DDR isn't the only workout program out there anymore, WiiHealthy.com has a workout regimen using Wii Sports that'll help you shed those unwanted Cheetos and Mountain Dew pounds.The website gives a great workout regimen and all, the first example they use is pretty good, a man lost 30 pounds on the Wii workout plan. We're just a little concerned by the second example on the site. A girl named Melany says, "I'm 24 now and wanted to go from 100 lbs to 92 lbs and I did it in only four/six weeks!" Hear that kids, you too can go from being skinny to being, um, skinnier.
Anybody out there lose weight on the Wii Sports? We really can't see how this replaces DDR as the official go-to game for losing weight as a gamer and we really can't wait to see the results when DDR: Hottest Party eventually hits the Wii. Now that's going to be one insane workout.
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I have been doing weight training, as well as 30 minutes on the eliptical at the ymca and 30 minutes on wii sports, 15 minutes on baseball and 15 minutes on boxing. that coupled with a diet and taking the stairs instead of the elevator, I've dropped 7 pounds since saturday.
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And BTW...I have to say that Leg Warmers can have a use. My partner is diabetic and suffers from poor circulation in his legs. When it's cold in the apt here in Chicago, he wears them to bed to keep his legs from cramping up. Of course, it's funny as hell to see a 6'1" bear of man wearing pink or yellow leg warmers and a pair of boxers to bed.
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Working out with the Wii is almost as pointless as the leotards, so I guess the pic works. You can burn more calories doing literally anything than you can playing Wii Sports or playing DDR. The only benefit they have is that if you're particularly disinterested in actually working out, you tend to play for longer.
Get out and walk for 30 minutes and you'll burn all the calories you would have burned playing Wii Sports for 2 hours.
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Wii boxing has got me into a sweat in the past and during the initial first Wii play my arms were pretty shattered! Now play for even longer yet my arms don't hurt... Progress! Even casual play now gets my body going. Which I like.
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as for ohjustsomerandomguy, its true that there are MANY better ways to burn calories, but if its a choice between wii sports or sitting on your ass and watching tv, at least wii sports is something.
I dont think anyone would really lose much (if any) weight from only an hour of wii sports a day though
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Once you get to a weight you feel comfortable with I'd pick up a sport. I always gain a couple lbs around finals as I literally don't do anything and eat excessively because I get bored with just studying. SO I always play basketball everyday for two weeks and can always get my body and stomach toned again. Pretty sexy if I do say so myself.
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After doing that for an hour or so I go home and box on WiiSports for 30 min. In the 2 months I have had the wii and the bike (got them at the same time) I have gone from 280 down to 260.
I know it’s not the best form of exercise, but any extra form of cardio I can fit into my exercise is good for my circulation. Both my parents are diabetics, so I do as much cardio as I can.
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I can't gain a freaking pound!! GRRr
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If I don't get a job, I'll def need to kick myself into working out at least a few hours a day. Go walking, maybe eventually running, take the car out to a remote place and walk in peace, or join a gym maybe during the quiet daytime.
Another option is sleep during day and exercise at night when I feel more awake. I also feel like changing diet completely.
Wii Sports is better than sitting playing virtua tennis, tiger woods golf etc on another console.
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I told myself I would use it every day for light cardio but so far haven't been able to pull the discipline for it
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I could still stand to lose a few more pounds, admittedly, but I lost a LOT of weight when I became a vegetarian a while back. If I can get back to 190, I'll be happy.
I don't think I take in more than 1000 calories a day anymore.
For a lot of people, if you can just keep it under 1500 calories a day you'll lose weight.
I also go for bike rides a few times a week and try to go hiking on weekends.
But that 10 Day Hoodia Diet thing also works pretty good. I tried that about a month ago and literally lost about 9 pounds.
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Sounds like me... Can eat anything and burn it off by the time i've finished burping.
But please do NOT confuse weight with health. You can be skinny and still have clogged arteries. It's not unheard of for people with your lifestyle to suffer heart attacks.
Execrcise man.
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Damn, look at those ridiculous leg-warmers! :-(
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