We got a Wii Fit a while ago. It weighed us, asked us some questions and redrew our Miis. This is me. It was rather alarming. I think those of us who don't like looking at our own bodies develop great skills in avoiding them. We glance away from flickr or hide behind our hands. But something cartoony like this confronts us with how we probably look to the world.
My only successful effort at fitness ever was, not surprisingly, while I was working at Nike. It involved lots of nike+ing and only eating bacon. But I've put on 2 stone since then, so action needs to be taken. One thing I know about myself is that I work well with measurement, boxes that need ticking and new gadgets so I'm pinning some hope on continuing with the nike+, and adding these two:
They are PushupFu and Weightbot, apps for the iPod/iPhone. These things feel like the future to me. They're both brilliantly designed, focused and simple but with enough complexity to be interesting. They're not stripped back and minimal, they do a simple thing but they do it with oomph. There's fun in the details. You might call it playful utility. Splendid things.
And, I'll be tracking myself at daytum because a bit of semi-public display of failure is always motivating. But I'd love to go further than that, I'd love to a personal version of this, a page where I can stick all the daytum panels, and the nike+ widget, and other bits and bobs, and it would just make it look nice. Does that exist?
Anyway.