Wii Fit Review-I lost 60 pounds
Since losing this weight, I have created the Wii Mommies Community with some friends. Click on ‘Wii Mommies‘ to be redirected to that site. The Wii Mommies exist to encourage and support weight loss for all people using the Nintendo Wii gaming system. You can read inspirational articles or head to the community to meet other folks just like you trying to get fit for themselves and their loved ones. Look forward to seeing you there!
How I lost 60 pounds
I used to be a skinny girl. I loved being a skinny girl. When I got pregnant with my first I weighed 126 pounds. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a buffet that could keep me down. I was a power eater. I just didn’t get full. I’d only stop eating when I was sick of chewing the food.
My Life B.K. (Before Kids)
I ended that pregnancy at 178 pounds and was furious with myself. I just assumed I could eat all I want and it’d just fall right off when I had the baby. I even nursed him a full year and was excited because I heard nursing is a workout in itself. Well not for me. I was starving. Those extra calories I burned producing milk led me back to the buffet. I was weak with hunger and because of this, my weight stayed up.
Shoot forward 2 years and I’m gearing up for my second child. I start this pregnancy at 160 pounds. I wasn’t too intent on losing the weight since I knew I was planning this pregnancy. I told myself I’d watch what I ate and exercise daily. Then I’d deliver and *POOF* – I’d be skinny.
7 months pregnant with Jake
I started off great, and was really paying attention to my body. I got my husband to get me a treadmill, swearing I’d walk daily and get in shape. Wrong. I was so sick my first trimester I could barely get out of bed. I lost touch with my friends and neglected my poor toddler. It was all I could do to get out of bed and drag myself to the couch. My husband called in to work to take care of Jake when he just couldn’t sit around watching TV anymore.
Once the second trimester came around and I started feeling better, the hunger from the first pregnancy revisited itself. I won’t go into detail but I came out of it at a whopping 220 pounds. I couldn’t even look at myself in the mirror. This time, the motivation was for real.
The ONLY picture I ever allowed taken (205 pounds)
I started the South Beach Diet and really got to working out. I did. I had a great workout video I loved and had worked for me in the past. I did this all religiously for a few weeks and didn’t lose a pound. My knees hurt from the high impact aerobics and I started to lose hope. Then came the Wii Fit.
I hadn’t ever heard of Nintendo’s Wii Fit. We already had a Wii and I loved the interaction it provided my family. Our team bowling was a blast. One day, my husband emailed me the link to the Wii Fit and tells me he thinks it would work for me. I’m not competitive, but with my husband I have to win. We decide to get it and see who can achieve their goals first. His to gain and mine to lose.
Let me tell you, the first five minutes I stepped on the Wii Fit balance board , I was motivated. If any of you are familiar with the Wii, you know that you have the ability to create a likeness of yourself, known as a “Mii.” I loved my little Mii. She was tall, Blond and skinny. Imagine my surprise when I boldly step on the balance board my first day to get my weight and BMI assessment and my skinny little mii starts swelling as the scale charts my weight. Suddenly I have a chunky Mii and my BMI was way above where it should be.
My husband went straight to the strength training but that all bored me. I wanted to play games. I tried out every single game and played them all until I unlocked them in the advanced levels. Each day I’d log in and get weighed and that scale started to move. All I was doing was playing games. I was floored. Soon, I was so good at these games I thought I’d try the yoga and strength sections.
Now, to this day I still can’t balance without being next to the wall, but eventually I devised my own workout routine and it really worked for me. My joints weren’t sore and my body started to change. Over the next few months, I dropped down to 160 pounds!
4 Months After I started Wii Fit, Size 12 (Singing Karaoke)
I am the last person to think you could actually lose weight playing video games, but I did it. I live for my Wii Fit. I brag about my wii Fit and I know I’ve been the cause of at least 5 people I know purchasing the Wii Fit. When I travel out of town and can’t be with it, I do the exercises from memory or play as a guest on someone else’s. For the first time in years, I weigh less than my husband.
Finally, I’ve found something that motivates me to work out. Your ‘coach’ in the game will notice if you skip a day and will say something to you about it. Its a home gym and more. There’s rhythm boxing, tightrope walking and Yoga. You’ll know if your Yoga pose it right, because the balance board makes you center yourself and tells you where you need to be.
I’m fit using the Wii Fit and I’m glad. I don’t have many photos of myself immediately after pregnancy with either child, which is why I posted me pregnant. I didn’t want to get in front of the camera. In fact, the few I posted here I didn’t want taken but was talked into it. No one has ever been shown these photos, I only put them in to illustrate my progress.
This is more than a product review, this is simply how I changed my life. After years of failing workouts and miserable diets, the Wii Fit in combination with a healthy diet gave me the means necessary to achieve my goals. I don’t even have to use the low carb diet anymore. I trained myself to control my portions and I’ve never felt healthier. Like my brother told me- “I fit, you fit, Wii Fit“.
One Year Later and I’m a size six from the use of both EA Sports Active and the Nintendo Wii Fit! Check mii out!
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You look fabulous girly!
I gained onl 30lbs with my pregnancy & dropped 40 in the 1st 2 weeks after birth.
Sadly, it all come back & then some when I returned to work b/c I was bored & ate all day. Not to mention my dh worked out of town so after E went down the night, I got down with the Oreo’s, the chocolate & the ice cream.
My sil just got a Wii Fit.
I think I will put it on my Xmas list!
I think you hit the weight loss on the head. You found an activity which you found fun. Your husband has weights, you have the wii.
Great Job!!!
how awesome!!! i lost a ton of weight on Weight Watchers, but have been looking for a way to keep it off and keep active – i used to have a walking routine, but now the toddler wants to walk (rather than sit in the stroller) so i don’t get much of a work out :-/. five pounds has already creeped back on… we have a wii, so i know what i’ll be asking for at christmas!
congrats on all your success!!!
Daddy sends kudos & love.
Keep it up – er, off.
You look awesome! Thanks for sharing that post! I really need to check this out!
I never knew Wii had a Fit game. I wanna play! I lost my baby fat to the treadmill which I’m sure is not as much fun as the Wii, lol.
Hi, that’s great !
There’s some wonderful thing for my wife now.
Thank you !
Dinh Trung
Can’t afford the WiiFit right now, but you may have motivated me to get back to my calorie counting… I so want to at least be a size 12 again. I am not aiming for the skinny girl I once was, but I felt pretty good as the average girl.
Well, I can’t say my weight gain was caused by pregnancy — I have no kids! How sad is that? My husband thinks I might do well if we had the WiiFit and now I’m starting to think he’s right, reading about your great success with it. Maybe I will tell him it’s OK to buy it for Christmas! Thanks for sharing your progress and congratulations.
Good job on your weight loss. I’ve been thinking about getting one of these. I’ll have to talk to the hubby about it.
You look amazing!
Wow! You look great. Maybe I need to get a wiiFit too! I am guessing that I am back up to the weight I was when pregnant. Not a good thing. I need to lose 50 pounds.
You are beautiful no matter what weight you’re at!
We have the regular Wii games and sports, and I have to say I work up a sweat even playing just bowling (Yeah, I’m a wimp), but I may have to convince dh that we need a Fit given your great review of it.
You have really inspired me! Your legs are to die for!! I went to try to find a Wii Fit this morning and they are ALL out! Its the hot new Christmas Item. I think I am going to get out the tennis today and get busy! Thanks!
I loved this post. We got the Wii fit right when I got pregnant with our second. I’ve been using it while pregnant and plan on using it when I’m done. Thanks for the inspiration!
Great job! I have a treadmill that is VERY stationary. Need to get back on it… Trying to get the kids to ask for a Wii for Christmas, so maybe I’ll get the Fit to go with it! Thanks for sharing your story. I have to force myself to get into pictures with my kids, so they know I existed when they grow up.
Consider me convinced and inspired. We’ve had our Wii for a year. I’m going to get Wii Fit this weekend.
I had my daughter a year ago and I can totally relate to what you went through. I am only now losing the weight I gained with her.
Julie (love your name – hee, hee), as I was reading your story I could relate to it all! This happened to me as well, but I haven’t lost the weight…YET! I finally just bought a Wii Fit at Target last week (it’s tough to find one in stock) and told my husband we’d put it under the tree, but after reading your story…I called and told him it was being hooked up tonight cause I was going to get in shape!
I know you’ve inspired so many with this story! Thank you!
Damn.. Look at those legs at Karoke! Nicely done..and Congrats!
Awesome! I want one now! The key is finding something you enjoy and can keep at, or else it never works. I was once a skinny girl and am in he process of losing 30lbs…to get back to well, not skinny but almost skinny…I am halfway there.
WOW!! You look amazing! I am so proud of you
Wow – you look great! I asked my DH to get me a Wii for Christmas along with the Wii fit. I blame my weight gain on menopause and quiting smoking. But It is out of control at this point. I never had to worry about my weight all these years so now I have a hard time trying to diet and excercise. You are truly an inspiration to me. Thank you for sharing!
Oh you look gorgeous girl and i awe you hehe because we are in same size now but actually when i first came here in US i am just 119lbs and now whaaaa….. When i got pregnant i gain a lot i weight 175lbs and becaus ei want to loss weight i got it but only 35lbs. loss. But its ok at least i am size 12 and sometimes size9-10…. Good luck for your workout girl…
Wow! Girlfriend, I am inspired!!! And I needed inspiration in this area today!
Is there a Buffy workout? You know, where you kick a bunch of vampire a$$ and then chase Spike around until you knock down a house together?
You know something tasteful like that?
So loved reading this. I’m on week 2 of my Wii Fit. My little Mii got pudgy too. I am excited to read about your workouts or any tricks that you have found. I want to lose about 20 lbs. I aim for 30 min. at a time at least 5 days a week. I was never a skinny girl, but I want to get back to being a fit girl.
I know how you can put on 235 pounds. Lay down.
you really give me inspiration for to do something with my body. thanks a lot
you look fantastic and thank you for sharing! I just asked hubby for a Wii Fit for Christmas because I am battling the post pregnancy bulge (2 1/2 years later).
It’s great to hear you had such succes!
That’s awesome! I’ve been stalking a Wii Fit for a while, there are never any in stock. Probably even less now that it’s Christmas.
At least the treadmill at the gym has a tv…
Congratulations on your weight loss! You look great. I’ve had the Wii Fit since it’s been release but felt like it wasn’t working so I quit. After seeing your story, I’ll definitely have to start it again! Thanks for the motivation.
Wow! I’d love to see your daily routine! Congrats on the weight loss!
Wow. That is awesome. I’ve told my husband I wouldn’t mind if we got a Wii, and now I want that and a Wii fit! You look great, btw!
wow! congratulatulations, you look great! Now I really want to but that wii fit!
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Wow that’s very interesting. I’m glad you lost that much weight and are now healthy back again. How interesting you did while playing video games! That last pic was great.
I’ve heard a lot about the Wii Fit. Thanks for sharing. I’ve been trying to lose baby weight for years now too. I was skinny too before having kids. Thanks for the inspiration!
Absolutely amazing! That is so awesome, congrats! Hmmm, maybe I need to as Santa for a Wii Fit too!
I’ve been hoping to get one for Christmas and I’m glad to read how much you love yours! Now I’m psyched to get one.
Congrats on your weight loss!
I want a Wii Fit. I have played the regular Wii games at a friends house and seen the commercials for the Wii Fit. It looks fun, and its exercise, Woo Hoo. Too bad there kinda pricey, someday Ill get one. Hopefully soon, I need a fun way to exercise.
HA! My daughter’s WiiFit told me I was OBESE! I screamed even though I already knew it was true. I played a few games and I wanted one. You have confirmed. Thank you.
I have been thinking about buying this since I heard about it’s launch – now I am going to get it! Thanks for the motivation and sharing your story. I had always been skinny too but after a fall and getting hurt I stopped working out and have never got back into it (2 years later and 40 lbs heavier) off to go shopping
How cool, I really want to try this! I would love to know about the Wii a little more first, though… we don’t have one. My husband and I were thinking of getting one but we ended up getting a Playstation 3 instead (which I don’t play and don’t really love). What kinds of games do you like or your husband like on there?
We love the Wii Bowling that comes with the wii. We have a family bowling league. It’s part of ‘wii sports’ that has Bowling, Golf, Baseball, Boxing and Tennis. We LOVE Mario Kart, which has a steering wheel so you’re really driving. I downloaded My Aquarium from Wii ware and it’s a neat screen saver for your tv and you can decorate the fish tank and pick which fish you want. There’s a kick ass scuba diving game and tons more. I love anything I can interact with. Playing video games with a controller is one thing, but actually holding a controller and golfing with it is just too cool!
WOW WOW WOW!!! We have a Wii Fit. We’ve had it for a while, I was convinced I’d work out more, and I haven’t. I need to get back on it, and after hearing your story about loosing 60 lbs, now I’m more determined then ever. Perhaps I’ll start a blog about it and update it week after week doing the Wii Fit. I think my main challenge is EATING more than exercising. I just can’t stop eating all the yummy things that my body craves, and doing this during the holiday season is even harder, but I must do it. I have to do it. I’m disusted at the weight I let myself get. After my first pregnancy I ended up gaining 75lbs. HOW did I do that?!?! 2nd pregnancy I lost a few pounds but apparently over the next 3 years I’ve managed to put on more instead of loosing more.
You’re an inspiration!!! My Wii Fit is being brought back out tomorrow!
Wow – congratulations. Your weight loss story is awesome and inspiring. I have about 20 pounds I could lose. My hubby could stand to lose a few as well. We don’t have a Wii, but your post about the Wii Fit is very interesting – I will show it to hubby and maybe we will get one.
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Congrats! With my first I gained …. SIXTY pounds … breastfeeding killed off most of it, but when I stopped, my weight inched up to where I was still 20 pounds heavier than my prepregnancy weight. (at 5′2″, that’s a HELLUVA lot)
After #2 is born in April, hopefully I can get the hubby that the PS3 is just not enough, so he’ll get me a wii and wii-fit for my uh, giving birth present.
Awesome you look great!
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