Wii Fit Plus allows you to weigh your pet
This just in from the Associated Press: Pet owners can weigh themselves with their furry friends on Wii Fit Plus. The updated system, which launches Sunday, lets players create avatars of their dogs and cats, enter information such as their pet’s birthday, and use the scalelike Wii Balance Board controller to weigh themselves and their pets. The game continues to monitor the pet’s weight alongside its owner. It does not have any training exercises for pets, but rather several new features for users, including three strength training exercises, three yoga activities and 15 balance games.
Hmmmm…sounds a little kookoo to me, but then again I could delude myself that some of my weight is actually Miguel or Frankie’s weight. (BTW: gratuitous picture of Frankie at left.)


Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt.