See, when this week began, I found myself a little frustrated that my weight loss seemed to plateau around 178. I'm not doing that much dieting, really, just watching my portions and trying to ease back on the junk. So with the limited cardio available in Wii Fit, the pounds weren't melting off as much as I would've liked. So I decided to run every day, because that seems to be the best aerobic exercise the game offers. In fact, a couple days during the week, I actually had some time in the evening, so I did a little boxing and jogging there, too.

Now that I'm running more, I'm getting tired of the same scenery. And watching the Miis jog alongside has lost its luster as well, although I still get a chuckle when they trip. There's a whole lot of paths that you run by, so how come you never get to take any of them? I recall once in the beginning jogging across like, a robe bridge, but I've never seen it again. Why can't I jog through the windmills instead of around by the lighthouse? Why include all these paths if they're never going to be used? Because I'd assume that even if the path is randomly generated every time you run, I'd have seen at least a couple alternatives since I'm doing it every single day. I've also begun finding a strong pace to run at. You can't go too faster than the trainer or the game scolds you, but you can quicken your pace a bit more. I even got 241%, whatever that percentage means. I think it means I did over twice as fast as normal. You know, like 100% is how you're supposed to go, a baseline or something, so 200% is twice that. Of course, it's not like Wii Fit explains any of this, so whatever.

I'm still finding myself amused by some of the quirky little moments in the game. Once I did the step with Jesus on one side and Satan on the other. Typical, really, stuck in the middle... Oh, and one time I went to do the plank challenge — for the fourth or fifth time, I think — and the trainer told me: "I'm feeling a little off today. Come back again later." The hell? The game is too tired to accept my challenge? So I couldn't do the exercise. Weird. At least I got a minute of credit, even though I didn't do anything.

And since I'd been able to do 10 push-up/side planks pretty regularly without falling over, I figured I'd give it a shot and go for 20. I really wish they'd given you 16 as an option, though. Going from 6 to 10 was doable, but 10 to 20 was quite a shock to my withered upper body muscles. It was as tough as I thought it would be, but I managed to get through it! Then the next day, I did it again, and pushed through the pain once more! Go me! (Of course, after you finish, the trainer says that when you get used to it to do more reps, so I live in fear that after doing 20 reps for a handful of times, it'll urge me to go for 30! Yikes!)