Saturday, January 20th 2007
Nintendo Wii helps man lose weight
The Nintendo Wii has been getting some bad press as of late, with the (formerly) weak wrist straps rumored to have lead to a class action lawsuit. However, after six weeks of owning a Nintendo Wii, a proud owner has noticed something. After not changing his diet (actually eating more for the holidays), and working the same hours, he's lost nine pounds. This is very likely to be the first time a video game system has helped anyone lose weight. All 25 year old Mickey DeLorenzo had to do was play Wii Sports for 30 minutes a day, and watched himself get thinner. You can read the full blog, complete with graphs and before/after pictures, here.
Source:
CNN Money
18 Comments on Nintendo Wii helps man lose weight
i'm pretty fit, but good video game press is always a plus in my book
make that a big
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You need to be swinging it really hard, have a poor grip (very possible for young/old people) or just generally be screwing around in order to toss the wiimote through your TV
Edit: oh yeah, and we've lost some weight too :P not to mention its dayumn hot watching her swing her booty around doing the wii fitness test of a morning...
I do not buy that people are breaking the straps it is pretty hard to lose the controllers, people just want $$$ which they wont get much in class action. I do bang them together though sometimes when I am throwing punches.