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Wii fit/Sports

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MrsSnape · 27/12/2008 10:38

Has anyone found the wii sports/fit games useful for weight loss?

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PestoMonster · 03/03/2009 17:49

DD1 says you have to go on the highest jogging level you've got and do it repeatedly and you will eventually unlock the 30 minute one.

Theresa · 03/03/2009 17:40

thanks

tatt · 03/03/2009 14:33

Can't actually remember but some of the things unlock after a certain amount of time, or if you do a certain amount of time on the shorter versions of that exercise. So to unlock the longer jogging try repeating the short jogs. I hate the jogging - gives me half the score OH gets when he seems to be working half as hard.

It's worth trying the yoga, it helps tone you up. Unless you stick to the two exercises that just involve deep breathing or sitting still you may not find it quite as relaxing as you think.

Unless you are doing a lot of aerobics Wii Fit is better for toning than for weight loss.

Theresa · 03/03/2009 12:56

can i resurect this thread please. How do you unlock the 'long jog'. I assume its the last one on the aerobics screen, its the only one i've not unlocked. I've done 30 mins of stepping while watching corri and that was great, legs felt like jelly afterwards so that must be good (?). I have noticed that you seem to unlock stuff while doing something unrelated ie it keeps telling me i've unlocked a new yoga position and i never do the yoga (cant see the point, if i want to relax i get a book, a coffee or a biscuit - or preferably all three!). Can anyone remember what they were on when they unlocked the 30 min jog I can see I'm prob gonna have to do some yoga to get it!

SameAsYou · 07/01/2009 12:59

Hi Stefka

You jog in front of the board and hold the remote and the sensor from the board catches your rythmn & speed.

Stefka · 07/01/2009 11:58

I don't have one and am very jealous of you all. Can you really jog with it? How does that work?

SameAsYou · 06/01/2009 20:44

I had a go on my friends Wii Fit today on the Hula Hoop section - I loved it!!!

I did 175 spins/wiggles on my first go - although the girlies laughed at me as apparently i spin to the left when they all spin to the right. I wasn't very good at catching the flying ones though!

I think I might need to get one!

dearprudence · 06/01/2009 13:49

Have you created lots of other Miis as well? If you do, they appear in your games as referees or fellow-joggers. It's very cute! We have a full set of Beatles Miis.

dearprudence · 06/01/2009 13:48

Am loving the Wii fit - the toning exercises and yoga are very good but the fat burning stuff is pretty low level. BUT... you can add in any other exercise you've done (like a step class or a long walk) so it's very motivating.

mimsum · 02/01/2009 15:33

slightly off at a tangent but does anyone know where I could get a NSTC version of Wii fit - dh has brought back a wii from abu dhabi but didn't check what region it was and it won't play pal games so we've only got wii sports (which is fun ) but I'd love to get a wii fit too

IllegallyBrunette · 27/12/2008 17:56

I have just discovered that I may need to wear a sports bra when jogging lol.

CharleeInPantoPaperChains · 27/12/2008 17:55

Your Mii is the character you make to represent yourself in some games, i think it only makes it fat for Wii Fit, i think its to encourage you to make it nice and slim again.

mysterymoniker · 27/12/2008 17:54

just on wii fit, jesusofutopia, phew!

BUT I HAVE LOST 3LBS SINCE THIS MORNING - how does that work, after 3 course lunch plus loads of turkish delight?

TheTwelveDAISYofChristmas · 27/12/2008 14:42

and...what's a Mii?

jesusofutopia · 27/12/2008 14:16

If it makes your Mii fat, does it stay fat all the time in other games too? or just on wii fit?

MerlinsBeard · 27/12/2008 12:06

i lost 1lb in a few days with our wii fit (nobody dare say it was water retention)

i am really enjoying it and can see that i will stick at this kind of FUN excersice rather than huffing and wheezing down the streets of where i live red with embarrassment because i run like Phoebe(from friends) and everyone can see me!

ghosty · 27/12/2008 11:30

I pulled a muscle in my arm the first week we had ours. And DH broke the living room light.
I wanted Wii fit for xmas but they were sold out so I will have to wait for my birthday ... (march)

mysterymoniker · 27/12/2008 11:11

I hate the way it randomly adds weight to me, throughout the course of about 10 minutes

maybe my floorboards are uneven?

CharleeInPantoPaperChains · 27/12/2008 10:57

I have unlocked everything on Wii Fit, i haven't been on it in ages though, i got miffed when i first went on it and (yes i know i am overwieght) the bloody thing made my Mii porky.

MrsWeasleyStrokesSantasSack · 27/12/2008 10:54

only 2 hours you are such a novice

ByTheSea · 27/12/2008 10:53

I've been poorly this week, so haven't had much energy to play, but am definitely planning to use it that way. DD1-9 is already amazing at the step aerobics and the hula hooping (must be the years of dancing and gymnastics classes).

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MrsSnape · 27/12/2008 10:52

I had a little go on tennis last night and found myself getting really wound up at "Stan", the mii man who kept scoring impossible points!

(I say 'a little go', I think it was about 2 hours or so )

We don't have wii fit yet but I'm seriously considering it.

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ClementFreudsGreatestAdmirer · 27/12/2008 10:51

sorry Queen i knew that came out wrong as soon as i pressed post. our wii is 2 days old and i'm a novice but i really didn't know the remote could talk. i'm so excited i want to neglect the children all day and play on it.

IAmTheNewQueenOfMN · 27/12/2008 10:48

you obviously dont have a wii do you

it talks to you and makes appropiate noises for the ames you are playing
TIS THE BEST
I love my wii and my wii board

IllegallyBrunette · 27/12/2008 10:46

I am hoping it will help me with toning up and weight loss.

Mine said I was in ideal weight range and my wii fit age was my actual age, but I know I am not at all fit and I am carrying a tiny bit too much weight so would like to drop half a stone and tone up if possible.

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