I wasn't as faithful to my Wii Fit regimen this week as I had planned. Houseguests and work have made it difficult to spend much time on the balance board. I weighed in most days, but I didn't engage in many exercises. Ended up doing just three good workouts and putting in a total of about two-and-a-half hours.

However, as promised last week, I did focus on Wii Fit's yoga exercises. In fact, I've unlocked them all, including the scary looking Shoulder Stand pose, which had me balancing my entire body on my shoulders and elbows (but not on the balance board—Nintendo had the good sense to keep players on the floor for this one). My Wii coach said the Shoulder Stand was supposed to help my “inner harmony.” Unfortunately, I found the pose made my neck feel as though it was about to snap, making it difficult for me to achieve any sort of accord between mind and body.

I also unlocked the final balance game. Dubbed Lotus Focus, it requires players to sit cross-legged and motionless on the balance board while watching a candle slowly burn itself out. As I sat, I heard a variety of sounds emanating from all around me, including wood creaking under the weight of footsteps and mosquitoes buzzing—distractions designed to break my focus. They weren't very successful; I managed to sit still long enough (three minutes) for the candle to extinguish itself on my second try.

Not much new on the aerobics front, save free runs and longer shadow boxing workouts. I unlocked a new stepping routine, but I still find the cardiovascular value of this activity questionable; it didn't even cause me to break a sweat. I am, however, now officially addicted to the Hula Hoop activity, which never fails to get my keister moving and my heart pumping. I think my friends and family fear that I may soon buy a real-life hoop.

But the Hula Hoop is just one activity. As I feared, my interest is starting to wane in many other of Wii Fit's games and exercises, which is perhaps why I didn't make more of an effort to fit in as many workouts this week as I have previously. We'll see if I feel the same way over the next few days.

Here are this week's numbers:

Weight: 179.9 pounds  (Down by 0.2 pounds this week, 2.1 pounds overall. It's not Slim-Fast, but at least I'm heading in the right direction.)

Body Mass Index (BMI): 27.27 (A drop of 0.08 this week, down 0.33 in total.)

Wii Fit Age: 29 (An increase of 7 years. Again, I've found this figure can fluctuate by decades from day to day depending on the random balance tests I am instructed to take, so it seems a somewhat useless indicator of one's fitness.)