.
My niece and nephews have had a Wii for about a year, and my 6-year-old niece immediately became the bowling champion of the whole family! She didn't even know what bowling was before they got that thing!! Crazy. And don't even get me started on Guitar Hero and the fact that she knew the lyrics to "Rock You Like A Hurricane" 20 minutes after they opened it last Christmas.
So how does that apply to me and why I should win the prizes? I thought you'd never ask! Basically, I'm their cool aunt - the only one that's not married and will be silly and do fun stuff with them. If I had my own Wii, I could practice at home and then proceed to at least make a good showing (and sometimes kick their little butts, too!) when I'm at their house and we play on the Wii together.
Also, having the Wii Fit would not only encourage me to be brave and actually maybe even Get Fit (a girl can dream), but it would encourage me to spend more time with them, since they don't have the balance board and I understand that the snowboarding game is on their Christmas list this year and it's so! much! more! fun! when you have the balance board!!
Also, I know I could totally ROCK the Guitar Hero if they'd just give me a turn!! Selfish little buggars...
ant_danielle at yahoodotcom
ok- Why do I need a wii fit?
Hmm... well, I did recently birth two children- at the same time!!!
(OK, not so recently- but my stomach and ass looks like I did).
I am a full time working mother of two baby girls, and I dont have time to work out. I just dont (unless you count me running down the subway platform to make it to my train; working out).
Some of us just arent so lucky and dont get their bodies back right after giving birth (I'm talking to you Metalia).
I would love a wii fit so that I oculd work out when my twins fall asleep. It would be something that mommy does for mommy!
Help out a Jewish/fellow new york- sister!
If I dont win- I would totallyc ome to your party (if you invited me of course... not that I am inviting myself).
geminidrama64 at aol dot com
Oh, and to tug at your heart strings, my husband is a full time student- which means I cant afford to get one for myself (sniff sniff)
Oh my goodness the pressure! I just love that there's a way to play video games and get fit at the same time. I'm very unlikely to leave the house, especially drive somewhere for a workout, because there's too much tmz in the world to catch up on. And as much as I love Jillian, it gets repetitive doing the same thing every day.
I'm 28 and getting married next month, and I'm beginning to fear both the aging weight and those post-marriage pounds everyone keeps trying to scare me about. Plus, I've told my fiance that the fatter he gets the skinnier I should get to balance it out, but how am I going to do that really without a wii?
mgraciej at gmail
Since I'm not a "we" and I'm just an "I", I'd like to have the Wii for several reasons:
1) Being able to put a Wii in my super awesome basement man cave, that is currently sans man, would be my first step to introduce the man-luring gadgets that clearly need to be in the man cave. I have the reclining couch. The "beer" fridge. Which is a "water" fridge for me. The bathroom, the TV. The Wii would be my first electronic device for da man cave. VIDEO GAMES! (I mean, working out!!! Or both!)
2) Working out on the Wii Fit may just help me get to a point where the "Wii" may help me become a "we" with someone (read: man for man cave). I'd love to get in shape, I totally have exercising room in the man cave, and not have to trudge out in the 30 degree weather to do it. I'm ready make my Mii for the Wii and let me get fit to maybe be a we. OK, horrible "poetry".
3) OMG, I could finally get rid of my small, kinda falling apart elliptical (free, thanks to Capital One points) and this thing called the "Health Rider" which I got for free from a friend. Which upon first seeing it and trying it out, my sister (LITTLE sister, mind you) said "It looks like sex thrusting". And yeah, it kinda does. And doesn't seem to actually do anything with my muscles. Or lack thereof. I must remove THAT from the man cave.
4) I was diagnosed with Rhuematoid Arthritis this year (sucky!) and all of my other exercise equipment, like holding hand weights, really hurt my wrist joints. So, I would like to Wii Fit myself up without the potential of having my wrists crack from holding hand weights and trying to follow a DVD.
In short, please Wii me up! Gracias, merci and danke!
I'm at happy_irish1(at)yahoo.com
I am RAPIDLY gaining BACK the weight I lost after having my son. Pretty soon, the "when are you due" questions are going to start. And I really don't want to cry in front of people.
I have a hard time getting out of the house with my son. The time of day to get out is usually his bedtime/ naptime. A Wii Fit would allow me to get some structured exercise without paying for a gym, or struggling to get out of the house.
I like to sweat my fanny off in private, thankyouverymuch.
Please, don't force me to cry or sweat in front of others. It's never pretty. Trust me.
Since I'm a full time medical student, I have crazy hours right now because I am on rotations. I am at the whim of others and my schedule is unpredictable to say the least. Although I regularly preach exercise exercise exercise to my patients, I'm a complete hypocrite. I do like running, though on my current rotation I'm not home until 7:30 every night and I don't feel motivated to run in the pitch black when it's -15 out. Hmm, after reading this I may come across as a whiny individual... I'm not (or at least not 90% of the time)-- just tired. Really though, I promise you that a wii fit balance board would not be used as a door stopper, a new climbing toy for my two year olds, or a place for my dog to take a nap. It would be used by me- taking the place of the time when my husband and I usually watch TV on the internet (b/c we decided we're too cheap (and too broke) for cable) and instead we'd burn a few calories and reconnect.
I would use it for yoga. I've been doing yoga at home for about a year, but am really not sure if I am doing the poses correctly. I need the Wii to school me!
Oh, Metalia! The person holding the key to my happiness! (And J- HI J!)
I deserve the Wii Fit because I get winded going up the stairs to me apartment building. And I'm only 23. 23! I am the WORST person for exercising, perhaps ever. I'm a full-time graduate student, who is also doing an internship and working part-time. So I eat take-out crap, do my homework, and complain I don't have time to be an active exerciser. I think that it's a feat if I happen to walk the ten steps to the kitchen to get my doritos instead of asking my boyfriend to go.
Except! I have time for my video games. When I want to play a video game, somehow the space-time continuum opens up to allow me enough time (and by that I mean I ignore everything else I have to do in order to warp my mind some more.
So! If I had a Wii Fit, it's my goal that I could trick myself into exercising and perhaps preventing that ever-hovering "heart attack at 27" thing that's haunting me.
(caleal at hotmail dot com, FYI. I know you're going to need that. :) )
I feel like this one little sentence perfectly explains why I need a fun and motivating way to exercise indoors, at home: I live in Wisconsin.
My longer answer is that In the summer (all 6 weeks of it!) I run, and I even throw the kid in a jogger with one of those hard-core buntings, but honestly, 100 inches of snow and -15 temps are just too much. So every winter my ass gets glued to the couch and as I reach an advanced age, it gets harder and harder to bounce back each spring. I think the Wii Fit would help immensely. So pick me, mmmkay?
Hi Metalia and Handsome Hubby!
I would love to have a Wii fit. First of all, I love the system (many of our friends have them) and I would love to be able to have one to use as follows:
1) weight control for me (I'm overweight)
2) weight control for hubby - he's overweight and a diabetic
3) excercise for my adorable 3 year old (adopted from China) - fortunately she doesn't have our weight issues - or our genes, but we want to keep her moving and healthy.
I am a Non profit manager and times are extremely tough in our world. It would mean a lot to our family if we could have this product to jumpstart a fitness program.
Good luck with your decision - I have faith that you'll pick a wonderful person for the Wii!
jhoppe123@aol.com
Yanno, we've always been VERY anti-video games. We don't own any gaming systems and had no desire to bring one into our home. But recently I've been giving some thought to the Wii. See, I'm pregnant with number three. No matter what I do I always end up gaining close to 70 some pounds when I'm pregnant. I lost it all after #1. But not after #2. And here we go again *le sigh*
I'm trying to incorporate walking during the pregnancy...so we'll see how that goes. But the baby is due in June. Which means I'll be ready to start really exercising in July-ish. Yea, well...I live in Southeast Georgia. AKA Swampland and Mosquitoville. I'll be stuck indoors...and workout DVDs get soooo boring after one or twenty times.
Soooooo, we've agreed to look into the Wii system....but we're also hoping (really hard) that it'll come waaaay down in price after the holidays. It's just super far out of our price range right now. Which is why I'd be OVER THE MOON to win one!!!!
give_me_a_latte at yahoo
Hi! I love your blog and this contest because although I'm not witty, I would love to win a Wii. I have four kids and live in Mi...brrrrr! We could definitely use some indoor fitness options; but mostly I would like the chance to play a video game with my butt!
Thanks for the contest
sfooy@wowway.com
I would love the Wii fit because my dvd player in my exercise room only works for the first thing the dvd has on it so I can't progress my fitness. Therefore, I need the Wii fit to enable me to work out more than a basic level.
Also, I am in love with Mario and it would be quite unkind of you to not reunite us.
At this point, I'd incorporate anything into my routine that keeps the cellulite at bay. email me at parallelfirst_at_gmail_dot_com.
I am young, freshly single, and broke. Isn't that enough? ;)
A Wii would be perfect for me because there is no monthly fee and no embarrassing run ins with hotties at the gym.
I'm 26 am so broke I can't even AFFORD a $35 per month gym membership which is horribly pathetic. I work a full time job and clean houses for extra cash. I'm also going to school part time so hopefully I won't have to work 2jobs for the rest of my life.
I'd like to get the dimples out of my bootay and I would use it and probably get some sweet bruises while learning how to balance. It's also less embarassing to fall in your own living room than trying to jog on icy patches all winter in a college town.
Amy = modeej1@aol.com
98 seems like a lucky number. I think that's all I've got to go on is my luck. I doubt my post will be witty or funny. I certainly do NOT have a sob story - things are going very well in my life. My post is not going to rhyme. I'm going to try to not squeee about the Wii. (oh no, does that count as a rhyme?) I thought of telling you how much I love you and your blog (because I do) but don't want to be a suck-up. So, here goes:
Santa is already bringing our family a Wii for Christmas this year, but oh, I so want the Wii Fit. I have two kids, and cannot seem to lose the last 10-15 pounds from the second one (who was born two and a half years ago! argh!) So I'm a mom, and I work, and going to the gym just gets pushed off of my agenda on a constant basis. But the Wii fit? exercising IN my house? I'm all over that.
If in the unlikely event that I do win, I will pass along the Wii itself to someone else. Perhaps you could pick someone from your blog? OR I can pass it along to one of the families that my son's school "adopted" for Christmas this year. (The family members wrote down two toys and two clothing items they need for Christmas, and the school community is working together to purchase those gifts for them.)
Thanks for the opportunity.
chrisadams888 at hotmail dot com
Bring the passion back
Become aware of body
Wii Fit for me time
I’ve spent the morning reading all of the comments trying to decide what angle to pitch to get myself the Wii Fit.
I’m not super overweight, I won’t donate it to the needy, and I have the best husband ever so this won’t bring us closer…. So what to do?? How do compel you to pick me….
I put on some unsightly poundage after getting married and having baby bruiser! The extra weight SUCKS!! I have nothing to wear literally!! Everything I own looks awkward because of my changed waistline. Really is there any better reason?? Beautiful clothes and a fierce fashion sense wasted!! Nothing to wear???
This part is for J: I try on fifty outfits before my husband and I can go anywhere. I then sulk in each outfit and ask questions like: “Are you embarrassed that I’m a fat pig?” when he says “No, honey” and rolls his eyes – I reply “Oh, so you’re not embarrassed, but I am a fat pig!!” Then it’s onto the next outfit! Isn’t it bro-code that you have to pick me- that way I can stop bombarding my husband with loaded questions??
Pretty Please!!
Malone.kristen@gmail.com
I'd love this!! I'm having my first baby in a few months, and my sister/tormentor wants me to fit into a bridesmaid's dress only three short months later. What am I going to do? Run laps while in labor? Hit a spin class with the baby strapped to my chest? Not to knock that if you've done it, but I think not.
Wii need this so much!! And besides a great reason to work out post-baby, I really need to compete with my husband's Xbox addiction...
cotterpinlife@gmail.com
Could not resist commenting on this post! A Wii would be completely awesome for a number of reasons. First, I've never owned any type of video game system before so why not start out with a bang? Second, I teach kindergarten and definitely need to find a way to relax at the end of the day. Third, my husband is a chiropractic student (free adjustments!) and we are expecting our first child in April. Needless to say, the cash flow is very low. A Wii Fit would be PERFECT for losing those post baby pounds and the extra I was working on when I came up pregnant! Pretty please with a cherry on top pick me!
Two grad students living on loans,
"I want to be fit" each of them moans,
But gym memberships were dear,
And they both liked their beer,
So instead they added meat to their bones.
If only a Wii could be gotten,
Their extra poundage would soon be forgotten,
They turned to Metalia, Brand Enthusiast,
On their knees begging "please please choose us,
we're sorry this poem is so rotten."
Poets we're not, but two grad students in love and out of shape we are!
saogold AT gmail DOT com
Top Ten Reasons Why I Need Mii a Wii Fit:
1. Just got back from Israel where I ate my way through Jerusalem (insert fat picture here) hereby needing a Uhaul to pick me up.
2. Upon my return-my job laid me off, awesome. I NEED to be the queen of the "in crowd," please click the below link
http://lifewithliz.tumblr.com/post/62679780/the-in-crowd
3. Since I have no job I would at least like something nice to play with, you know, keep me company while my roommates are out working.
4. When I go in for interviews (please soon oh god of HR) I can speak of my recent degree in Wii.
5. I have played Hula Hooping on Wii Fit once before (also as a Saturday night activity, I mean ya it's better than going out) and I ROCKED-but I would like to rock more.
6. I promise to have and to hold the Wii, from this day forward if I win, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part.
7. I will finally work out, I swear.
8. There are no curtains on our very large windows in the living room, I would like to show off my cool moves to all the neighbors.
9. I really like juice boxes.
10. I also really like winning.
shelton.liz@gmail.com
Although the prize is not open to me, your future sister in law, I would still like to tell you why I am the most deserving of this great prize. As you know I am getting married in less than 9 months to the most amazing guy in the world (who just happens to be your awesome little brother). In addition to being the most amazing guy, I would have to say he is probably the skinniest guy I know. Therefore, so I don't look larger than him at our wedding, I most definitely need a Wii Fit. Furthermore, I think I heard T substituting my name for "Turkey" in his thanksgiving song. PS Wheat is Neat!!!
Dearest King and Queen of WiiVille,
Please please please enter me into the hat!
I have FIVE children and NO Wii. You do the math!
We live in the Artic Tundra (aka Maine in the winter) and desperately need some exercise options. We all love to bowl and ski, but all the winter sports are cost prohibitive. I can't even tell you how long it's been since I've *cough cough* been for a drive!
If we are ever lucky enough to own a Wii fit, we would use it to, well, be fit. I personally would love to dance and do yoga, and as a family we are fiercely competitive, so we would use said Wii to one up each other. I of course would be victorious in all Wii endeavors (bahaha...this is much funnier if you happen to know me in real life and have seen how physically inept I can be). Can you just imagine the rock star status I would earn by bringing home a Wii for Christmas? Holy Cow!
I will leave you with an image of my children's sad little Wii-less faces. http://ourfamilyisgreat.blogspot.com/2008/12/dephomo-day-one.html
Thank you for your consideration,
Your Humble Servant, Innocent Observer www.ladykerry@gmail.com
Once upon a baby, my life went from calm to something resembling organized chaos. Most days I'm lucky to get in a few lukewarm meals and a shower. I used to be this on again off again runner who was in decent aerobic shape (hubbie and I backpacked through Europe right before finding out we were pregnant). I knew that having a baby temporarily altered a woman's body. I just didn't know that I'd still have this mommy pooch as a reminder that I had a baby. Exercise is important...it's vital...so much so that doctors are actually ordering patients to get. off. the. couch. and. move. As a full-time wife and mommy I find it difficult to work out during the day when my son wants to play. How nice it would be to turn on my Wii Fit at night after he goes to sleep and do something that will help ensure that mommy stays healthy. I want to get my dance groove on with Dance Dance revolution! Hubby and I could do it together (welll...maybe not the whole shaking his tail feather thing)...a Wii bonding moment. And you know I was the elementary school playground hula hoop champion...
When my son is old enough, he can use it for fun and education (My Word Coach, Smarty Pants).
Thanks for a fabulous giveaway!
jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com
First off I've played Wii mario kart at a friends and I LOVE it. I'm a huge fan of the earlier Kart games and this one is so much more fun.
So now why I need a Wii fit. I'm having a baby in January and I could really use help with my weight. Also I have no balance, seriously its a joke within my circle of friends about how easily I fall down. I think this might help give me a center of gravity and stay up right for a little while.
Thanks for the chance.
Christy
signups at souppilgrim dot com
We have a developmentally delayed child who had brain surgery this summer. We would use the wii for her to help her build endurance and also to help engage her in an interactive game that would help control her disorder. Right now we use noggin, but that is not interactive and we are really looking for interactive.
The other reason that I am entering our family is that my husband has had two major surgeries this year and we are broke. His family has basically been supporting us while we deal with all of our medical problems within the family.
I know this is not funny or an eye catching comment (the reason I don't blog), but we would love to be considered.
pinkg2s@yahoo.com
~Melissa
For 6 years I have done nothing but give birth to 3 kids and tend to them and I have vowed that this is the year that I will finally sport a bikini at the kiddie pool.
However, I have no time to workout at the gym and don't have the right equipment at home.
So. I am forced to do this for exercise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0TCCKlfFxE
Please help me. I can't stand dancing to another Miley Cyrus song.
I desperately need a Wii/ Wii Fit. Here is an perfect example of why I need one from today: I should start out by saying I am a doctoral student (underpaid lab slave living in poverty for 6 years) and I do research in a BioMedical Science lab. My boss is a big time famous scientist, but me, oh, I am a little bit of a scientific trainwreck. After analyzing data for about 6 hours straight my big time boss walks into the lab at 4:30 this afternoon, takes one look at my data and informs me the experiment I did that took 3 weeks to complete was totally retarded and I need to re-do it and, ahem, do it correctly this time.
I left work, shoulders hurting from hours of analyzing retarded useless data and feeling a defeated. All I can think is "Dear God please let there be a big bottle of wine in the fridge when I get home!" And alas, there wasn't.
So you see, I desperately need the Wii because my life sucks and I ran out of wine and I need a little joy to get me though the rest of my degree.
:)
xoxo
Crystal
goingtohellforthis@gmail.com
I live in the Great Snowy White North (Canada), and come about this time for year, the weather starts to seriously cramp my style. Okay, that is a lie, I've never actually had real style. Here, though, in the city, we have snow on the ground that quickly turns into an ugly grey slush. Why is this relevant, you may ask, what does snow and slush have to do with a Wii and Wii Fit? Allow me to tell you. Around late October, many of us Canadians, myself included, must fight the urge to hibernate in our dens / igloos with a hot beverage from Tim Hortons and maple syrup flavoured treats. Instead of enjoying the great outdoors, we spend time watching the bizarre governmental coup and attempting to undermine our sense of American superiority by adding "u"s into our words and teaching our children that the alphabet ends in "zed" not "zee". This hibernation season, although fruitful for blogging and other internet activities, often means that we come out in the spring not remembering what our friends look like and wearing an extra coat of blubber.
So please, I beg of you, choose me as the winner. Not only will you help keep my clothing from mysteriously shrinking this hibernation season, but most importantly, my friends may brave the cold to come visit me, thus saving me from complete snow-bound winter isolation.
Ooooh no! I just re-read the post, and realized I am not even eligible, sadly, because of my Canadian-ness. So sad! What are the chances you would let me in anyway? Please? Remember, we have to hibernate!!
I'm entering this lovely little contest/giveaway/torture Stephanie tool because we all know she won't win/thing, because I want a Wii so badly it hurts. No, really. I'm getting ulcers over here. Jk, jk it's just a cold sore.
Really though, I've been wanting a Wii since they came out, but I simply couldn't justify paying that much for one, plus I work at a grocery store while I'm in school. Like I can afford anything besides Ramen..
I know this Wii Fit would help me so much.(Do I sound like a total charity case yet??) I don't work out because
I'm too scared to join a gym. People would watch me. They would stare. Point. Laugh, even. It'd be bad news bears, is all I'm saying. With this Wii Fit, I could be..well, fit! Please, continue to enable my phobia of the gym & give
mii a wii!
Plus, having a Wii would definitely help me improve my cool factor, which is severly lacking, as the last video game
I played was Mario on Nintendo. And that was yesterday. :D Oh, who am I kidding, playing old school Mario makes me so cool, I don't even need this thing!
Totally kidding. Give it to me? Please?
steague16@hotmail.com
Ok, what will I do with a Wii and Wii Fit and why do I need it?
Well, it's like this - my boyfriend and I are in a "Biggest Loser" competition with my Mom and Stepdad. All my brilliant idea. In three months my stepdad and mom have collectively lost 29 pounds. I have gained two (and my boyfriend isn't much better). I need some help here, otherwise not only will I still be fat, but I'll also have to pay my mom $200.
Also? None of my friends will tell me to my face that I am obese. From what I have heard, the Wii Fit has no such social graces. It will give it to me straight.
If I am so bestowed with the Wii and Wii fit, I will put it in the center of my teeny tiny apartment and play my little heart out. I will dig deep to reclaim my lost tennis skills (and maybe someday my lost tennis skirt), and find the bowling champion that I always wanted to be but never was. I will work out my aggressions (of which I have many) by boxing, and then center myself with meditation and yoga. Finally, I can overcome the fear of soccer, started my senior year of high school (more than 10 years ago) when I got knocked senseless by a ball to the head. I saw Meredith on the Today Show play a game on Wii Fit that included hitting (virtual) soccer balls with her head. I think this could help me overcome my phobia of balls. Soccer balls, I mean.
Anyway, clearly I NEED a Wii/Wii Fit!
Happy reading!
jem1896@gmail.com
There once was a girl in a far away kingdom (West Virginia). She was a fair maiden. Even though she was a fairly happy young woman, she was missing something in her life. She looked at blogs, spent time on the internet randomly searching, and tried watching television. None of these things worked for her happiness. She was still melancholy. One day, while reading a fabulous blog, she stumbled across a free giveaway. She debated on whether or not she would entire this giveaway as their were over 100 entries before hers. She knew that she had no luck, however, the moment she saw it... she knew it was what she was missing in her life. A Wii and Wii fit. What are these things?! How can they possibly bring so many people to write stories, poems, practically beg and grovel for such a thing. Then she realized that being a nursing student was what was making her so melancholy. She needed this Wii to keep her sanity while in school. She knew that her chances were very slim, but hoped that maybe this holiday season, someone out their would give her a chance to be a winner. To be happy, and to be the fairest maiden in all the kingdom.
And the wii and the fair maiden lived happily ever after. *cue cheesy music*.
-Katy :-)
lilrabbitkt@yahoo.com
Three reasons: 1) I can't do most exercises because of a spine surgery four years ago but my doctor recommends yoga... but I can't afford to take a class and my one DVD got lost in a flood. 2) I could really use a bitchin body for my wedding next summer! I have a large scar from bra line to butt crack (from the aforementioned surgery) and since I can't change that, I'd like for the front side to be a little more attractive in my Hawaiian honeymoon bikini!
3) I beat my fiance and his best friend at Wii bowling last winter. I enjoyed the bragging rights but they have since faded. Halp!
I realize all of these reasons may seem selfish and self-centered, but I'm the girl who does everything for everyone else. I could use some time to myself making Miis for my cat. And I could use some time to myself doing yoga. Or hula hooping. Something just for me... for once.
(thereneeborhood at gmail dot com)
At work I do nothing but sit
So my body has taken a hit
I'm not getting lighter
My butt's growing wider
Please help this girlie get fit!
Oh! gretchenalice at gmail dot com
I am in dire need of a Wii, specifically one with Wii Fit. I need to find out the reasons why it is awful and horrible and NOT FUN so I can convince others not to use theirs or buy one. You see, I make hula hoops and try to sell them to people as a fun tool to get fit. However, prospective customers are now sniffing at my hula hoops and saying, "Oh. I do that on my Wii Fit. I will not buy your hula hoop." Who knew that the Wii Fit would be my main competition! I must find out what this "Wii Fit Hula Hooping" is all about so that I can destroy it.- Heather exschutz@gmail.com
I am a stay at home mama to a three month old in Colorado. We have officially entered the winter months and that means I will not be able to go for walks with my boy and my dog until the temperature rises above freezing on a daily basis in the spring. I live in the country and gyms are hard to come by, much less a gym with childcare. I just want to get rid of the baby belly and make make my son laugh while I try out Wii Yoga poses.
My email is jessicaoliveto@gmail.com
My cousin told me I should get a Wii Fit last night as she loves hers. I am not going to give you a story about how I am overweight (I am) and sadly out of shape (is "blob" a body type like hourglass or pear?) or how I live in a condo and have no place to workout (mainly because of ohhhh the LAUNDRY everywhere).
I need a Wii Fit for my own safety. I am one of those people that is asked repeatedly "Did you forget your helmet?" Accident Prone doesn't seem to come close to covering it. My nickname is OSHA GIRL.
The last time I decided to take up exercising (for one whole day), I wrote about it in my online journal. It started out a little something like this...
When people talk about being one with nature do they mean laying face down in the dirt on a hiking trail in the middle of the woods? Because if they didn't I did it wrong.
Oh yes...I became one with nature during a hike...the nature I splatted onto. I have made my entry public if you wish to read it for the details. I won't post it all here.
http://creamofwheat.livejournal.com/453368.html
The short version involves falling in front of menfolk while worrying about asthma and whether I tore my favorite t-shirt. Subsequent posts featured photos of "the bruise".
So yes, I need to exercise. I am a sloth (but I don't climb trees and no one has called me up for the Goonies reunion movie yet). I need to get moving slowly and safely. A Wii Fit will allow me to do this. And I can do it within arm's reach of the phone to call 911 or that snazzy Life Alert pendant I just know I will get for Christmas.
Thank you for your consideration!
sally
smbncsu at gmail dot com
So, your Mii looks eerily similar to mine. Also, I love that marble balance game SO MUCH.
Oh! And my email address is nancypearlwannabe@gmail.com.
a Wii would be an excellent addition to our household. 1. for my husband, who could use a gaming system for a little fun (he's in the middle of a doctorate in physical therapy program and studies...a LOT) and 2. for me! i get up every day at 5 and run before work, but as it's getting colder, it is not as much fun to get up and run! a wii fit would allow me to still work out but in the warmth of my own home. pick me pick me!
natalie.mclaury@gmail.com
Working at Best Buy you'd think that I have easy access to all gadgets and gizmos. That our awesome discount would leave nothing between me and the Wii. Sadly this is not the case. What people don't realize is that... those items everybody wants?... we pay the same price for them.
Putting myself through college and paying all of my other wonderful expenses basically cuts any frivolous spending out of my budget. Sure, I could go on trying to justify buying the Wii and Wii Fit. I could say that they would improve my health! Or, they would pay for themselves with the amount of money we'd save not going to a REAL bowling alley or paying for a fancy shmancy fitness club membership! I have this conversation with my pocketbook all the time, but she always wins.
Therefore, at Best Buy, with every beep of my scanner I get a Wii and Wii Fit all bagged up and ready to go to their new home. I hope that their new family will love them and treat them well, and that some day I too will be able to walk into a store and pick out a Wii just for Mii.
If I were selected to win this contest I would have greater motivation to stay active with the Wii Fit. My sense of balance and harmony would quickly improve, and I'd have some mad hoola-hooping skills. Those always come in handy. With the Wii I would have hours of game-playing fun to occupy me while my significant other works afternoons, and we'd both have a very fun thing to play whenever company comes over.
Wii would have SO MUCH FUN!
Thanks for considering me :)
lauryn.goodvich@gmail.com
Hi.
I have been reading your site for awhile. I know this Wii Fit is all the new rage. I’m a single girl with a 9-5 and time for myself to work-out. You asked “What would I use it for” and I would use it to make a very best girlfriend and new(ish)-mom happy. She has a 16 month old baby and has been having a hard time losing the baby weight. She walks until she is blue in the face and does not have the money to join a gym. The Wii was meant for people like her who are at home most of the day with no “conventional” gym equipment access. She could work out and stay fit AND encourage her daughter into a healthy lifestyle. I humbly appreciate your consideration. Thanks!
Amy S. (ajshivar@yahoo.com)
I'm a Nintendo kid through and through. Growing up I had a Gameboy and a Super NES. I LOVED playing with both. When the Wii came out, I really wanted one.
However, I'm a single 25-y-o who has to budget and the money for one just doesn't exist in my bank account.
I'd love to have a Wii and Wii Fit for several reasons. 1) I love gaming systems made by Nintendo and had been wanting this one for a while. 2) I recently injured my hip and won't be allowed to run for a while. Having Wii Fit will enable me to get some exercise and build up some strength until I can return to running. 3) It's winter and I don't like going outside or having to get out to drive to the gym, so it'll also make exercise more convenient when I can start back up (and if I'm doing the math correctly, I'll be starting back up about the time the Wii would arrive if I won it.)
I don't have any superb reason. I know nothing about it would make anyone go "man, this girl NEEDS this thing." But it's been a little rough lately getting injured and having to stop running right before I was supposed to run a marathon. Winning this would lifte my spirits, cheer me up, and greatly help physically and emotionally with my recovery process.
Thanks! melanie0513 [at] gmail [dot] com.
My husband is soooo into gaming that he is a member of a huge clan with practice two nights a week. Seriously, practice... Not only that, he is one of the leaders of his group and runs the practice with three other geeky older guys. Yes, he's 32, hard to tell. Well, I for one am tired of this being such a divide between us. I neeeeeed a Wii in my life to save my marriage! I need something to get me into gaming! Okay, yes, I really want the Wii Fit. But maybe if I get hot, I will be able to distract him from the XBox, right? Pick me, save me from divorce!
Oh my gosh, I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to win this. We will probably not be at the point financially for a while where we can justify spending that much money on a game system, but if we had it, we would so use it. It would convince hubby that he is wrong about thinking he would not like or use it, because I know he totally would. It would get me moving more than I have been because it's essentially a GAME for goodness sakes, and would convince me that I am not exercising, I am PLAYING, and I would get competitive and want to do better than the day before...
I think it would be good for our relationship, because we could participate together, and surely there is something a 4 year old can do on there as well...
Thanks for having this contest (and thanks in advance if I make it into the comically large hat!).
Well, I read through most of these comments trying to figure out what I could say that would possibly make me be chosen over others as one of the top five, thus giving me a 20% chance of being plucked out of the hat... but truthfully, my reasons are the same as everyone else's - I need to lose weight and my husband would love me forever, blah blah blah.
The fact of the matter is that it's Christmas, so I think you should give it to "~Mad". :) Happy holidays!
-Sarah - sgrinsteiner at gmail dot com
I have never owned a video game. Really. Though I did play Duck Hunter and Tetris at my best friend's house growing up. So really I need a Wii just b/c I need to be connected to the past 2 decades. But a Wii Fit... why that? Well I hate working out. Hate it. It's boring. It's painful. Blah. I do much better in a class, b/c then I have to be all goody-goody and show up on time and impress the teacher and not look dumb next to my fellow classmates. But classes (as has been mentioned) are crazy expensive. Wii fit would be the best of both worlds! Cheaper than classes (i.e. free, b/c it would be a gift? prize? from the lovely Metalia) but I'd still be motivated by my goody-goody desire for approval. I hear that the Wii Fit can be sort of harsh with the commentary. Which would actually be great for me. Bring it on!
Sung to the tune of Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy”
Wii Fit Wii Fit
I adore you
Wii Fit Wii Fit
I need you
I sit all day
On my boo-ty
Now its very
Jel-ly like
Wii Fit Wii Fit
Wont you help me
Regain my old booty please?
T’Isnt very pret-ty Wii Fit
That when I sit, it spreads out
When I stand it shakes and shim-my's
When I don’t real-ly mean it to
This makes me a sa-ad mommy
Wii fit wii fit I need you.
(bows)
(booty shakes and shimmy's of its own volition)
Metalia and J- You can help!
duplay44 at msn dot com
I NEED to know my Wii Fit age. I am addicted to taking survey's to see my "real age", and the Wii Fit would at least take my actual physical ability into account, as opposed to me lying on a survey about how many cookies I eat in a week and if I wear a seatbelt (i do).
Also, my brother-in-law is the most competitive person alive and he just got a Wii Fit and it would be AWESOME for me to TOTALLY DESTROY HIM in the Wii Fit Competitive portion of our lives. Bragging rights for at least a year= best gift ever.
cdisab at gmail.com
just wii me. why?
1) after work and before bed, i have 4 hours to make dinner/eat dinner/clean up dinner/play with kid/chat with hubby/bath time/blog time/story time/chores - along with a whole slew of other nightly activities. DUDE. did you see having fun and working out was not listed? wii me.
2) money is so tight that i've started making my own cheese out of curdled milk. wii me.
3) i have a 2.5 year old that thought i had a 'baby in derr' when in reality - it's just a food baby jelly belly. wii me.
4) i want to be the cool kid in our crew of friends and have sweet wii parties where we get crazy and do body high fives and act like we're 12. wii me.
5) the last nintendo that i owned came out in 1983. wii me.
6) metalia is a sweet middle name - but i could easily make it my next child's first name. wii me.
7) i could finally state that hell froze over and i was proclaimed a winner. wii me.
8) my hubby would want to kiss me all over. and over and over. wii me.
9) christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat - and so am i. send help. wii me.
10) eternally grateful - that'd be me. wii me.
thank you for this opportunity.
jennyleecook (at) gmail (dot) com
I'm just not that funny on demand, or in writing. In person I am HYSTERICAL.
I would love to win the Wii and Wii Fit. I am the Mom to a 17 month old boy, who does not "do" the gym daycare and I have yet to lose most of the, ahem... baby weight yet, at least that's what I tell everyone.
My doctor says I need to do yoga at home for my back and stress level, but the bastard won't prescribe me a Wii fit.
Plus I'd really like to be able to kick my hubby's ass in some video games. The one time we played Wii Bowling on a friends machine (who has since moved away) I CRUSHED him like a little bug. I would relish more of that glorious feeling.
Take pity on me, I live in WV while you live in that glorious metropolis of fashion, beauty, and things to do called NYC.
inglis.smith@gmail.com
I'm not sure how I'm going to top any of the other commentors...
I would love a Wii because it would help me get back into shape after the arrival of baby #2 (some time in late April). With baby #1 (who is going to be 2 soon - ack!) I excercised EVERY week day - yes, EVERY week day. With this one... not so much. Morning sickness has helped me keep the weight gain under control but I know that my lack of exercise this time around is going to kick me in the butt when it comes time to take of whatever weight I do gain. I also think it's a good game system that families can use together (we have NO system in our house at the moment) and it's probably the only system I'd think of letting in my house. But... I'm too cheap to get one (and too lazy to track one down). Honesty can get me points, right?
“How fat are you” you may ask? Why do I need to win the Wii Fit? I’ve tried to express exactly how fat I am in the below list. I’ve condensed the list to the top 13 (bakers dozen) reasons / examples / pieces of evidence of how fat I am. I’m very likely fatter than the fattest person you know and am therefore in dire need of a Wii Fit:
1)I’m “that guy” that needs multiple seatbelt extensions on an airplane. Also related to airtravel, I’m that same guy that breathes very loudly, snores when he falls asleep and brings smelly food onto the flight (like a philly cheesesteak) but mysteriously smells like some other type of food (like pudding). I need a Wii Fit.
2)I’m so fat I use my 2 ipod minis as headphones and 2 mini-coopers as roller skates.
3)Traditional ‘exersize’ is very difficult, given I need a mid-size crane to get around my apartment. That said, multiple trips to and from an all-you-can-eat buffet is my way of “pumping iron”.
4)Weird Al Yankovic interviewed me before his 1988 hit Fat.
5)I look like Ben Stiller did in the final scene of Dodgeball.
6)I submitted this post under a psedonym; my real name is Mark Holton. I played the fat guy in the movie Teen Wolf. While everyone laughed at my rotund proportions during the movie, I cried on the inside. I always wanted to look more like Mick or Stiles or even handsome Scott Howard – I’ve never been able to get a girl like Boof. Finally, when I was cast for the part of (fat) ‘older Stillwell’ in A League of Their Own, it was the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back. The ironic thing is that if I were sitting on the camel’s back I would have crushed said camel long before the straw did. Anyway, I need a Wii to get into shape and potentially be considered for the part of ‘the Wolf’ if MJF’s Parkinson’s precludes him from starring in Teen Wolf 12.
7)The “fat” girl with the Russian boyfiend (earlier post) has nothing on me. She allegedly has “cute rolls” – well I have an entire bakery in my a$$, and there is absolutely nothing about it that’s cute. Its actually quite repulsive. She is to “rolls” as I am to the entire Krispy Kreme factory. I need a Wii Fit.
8)I’m not pregnant, yet I still need to “lose the baby fat”. I would liken myself to the FREAKSHOW that is the pregnant man from the NY Post. Maybe slightly less freakish – only slightly.
9)I eat because I’m unhappy. I’m unhappy because I eat. It’s a vicious cycle….ok, I confess I stole that line from Fat Bastard from one of the Austin Powers movies. Truth is though, I kind of look like fat bastard. When you think “fat bastard” think me.
10)I’m so fat when I get cut I bleed gravy.
11)I will never ever ever be in a show like Cats (earlier post) – partly because I am morbidly obese and partly because cats inflame my asthma and I start to wheeze...ya know, like fat guys do.
12)If I had to compare myself to a celebrity I would say I look like a combination of pre-Jenny Craig Kirsty Ally and Fat Bastard (see #9).
13)I’m so fat I sweat in the dead of winter. I happen to also sweat while swimming, while showering, while sitting, while sleeping and certainly while eating.
Thank you.
I recently moved into a wee* little apartment, where I no longer have acres to run around like a fool while chasing my cats.
Therefore, stay-at-home exercise options are limited! Seriously, I can only chase my cat around these 300 square feet so many times before he flops down and refuses to move! I need me some Wii yoga!
* Get it?
I think I should win the Wii/ Wii Fit because I already exercise 5 days a week. You don't have to wonder come March, if the lovely Wii Fit that you so generously gave away, is rotting underneath a couch somewhere.I just know some of these commenters aren't motivated ; )
Don't let that balance board become a tray for fatty finger foods.
Thank you for your time
-brookeshop@gmail.com
I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder back in August 2001, and I'm on medication for it. Back in February, I had a bout with depression and hypochondria ~ but thanks to new medicine and a wonderful doctor, I am doing SO much better. Anyway, I took a yoga class once (a few years ago), and I felt *so* freaking relaxed afterward. It was incredible. I *love* yoga, and I think that it would really benefit me (release my stress, tension, and anxiety and help me stay in the moment, which is hard with anxiety sometimes) to do yoga on a regular basis with the Wii Fit. We can't find one in any store near us, though! It's crazy! We have two small children (who are 19 months apart), and I could also really use a Wii Fit yoga break sometimes! :) It would be a treat for me. Thank you so much for considering me.
P.S. My e-mail address is lvjensen@nycap.rr.com. Thanks!
Once upon a time I was a gymnast and worked out 20 hours a week. That was a time of super-fitness and muscle definition and a metabolism so high I could eat an entire gallon of cookie dough with no effect.
Alas, those days ended when I went to college and was introduced to a little thing called partying with alcohol and creating my own meals (mostly consisting of potato chips, cheese, grease, and/or that gallon of cookie dough...). Suddenly I was confronted with what happens when you don't work out 20 hours a week and instead sit on your butt studying and watching TV, or get your cardio work-out by dancing like a maniac at a club after drinking your daily calories in cocktails with tropical names.
Now I have graduated college, and while I have gotten it through my head that cookie dough and me are no longer fast friends, the exercise thing is still difficult when I sit at a desk all day working.
This is where the Wii comes in! I can readily welcome an exercise method where I can stay in my pajamas and know one (except possibly my parents, because graduating with a journalism degree apparently means living at home and making no money!) will see me acting the fool playing sports by myself.
Thanks for hosting this contest :)
p.s. my email is kforkeely@gmail.com
I moved from CA to a colder climate which has made me incredibly lazy. I'd incorporate the WiiFit into my lifestyle to accomplish 3 things: get back to exercising since the cold weather has me housebound, help me in shape before getting pregnant next year, and have game nights with new friends that we're making in our new state.
I want to bring my sexy back!
HI!
I neeeeeeeeeeeed to win a wii because:
1. I need an excuse to rearrange my living room furniture and move the gigantic coffee table away from the front of the tv.
2. I need to work out. I use to love exercise and I still do but I can't get my groove on. My morning walks have been curtailed because I have a toddler who screams for the park or the beach every time I set out.
3. Because all my friends have them and I'm too broke to buy my own. I just don't have the guts to go hang out and sweat at somebody else's house.
I think I'm going to have to come up with some creative artwork because these reasons are pretty lame... I'll work on that!
email: jo@secret-agent-josephine.com
OMG, This is my first time at your blog, love it. Was directed her by Simply Me.
K, lets get to business.. I need a Wii with the Wii Fit BECAUSE.. every since my two little ones have been born, I STILL look pregnant! UGH. Between my two kids and working, I have no time (or money) for a gym workout.
So, let me tell you... my husband is deployed to Iraq. The moment he left I vowed I would lose weight and be the fit girl he knew pre-babies. I need something to motivate me though. I only have 6 months left until he comes home - (only? LOL). I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to workout in a fun way (and even get the kids involved) at home with the Wii Fit.
Thanks!!
Hmm, how to intersperse humor into my very serious plight? You see, I'm a soccer player. An avid soccer player. But I'm also pregnant, 5 months pregnant, and well, soccer and incubating just don't mesh well. So I am without my social life, stress relief and exercise due to my soccer withdrawl. It's so very sad and tragic, as I'm sure I've painted the picture to be. This is why, I need the Wii & Wii Fit more specifically. Even though there is no physical contact banging my hips to win the ball, I can see that the Wii would stand in for soccer quite well. Please think of the unborn, I can't relieve my stress. There's no alcohol or soccer!
This would be a fabulous prize if I were to be so lucky! I need one mainly because I have a disabled teen, and leaving him alone to go to the YMCA (while tempting) is just not easy.
Wow, just make it difficult for me. LOL. So, how will the Wii Fit move Mii?? Well, mainly I am 5 months preggo and I cant do any weight lifting or machine work, which :( saddens me. Also, with my engorged belly it is hard to drive to the gym while enduring the glances of the muscular types and skinny running types. But I still deserve to be fit! And by all means, LOSE THE BABY FAT AFTER! Oh, that would be my biggest motivator after April when I have the babes.
But I wouldn't be greedy, my hubby could use the Wii Fit in his life too. He is disabled due to severe social anxiety that really is debilitating (thank goodness for spell check). He is about 100 pounds overweight and video games keep his mind from meltdown mode supreme. I want to give him a private and secure way to start looking his best and maybe help him get his booty out into the real world. I swear he wouldn't know what sunlight was if I did all the errands by my lonesome. He is a good man, wonderful husband, and great father. He deserves to feel better about himself when he looks in a mirror. Oh wait, I just realized we dont have any mirrors besides the small medicine cabinet... no wonder. Hmm well we will just have to go and buy one.
So in my half eaten nut shell.. are you gonna finish that? That is how the Wii Fit would move Mii. (BTW do I have to make a Mii that looks like the real me??)
Email: mel.bail.mama@gmail.com Yes, it is long, but it's all that was available.
Oh, hello again. What? You don't recognize me? Here is a picture to refresh your memory.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrisbow/3025616419/in/photostream/
Still confused? Check out my video - I am the hippo chick shaking up the Earth midway through (1:34 or so). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a91pJDut50E Clearly, I like to Move it, move it. And the Wii and Wii Fit will keep me moving.
Now, while my good looks are still apparent underneath all of that chunky, I am in need of some exercise.
Having a baby 18 months ago and continuing to eat *as if* I am still nursing has taken a toll on my body. I have gained the weight that I lost while nursing and am at (or have surpassed) my pregnancy weight.
While I do enjoy getting great parts in movies because of my rotundness, I think that by using the Wii and Wii Fit to get in shape I will be able to play my greatest role ever.
A healthy, fit Mommy to my baby boy. Having the convenience of exercising in my home in a manner that is fun and entertaining will keep me on track. This is the perfect exercise for me.
P.S. - If I win, I will send you an after video of me (the real me) doing the Move It, Move It after I have shed the pounds using the Wii!
The Wii would be just for me
And not for any other,
Unless my mom comes to see
Me with my little brother.
I'd love to play and find a way,
To make my waist a little smaller,
I think Wii fit could be it,
If not, I'll make my Mii taller.
So if you think my reasons stink
For why I should be the winner,
If me you pick, it's not a trick,
I'll send you a free dinner.
This is the time to end my rhyme,
So here's the real reason
That I want a Wii, not for me,
But to gift this holiday season.
I need a Wii Fit because I can't stop eating sugary Christmas food, but I don't have a ton of time to go to the gym since I'm a full time graduate student, and work full time. Mostly, I want my new skinny jeans to fit and right now... I have to lay down and do breathing exercises for that to happen. Wii Fit, please help me.
I need this so bad....
You see after having my son. My little muffin top has turned into a Costco size muffin.
Plus my kiddos would think I was the coolest mom if I played Wii with them.
I worked at a Family Entertainment Center for 10 years. I basically put a ban on any type of video game in my house. I didn't want to come home from work and deal with video games. I haven't worked there in a few years and the video game systems are starting to come into the house....SO, My Kiddos would love this.
I guess you could say I kind of miss playing some of the games and getting my daily exercise on DDR :)
If you let me win I will be your new BFF. (Who needs Paris Hilton)
Thanks for this great giveaway :)
oh I forgot my email....
sewadorable@gmail.com
Oh, I just lost my comment! Assume that the first one was 10% wittier.
I want to win the Wii and Wii fit. As nice as it would be to start exercising again (like I did in college) it would be even more exciting to start playing Mario Kart again (like I did in college!). Help me pretend that I don't work ten hour days. Instead, I'll stay home in my pajamas playing nintendo and watching daytime tv!
(Plus, I really really hate going out after work, would love to cancel my unused gym membership, and have lots of exercise options right at home. But seriously? I want Mario Kart.)
Listen, I don't even want a Wii. But you know what I do want? I want to be able to go through with the wedding we have planned for July, and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it if my dear, dear fiance doesn't stop whining about this cherished gaming system... even though he already has an xbox and an xbox 360 (which he tried to break in order to justify getting a Wii - TOO BAD IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND XBOX FIXED IT FOR FREE! Nice try, though, dear.)
He's always trying to get me to play video games with him, but the truth is, I can't stand to lose. And since he's had much more practice, he always kicks my ass. But if we had a Wii Fit, I know for certain that I could beat him at Wii yoga (what do you mean, it's not a competition? EVERYTHING IS A COMPETITION).
Basically, if we don't win this Wii and I continue to get my ass handed to me in these stupid Star Wars Xbox games, our marriage is doomed.
(Email is operationpinkherring AT gmail DOT com)
(For the full effect of my entry, you may want to imagine full orchestral accompaniment.)
On the first day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, Metalia said to me,
“How would you like to win a Wii?”
On the second day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, I thought a bit and said,
“I do need exercise ¬¬-
I’d really like to win a Wii!”
On the third day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, my daughters came to mind:
Three cute girls-
We all need exercise - We’d really like to win a Wii!
On the fourth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, my husband said to me,
“Let’s have family time”
Three cute girls – We all need exercise - We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the fifth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, the mirror could not lie:
“You’re O-VER-WEIGHT!!”
Let’s have family time - Three cute girls – We all need exercise - We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the sixth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, it was plain to see
There’s been too much laying-
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time – Three cute girls – We all need exercise – We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the seventh day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, I devised a plan:
Get myself moving
There’s been too much laying
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time – Three cute girls – We all need exercise – We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the eighth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, it was ten below outdoors
Running outside is crazy!
Get myself moving – There’s been too much laying
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time – Three cute girls – We all need exercise – We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the ninth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, my black dress would not zip
Not fit for dancing!
Running outside is crazy! – Get myself moving – There’s been too much laying
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time – Three cute girls – We all need exercise – We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the tenth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, the kids were jumping on the couch
Cut out all that leaping!
Not fit for dancing! – Running outside is crazy – Get myself moving - There’s been too much laying
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time – Three cute girls – We all need exercise – We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the eleventh day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, we were stuck inside again
Winters are so long here
Cut out all that leaping! – Not fit for dancing – Running outside is crazy –
Get myself moving – There’s been too much laying
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time- Three cute girls – We all need exercise – We’d really love to win a Wii!
On the twelfth day of Chrismahannukwanzaakah, we stared at the TV
Gee, these shows are boring
Winters are so long here – Cut out all that leaping! – Not fit for dancing – Running outside is crazy –
Get myself moving – There’s been too much laying
I’m O-VER-WEIGHT!!
Let’s have family time – Three cute girls – We all need exercise –
WE’D REAL-LY LOVE TO WIN A Wii!
Thank you for the contest!
mjnfinn at hotmail dot com
We live on one income (my hubby's) and are beyond broke the majority of the time. We can't afford to join a fancy-schmancy gym, or even a really gross crappy gym. My husband plays basketball with his buddies one night a week and I try to find time to ride our 20 year old stationary bike.
I made my case here:
http://letajoy.com/2008/12/11/warning-i-talk-about-weight-gain-and-babies-and-butts-and-stuff/
My email is letajoyh@yahoo.com
I don't like to beg
But oh what a prize!
Maybe with a Wii Fit
My rear will decrease in size?
Oh the jiggles, ripples, and rolls
That expand with each holiday pie.
Pick me for the Wii
Before I get fat and die!
corbiesdontbounce at gmail dot com
April 2008 I was blindsighted and getting the "It's not you, it's me" conversation. I will admit it was a bit sad to see him go but completely HEART wrenching to see the WII go.
I honestly wanted to drop on my knees and beg that he keep the WII or maybe we can have joint custody???
Since that day and especially with the recession, I have been WII-less. Life as it is supposed to went on but my heart will always long for the WII. As the amazingly talented Pat Benatar put it, "WIIII belong!"
Please, be so kind and help me reunite with my long lost love.
Email: Lilani.Estacio@gmail.com
(I'm hereby using the same comment I used on Ms. Heather B's site, because aha! it's mine! and also: it really is an accurate portrayal of (my movie quoting brain, and) what I would do with my Wii Fit.)
Well. Seeing as how I’ve recently implemented Operation: Better! Stronger! Faster! Kerri (O:BSFK) I would add the Wii Fit to my growing arsenal of Kick Ass, wherein the only ass I am kicking is my own. Because it needs to (be kicked, and also) RUN, and then also: do sit-ups, and push-ups, and really whatever else the Wii Fit tells it to do. Because O:BSFK doesn’t take no (prisoners! shit from anyone!) for an answer.
That last line with bad grammar was a blatant rip-off from the movie Tommy Boy, which I really hope you’ve seen, or I fear I probably just look a Wii (ha!) bit crazier than usual.
Hello! I am a first time visitor directed to your blog by Wishcake, and I must say that your blog is adorable, you've definately snagged a new reader!
Moving on to my reason for wanting(needing) a Wii:
Power. You need more of an explaination??? Okay....
My fiancee and I have a unique relationship where there is a precarious balance of power. While it is usually tipped slightly in my favor (as I am AWESOME), the balance has shifted. He has been doing more and more things around the house like cooking great food, cleaning without being asked, and even giving me back rubs without me asking!! He's like going for some kind of total power take over and no matter what I do to tip the scales, I can't seem to win.
This year for Christmas, we are limiting ourselves to a mutual Christmas gift (because of financial reasons), which would have been a Wii + Wii Fit if you could find them ANYWHERE!! Alas, this was not our fate, so we have moved on. Now I see that you ladies have the ability to help me restore the balance of power to it's rightful place - 100% with ME. How awesome would I be if I was able to give him a Wii and Wii Fit Christmas morning when he thought he's get nothing else from me?? Plus, I'd get double points b/c it was FREE.
No amount of great food, clean dishes, or back rubs could compare and I'd hold that power for a long, long time.
And all would be right with the world.
The email address is denae63 {at} gmail {dot} com
I'm getting married and NEEEEEEDDDD to get Fit! What better way than Wii Fit?! Oh, the gym? Nah....
cloudsandskyscrapers at gmail dot com!
I don't have many words to explain why I would need a Wii and the Wii Fit. But I do know that I would like one...no...LOVE one. I recently started grad school and have already gained 10 pounds in the last four months (And I have two years left to go! How much weight is going to pile on!!). I don't have enough money to join the gym...And to top it all off, in only 10 months, I'm going to be getting married. It would also help out my fiance on his fitness goals before the wedding as well. We're both trying to live a much healthier life...
I would absolutely love to have the Wii Fit as a fantastic tool to help me out!
oh, yes:
melissa.rene (at) gmail.com
almost forgot!
why do i need a wii? because xbox, play station 3 and whatever else they have out now a days just has too many buttons. seriously, have you ever tried to play xbox? it's impossible. now the wii is something i think i might be able to master, but i've never played so i wouldn't actually know.
but truthfully? my ass is getting a little bit of that holiday jiggle and i'm pretty sure a few rounds on the wii fit could help cure it... and i can't stop thinking about how absolutely hilarious it would be to see half my family on this thing. (what a way to bring everyone together for the holidays, no?)
but seriously, who am i kidding... i've never won anything and i really way to play mario. and make little wii people for everyone i've ever met. :)
The holidays are coming up soon
My sister has been hinting since June
All she wants is a Wii
Or she'll disown me
And affording one I just cannot do.
I'm just a poor college dame
And I can't afford this game
I've had a job since September
But I cannot surrender
I spend all my money, collge bookstores I blame
I already have bought her a movie
But she wont think that its slightly groovy
A Wii, my whole family will like
My parents, my sister, my great grandmother and I.
So if you have the chance,
An open adoption could be the circumstance
We can take pitures of your Wii as she grows
And we play tennis, and bowling, and god only knows.
So It would be so awfully nice
If you chose my little sister to give your advice
On Wii Fit and Wii Yoga and sharing with her sister
Since I might sneak on once or twice
scheerbri@rider.edu
Ok, so we gotta win the Wii! We're not such a sporty family but we love games! Candy land, Apples to Apples, Hide and Seek, Pictionary, High Ho Cherry Oh!....you get the picture. Well, as much as we love these games we need something new! We don't have cable tv *gasp* (yes, people like us exist) so our bunny ears are our only source of video entertainment. That's why, for the love and sanity of our two boys we would greatly benefit from the Wii! What a great family fun thing to do.
Not only that but I'm always looking for different ways to keep exercise in my life. Currently I'm working the 30 day shred with Jillian Michaels but quite frankly I could stand a break from her uber-confident, slightly mannish voice. Love her, don't get me wrong....just would like to not hear about how I'm on my way to being "shredded", because we all know that's not true. I'll just maintain my pooch from becoming any bigger,.....maybe.
Anywho, I'd really love to win.
Thanks!
I am a long time reader, first time commenter. I would love to win a WHEEE! This would really come in handy for me (as a single mom) and my five year old son. We could have so much fun. OH! And the Wii Fit is really needed. :)
I'd like a Wii because it will save me gas money, and I'd like a Wii Fit because I'll be able to turn over in my sleep at night without waking up. Here's how!
I live across town from my boyfriend, who (with his roommates) have cable television and multiple game system. I have... a television. With an antenna. Although my home cooking is a big draw, I need SOMETHING else to entice him to come to my place instead of me going to his house. AND he and his roomates don't even have a Wii! It'd be EXCLUSIVE!
As for my sore shoulders, I TRY to follow a running program, but I never get around to stretching and those core exercises that help to ensure you don't tense up while running. So I run, I get tense, I hurt, and then the tiniest movement while sleeping wakes me up. With a Wii Fit I'd take care of stretching and balance, which means I wouldn't get sore, which means I'd sleep well AND keep running!
First world problems, I know, but bottom line is - it'd make my life easier in a very simple way. So wheeeeeeeeeeee! Thanks for holding the contest!
Since my Lupus diagnosis all of the doctors appointments are cutting into my gym time and for a gym rat it is painful to not be able to go to the gym as much as I would like. The wii fit would allow me to work out whenever, because with all the doctors appointments and tests and whatnot I cannot seem to fit the gym into my already jam packed schedule of mommy, attorney, wife, and now patient.
Can I add to my previous entry that I clearly need a Wii because I fell in the airport yesterday while stepping off the moving walkway. So CLEARLY, my balance needs a little work.
Also, I drink a lot which causes me to fall. I need that balance board!
What an awesome giveaway!
My husband and I do not own ANY video game systems because he spent the last 4 years in law school and we also have a 2-year old, therefore neither of us had the time. Now that he's out of law school, he finally has free time again... but because we're now paying back those LARGE law school loans, we don't have the money to buy anything like the Wii.
The Wii Fit, I will admit, I want for myself. I had a miscarriage in September and just found out I was pregnant again this week, and I've given up my workout dvds like the 30-Day Shred because my dr recommended not to get my heart rate about 140bpm. I think yoga would also help calm my anxiety about this pregnancy.
So there it is, nothing fancy or overly persuasive, but maybe we're due for a little luck.
melfaluhelyi(at)gmail(dot)com
This is so cool!
Well, being that I have not operated a gaming system since my Nintendo and Game Boy years, 15 years ago, I'm not sure if my comment is going to be relevant.
Nevertheless, I will give it a shot. If I won the Wii, I would lose the weight that has crept up slowly after 9 years out of High School and a 2 year old daughter. I will relive my childhood dreams of being the Princess while Mario and Luigi fight over me. My hubby and I will use the Mario Kart as proof of who the better driver is. Our friends will come over and have something to do (other than play with board game after board game).
Good Luck to everyone and Merry Christmas!
Oh, the reasons why I NEEEEED this Wiiiiii....
Picture a 28 year old Mom (like you, Metalia, just less adorably fashionable and more... uh... adorably roly poly??)
Picture a work-at-home job that barely gives me time to brush my teeth, let alone get out of this frickin' house and get to the gym!
Picture me in my most recent group exercise class... TRYING to do the step aerobics, failing miserably. As a lady 200 pounds heavier than me rocked it out and flaunted her obvious rhythm, I tripped over the step, fell flat on my face, and even had the perpetually perky instructor say, "Well, step isn't for EVERYONE!" Nothing like a healthy dose of utter embarassment with your calorie burning, right?
And finally, picture my husband on Christmas morning, when I tell him that he's getting a Wii and he crowns me queen of the universe. (And picture me sighing in relief because HOT DAMN is that man difficult to shop for!)
So, to recap. Harried, chubby, overworked mom with MAYJAH coordination issues, seeks gaming device to save her body and her marriage. The end. :)
Oops! Forgot my email... kfodel AT comcast DOT net
DO WANT! I struggled through the 30 Day Shred religiously for a month before Thanksgiving and lost not one pound, not one inch.... If Jillian Michaels couldn't already SUCK IT, she can SUCK it now! I need a Wii!!
heidi bide at aol dot com
Here's a sad little tale from your town
Bout a girl Who lugged much weight around
The pain, it lives on, though those days are long gone,
But a wii fit would surely astound.
We recently moved from the city,
Where parking was really so sh***y
So to get anywhere, through ice storms we'd fare
Dripping with tons of self pity
Though the shlepping around really kept off the pounds
And in the nice weather, my skin it was browned
I didn't appreciate, or realize my fate
Soon would come that jiggly sound.
Once out to the suburbs we moved
Where one mode of transportation's approved
It's to get into a car, whether to go near or far
To fit in I'd say driving's behooved
With our new house came a big set of bills
Who can afford a gym pass with frills
With my expanding arse, a fit persona's a farce
And I'm too scared to brave those big hills.
I could go on 'bout expecting a babe
And being a stay at home mom's not good for my shape
I can bring up my guy, we both love food that you fry
How a wii fit would be an endorphin escape
But I think I'll resort to plain pleading
With a hint of real stories with bleeding
Can't fall off a fake treadmill, in a virtual class
I think it's clear a wii fit i'll be needing.
You know how to find me if i win
Why do I need a Wii Fit? Let's analyze this through how a wii could save my sanity, my life and limbs, as well as my social life.
1. I need to get in shape, not lose weight. Just get in shape so my perfectionist mother will get off my back. Therefore, this could save my sanity.
2. I am the most uncoordinated person EVER. This is supposed to help my balance right? In the 'stretching for wellness' class I took at my community college years ago, the teacher needed to make special accommodations JUST FOR ME, because apparently I was the only one in the class that had no balancing ability.
I've also been known to break toes because I accidentally run into walls, kick tables, fall down stairs daily, and trip over ANYTHING. This device could possibly save my life (or limbs for that matter). You could be a life saver.
3. A Wii may snag me a man. They're like almost magical little game consoles right? I need some magic. My ability to be a gracious loser at all games Wii may make a nice impression. Also, the hilarity that ensues after watching me attempt to box may win a few hearts. If not, maybe I could make myself an imaginary little Mii man. A Wii could save me from loneliness.
In conclusion, I don't have the good reason of babies or pregnancy to validate why I need one, but I am a poor college student suffering from impending broken limbs, insanity, and heartbreak.
Sara
ifiweretina(at)gmail.com
my roommate and i made a short stop motion animation and it is located here:
http://g.homes.mcad.edu/~ggiampaolo/wii.mov
we're broke, stressed art students who want to be reassured of how unfit we are and actually have something relaxing to do!
email: whoisgina@mac.com
#1 Reason Why I Should Win the Prize of Awesomeness (followed by other random reasons):
When I was a Freshman in high school, I was having chronic back pain (probably from a combination of long jumping and cheerleading) so my mom took me to the local chiropractor. While in said chiropractor's office he informed my 120-pound-15-year-old-self that I had "large chid-bearing hips" and I was forever (like you from your scoliosis orthopedist) scarred. So having the Wii and Wii Fit would help curb my anger towards that big jerk.
Not to mention I have nearly 60 things in common with your "100 Things" list - most importantly, while reading it I was informed it is "for all intents and purposes". Before this claim to shame, all I had was that I thought the weatherman was saying "windshield" instead of "wind chill" until I was in high school.
Oh, and Dear Lord, do I LOVE MACARONI AND CHEESE! If it's on a menu I have to order it - no questions asked. I'll eat it with six other starches for breakfast if it's on there :)
So, please pick meeee: amanda@bacidesigner.com
If I won the Wii,
Oh what a delight!
No more would my boyfriend and I
Over the remote control fight.
Instead of spending each evening
Debating between ESPN and Bravo,
We'd bounce around the living room
And become tennis and bowling pros.
But add the Wii Fit
And you've doubled the prize!
Each of our silhouettes
Will be more slender in size!
And I'm ashamed to admit it,
But I've never entered a gym.
And at the prime of my twenties?
Its time to get trim.
I'll tighten my thighs,
I'll hike up my butt!
Hula-hoop away
Any and all signs of gut.
And I promise if chosen
I'll email updates- with photos, of course
Documenting the fun, shape and balance
A real tour de force!
Dear Kind and Queen of Wii-ville,
Let us join your fine Land
So we may stay home Friday nights
With Wii-motes strapped to our hands.
Cameron- cameronelizabeth at gmail dot com
I would love to channel my inner Tyra, use vasoline as my EEEEVVVVV-erything cream (inner eew, as an aside), and try the balance board. I'm guessing somewhere b/t 36-59. I'll send photo documentation, promise.
I’ll reclaim the living room TV from the boyfriend and his precious Xbox and Call of Duty practice time!
I’ve been into yoga for the last year, so I’d take full advantage of Wii Fit yoga on the days I can’t get to class.
kabramowitz@gmail.com
Oh this would be such an inspiration. I recently got laid off from my job and have become such a hermit. This sure would get my lazy rear off the sofa. Please give me some INSPIRATION! lorimickey@comcast.net
Lori
Wii, in general scares me. So right there is the chance to help me work through that...
I am a mom of 4 that *should* be working more to keeping healthy and fit. It's just that - well, I really don't like exercising in any fashion in front of people. I just know they're watching me! Really! So being able to embarrass myself in the privacy of my own home would be awesome.
Poetry is not my thing.
And my video making skillz are sorely lacking.
So if I had to give you a poem it would be (courtesy of the Love Poetry Generator):
My Love
Your skin glows like the grapes, blossoms your as the daisy in the purest hope of spring.
My heart follows your oboe voice and leaps like a rhymnocerous at the whisper of your name.
The evening floats in on a great crow wing.
I am comforted by your sneakers that I carry into the twilight of Wiibeams and hold next to my tummy.
I am filled with hope that I may dry your tears of goot.
As my thighs falls from my socks, it reminds me of your Wii fit.
In the quiet, I listen for the last thud of the day.
My heated butt leaps to my headband. I wait in the moonlight for your secret me so that we may bring as one, butt to butt, in search of the magnificent purple and mystical dog of love.
Since there isn't a "make your own youtube video without equipment" generator (I checked!):
Here's what it would have contained the scene from A Christmas Story (Perhaps this is a good moment to submit a question for "Ask a Jew"? - Do you watch movies like A Christmas Story?) where Ralphie turns in his Christmas list and it says "really, really, really, really want a Red Rider..." Yeah, well my version would've had Wii Fit in there instead.
Thus concludes the longest comment I have ever left anywhere on the internets.
somepeoplecallmemom-at-gmail-dot-com
I want to give my husband a Wii for Christmas so badly! He deserves it for so many reasons, not the least of which he gave up his beloved World of Warcraft to save our marriage (seriously - WOW was the mistress in our marriage). He hasn't looked back or complained once, and honestly, he deserves a reward. A Wii is something that we can actually enjoy together - we decided we watned one but since we are in penny-pinching mode...well, it's been put off. So make my husband's Christmas dream come true - PLEASE!!!!!!
(I'm not even telling him that I'm entering this contest because I've entered so many and he got so excited and then we didn't win. So don't break his little video-game-loving heart!!!!).
Awesome contest either way - thanks so much for the chance!
Oops - and my private email address is available in my profile, and my other email address is tiedupwithablackvelvetband at gmail.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
(Sorry about the two comments, but it gets us closer to 200!).
Are multiple entries allowed? I made a total fool of myself falling on the ice in the parking lot at work today. A Wii fit would ease my embarrassment, and possibly help to make my back (which seems to be getting more angry about this by the second) feel better.
Good King and Queen
of Wiiville, my derriere has
seen better days
And oh what a bother
my significant other,
he's off to the gym every day
I cannot have him
looking better than me,
so I MUST obtain the Wii!
kleed7(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
I would love the Wii! I've just finished graduate school at long last with my phD (only two signatures left)! Sadly I am going to lose my gym priviledges. Finally getting back in shape (I've got a very tricky back after a spinal fusion for scoliosis) and having the Wii to keep in shape would be an amazing help! (plus I love wii tennis at friends houses!) My email is preppychemist at gmail. Thank you so much for hosting this!
This is kind of random...
fogelks5@hotmail.com
This is so exciting that you get to do this. Wow.
I love my family. They are the best. It would mean so much if they could be surprised with a Wii. Here is our story (in the short form) way back in 1999 I was diagnosed with breast cancer in , I was 37 (you can do the math if you want to know how old I am now heh). We had been trying to get pregnant when I found the lump. I decided I wanted to kick cancer's butt. So I signed up for extensive surgery, chemotherapy (weeee hot flashes!) and radiation. I discovered when you have no hair that showers are super quick! I didn't have to buy any razors and I got to sleep in because I didn't have to get up and do my hair ;). It's been almost 10 years and I am not going anywhere. So enough about me. My husband was amazing thru it all, and if I am being honest, he is still amazing, but don't tell him I said that OK?
So, since my ovaries were shriveled and disgusting (those are medical terms really) we started looking at other options.
We ended up adopting internationally from a country named Kazakhstan. I'll wait while you go Google it.....Back? Abbie was 7.5 months old when we got her and she is the smartest and funniest girl. She is 7 going on 15.She tested into the gifted and talented program in second grade...can you see we are going to need alot of help here? She has some anxiety issues and we are working with her on some yoga poses and breathing exercises. The Wii could sneak those in as fun.We thought our family was complete, but nope. Our son was waiting for us, so in 2004 we went back to Kazakhstan for him. He was 14 months old and developmentally delayed (this is an understatement) we referred to him as "noodle boy" for at least a month. Sam is almost 5 and we are so happy that he is ours. He has flourished and is so sweet and so caring. I am just thankful every day. I would love to buy a Wii for them, but international adoption is not cheap. Between a second mortgage and cashing out both our 401Ks, luxury items are not in the budget.
I am sure there are other people who are writing and are funnier, or more elequent, but I will say that we would use it every day.
My DH wants to work out, but since when he gets home I go to work, he doesn't really have that option.
Oh, we made the decision for one of us to be home with the kids. In the beginning there is an attachment period where our children had to bond to us as their parents. They would start crying if we even left their sight. It broke my heart everytime.
My DH is a wonderful father. He loves to spend time with his kids. He knows he has to lead by example, but needs to have some sort of activity he can do in the home. That's why I think the Wii would be perfect. AND we could play as a family. My kids think that "family game night" is the best night of the week.
Thanks for reading. I just wanted to make sure and enter because my we are a great family and we would love a Wii and we would appreciate it forever and ever.
Michele (theindy4atsbcglobaldotnet)
I recently came to the realization that my chances of becoming a Radio City Hall Rockette or Knick City Dancer at this stage of my life are slimmer than Amy Winehouse after yet another crack binge. I simply don't have the inner fortitude and/or rock-hard thighs that would possess, say, a comely steel mill welder by day/exotic bar dancer by night to audition for the one available ballerina position at her town's most prestigious dance company.
Nay, the only physical activity I get every day is jumping to conclusions, running around in circles and bending over backwards for people who could care less. With the Wii Fit, I promise that I will fashion my very own "Flashdance" sweatshirt, define my very own personal best and finally get physical like Olivia Newton John until I realize my long-held dreams. If I win the Wii Fit, I envision myself bending it like Beckham in soccer, swooshing like Picabo Street in skiing and doing the hula like Shakira in her "Hips Don't Lie" video. OK, maybe not Shakira...she's a hard act to follow! Perhaps, more like Dieter Sprocket on an old rerun of "Saturday Night Live" ("Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance!") But, I digress...
The possibilities of what I can achieve both physically and mentally with a free Wii Fit are endless. I truly believe that I could, once and for all, take my cheerleading pom poms out of the velvet-lined glass case I've had them stored in since college and finally pursue my dream of becoming a Knick City dancer and/or Rockette. Sure, the odds are stacked against me, but I'll never know if I don't try!
So, if this concludes the question and answer portion of this contest, I propose that we take it the next level. Bring on the talent portion! Metalia, I assure you that you haven't lived until you've seen me take on a battalion of shirtless men with my gold-plated numchuks that I've named Fortitude and Patience.
Many people clearly want this prize, so I beg you to think long and hard about the finalists of this contest. Your task is not an easy one. May the force be with you.
Best,
bxfrancie AT yahoo DOT com
Over the last few years, I have been on a roller coaster of fitness. I was overweight, then lost a lot of weight and was getting into good shape. I was dedicated, where I wanted to be and felt good about myself. Then, in the last year or so, I went through some things that got me off track. I stopped having time to stay in shape. Stopped worrying about what I hate and what my activities were. I kept telling myself, I would start getting back on track tomorrow. Well, tomorrow has turned into a year and I keep making that promise. But with each day it gets harder. I am really want to go to the gym and work out, but make excuses not to because I am very self conscious. Plus time is very limited with kids and their activities.
Now I have come to a crossroad. The sag in my couch has combined with the sag in my waist and it was an awakening when I struggled just to stand up from the couch. I figure I can either get a new couch or do something to get myself in shape. With the economy going the way it is, I think a couch at this time is out of the question. I see the Wii and Wii fit as the perfect solution to get me back on track. Get me and my family back to doing the things we used to love to do.
Kellie M.
kjr1117@aol.com
I just noticed a couple of typos in the previous post.
I meant to say stopped worrying about what I "ate", not "hate".
And "I really want to go to the gym", not "I am really want to go to the gym".
Sorry I had to post under anonymous. I am having issues with my blogger login.
Thanks for the great contest.
Kellie M.
I actually already have a Wii so I can't dazzle you with a witty story about why I want one. But I did jump for joy when I realized this summer when we were playing with my fiance's family that I could set up a pin number so that no one else could see my weight. Yay! I may still look like the little round one with Wii stick legs, but at least I can play without worrying about others judging me! (Yes, I am a little petty:)
I wanted to leave the 200th comment allowing for more prizing!
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