Weight Watchers - Wii Fit!!! :)

Hello Ladies,

I invested in a Wii fit last week and absolutely LOVE it so far! I was just wondering how many other ladies use the Wii fit/balance board and what results they've seen so far? Also, what exercises do you typically do and which do you recommend to get a really good cardio workout????

So far my regular daily routine with the Wii looks a little like this

30 minutes free step aerobics
10 minutes super hoola hoop
10 minutes free run (interchanging between jogging and walking)
10 minutes of either yoga or strength training
10 - 20 minutes of plain messing around with the other games! They can be sooo much fun and sooo addictive!!

:carrot::):p
Thanks for the input!

I always feel the most sore after boxing and the second level step (done 2 times) which is strange b/c they do not leave me out of breath, they just work the muscles.

I love my Wii Fit too!
I am starting now to do the Free Run.
I love it because for a starter it gets ya going and so far it seems to be working.
I too love all of the other games and exercises on there.

To me it was worth the investment.

I'm trying to do the free run also. I try and jog through it or power walk depending on the day. I figure that if I keep doing it consistently then eventually I'll be able to run the entire thing.

I find space an issue though when it comes to free run. I get bored running on the spot so now I sort of jog around the basement!!

OH see I turn on the TV and jog/run to the free run. It helps me not think about the time. Right now we're overseas and are in an apartment, so I don't have a "house." We are moving to NC Jan 5th and are looking forward to buying one though.

I love my Wii Fit, but don't use it as often as I should. I'm looking into the Wii Fit Plus, but I need to do some more research on it.

love it!! do it all several times a week but not all at the same time. I really like the bike race and the running. the Wii fit plus is really nice too and its one heluva workout. I like the resistance band:D

oh the kick boxing is cool too

We don't have a Wii Fit yet, but I want one! My parents have one, and one sister. Every time we're at my parents' house, the kids get on it. It looks like so much fun. I just never get up the nerve to try it there.

We don't have a Wii Fit yet, but I want one! My parents have one, and one sister. Every time we're at my parents' house, the kids get on it. It looks like so much fun. I just never get up the nerve to try it there.



next time try it you will love it:D

I have it.!! I love it , I bought it because it actually has 15 more games..I have had it only for like 5 days..But let me tell ya I have been on it everyday..usually about 30min in morning and 30 in the evening.. I love the hula hoop, and the free step..I wish I could speed it up though!!!..The Run kicks my butt..I can do the small run/beginner but I have to build up to the 10 min run where im just starting out..the first day I got it..just the small run left me totally out of breath..Because I never excersised..But now..Im like "Is that it" hahah, but anyone wanting a wii fit plus..Its great!!!!!!! :carrot:

The Wii Fit is the best investment I ever made.My 15 year old daughter was 187 pounds and I was getting nervous about her weight.We bought her the Wii Fit and she started playing everyday.She now weighs 143 pounds.:carrot:It was the best thing to get her moving while playing games.I just bought the Plus and am loving that.The Kung Fu is also a great workout.That and the boxing really make you feel it in your arms.I wish they would have a longer step aerobics.That is my favorite.I'm trying to do it everyday to get me moving.

I agree, I wish the step aerobics could be higher intensity. Even if you speed it up it's still not really that fast!!

Hopefully Nintendo will release some new Fit stuff soon!

yep love the plus too I just got done with 45 mins of playing AKA sweatin my butt off :D great investment!!

err i'm new to the Wii! What's AKA?

also known as sweatin my butt off.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh now I get it. LOL

Sounds like I need to get one of these!

it's a really great investment!! :) Just finished 45 minutes!

My husband bought a wii for the kids a few weeks ago. I protested the expense (we bought it used, so it wasn't as bad as one would think) as well as the need for my two kids to have yet another reason to sit in front of the TV or video games.
I guess I am not enlightened about movement being part of this and I have seen the kids standing while using it, at least.
What simple things can be done for a person who has never used a gaming system in her life? I have resisted for years any desire for electronic amusements. I do sewing, quilting, crafts and tend to not take an interest in electronic stuff.
Is it easy to use? Are you really not bored?

My husband bought a wii for the kids a few weeks ago. I protested the expense (we bought it used, so it wasn't as bad as one would think) as well as the need for my two kids to have yet another reason to sit in front of the TV or video games.
I guess I am not enlightened about movement being part of this and I have seen the kids standing while using it, at least.
What simple things can be done for a person who has never used a gaming system in her life? I have resisted for years any desire for electronic amusements. I do sewing, quilting, crafts and tend to not take an interest in electronic stuff.
Is it easy to use? Are you really not bored?

Hi Derry, the Wii fit is not just your typical sit on your butt video game its a great work out and for someone who hates excercise it helps alot it evaluates your posture and makes you aware of your center of balance tracks my weight loss and BMI its a great incentive to keep working out when I first started using I couldn't do the one mile run and now the avanced run is getting too easy. I love the kick boxing and the bicycling yoga I have bent like that since I was a kid there is nothing like the Wii fit plus to help a person get excersize ;)

I love my Wii Fit and have put the Plus on my list to Santa lol.
I haven't been using it much because I joined the gym at the end of July and have been going there most days, but the other day I couldn't make it for my planned swim so decided to get the Fit out and have a play. I LOVE the little man telling my how much I've lost since I last played lol, and I had good fun working out. I did some step and super hula, as well as a couple of muscle workouts and yoga poses and it was nice to do something different from the gym, so I think I'm going to plan to have a Wii day next week instead of one of my gym days and see how that goes.

that's Cool Loving! have a Wii day!! I have put together my own home gym so far I bought a bow flex for strength training and my boobs are toning up LOL and a treadmill for cardio and the Wii when I want to get exercise disguised as just plain fun!!!

Thanks for the info, maybe I'll have my kids show me what to do and at least try it.

Feeling very sad today due to the shootings in TX and Orlando, FL. If any of you are effected, please know how sad everyone in our country is. I shall never understand, never.

Derrydaughter, have you tried it yet???? :p

I think the Wii is fabu! Obviously, its not as intense as running for 60 minutes on a treadmill but it's definitely better than sitting there watching the tube with NO exercise whatsoever!

I have the plus and I love it. I have nothing to compare it to mind you but from what i've been hearing there are more games on the plus!

I think I might invest in the resistance bands soon! I think it would be really cool if Nintendo could come out with some type of stepper that they could incorporate in the Wii. That would be super cool! :D;)

i sold my wii fit game on ebay, and bought the fit plus game (already had the board from when we got the wii fit original last year). and i love the new fit plus! its awesome.
i found online the other day that Everlast has step risers designed to go under the wii board to make it 3" taller - so its more challenging and more like a real step. the set is about $25 - which could help increase the intensity of step aerobics game and such. also everlast has teh 2 lb dumbbells to fit on teh remote and nunchuck - to make it more of a workout with weight training ;) think those are like $20 or so too. i plan to get both.
i love the boxing - i do the 10 minute boxing on the fit plus (or original) and give it all my efforts and burn about 250 calories in that 10 minutes, so its an awesome workout. my arms are a bit sore, but i know i worked them pretty good :) lol

Feeling very sad today due to the shootings in TX and Orlando, FL. If any of you are effected, please know how sad everyone in our country is. I shall never understand, never.

Thanks so much for your concern for our fellow soldiers. It has been scary and has shaken all of us in the community to the core...I think many of us are still in disbelief....but they have upped security all around the base, and have soldiers all over post at the doors of the buildings to make sure we feel safe - even at the on post schools. which makes me feel better about driving around on post and taking my daughter to school each day - since we live on post and my hubby is currently deployed. Luckily my hubby was able to contact me shortly after it happened so he knows we are safe, and are counting down the weeks till he returns home.
Oh btw, I live on the base where this happened....our surrounding towns have been wonderful about donating blood for those in need and helping and being supportive any way they can.

Army Wife, our hearts and prayers are with you. Yesterday in church, we has special prayers for the people, the families, the victims. Also, my family attended a Veterans Day concert in the afternoon and a moment of silence was observed before the playing of the National Anthem. Our speakers referred to the bravery and sacrifice of the day. Also, I am the NH coordinator for Home of the Brave Quilts, we make a quilt for the family of each military loss since 9/11 and we are already busy making quilts for the families who lost loved ones.

Getting back to the topic, I do want to say that there are obviously extra add-ons that one needs to buy for the wii in order to do certain things. We have a basic wii, we can do tennis, bowling and simple things like that.
What are the best add ons and how expensive?

the Wii fit personal trainer is great and the resitance band and nunchuck and balance board we got ours at BestBuy.I don't remember exact price but you can go online and look. I bought my first treadmill this weekend so I will be mixing it up between the Wii, bowflex and the treadmill so I wont get bored because I am the type if exercise gets boring I wont do it.

The Wii fit board set us back about 100$. That included the board and the new Wii Fit Plus game! So far that's all I have. One day I probably will head over to Walmart or Besbuy and look for the resistence bands!

the wii board and fit plus game is usually $99 plus tax. My mom bought me the BL wii game for $19.99 (plus tax) at Kmart this weekend, but normally its $39.
I know my mom looked in Target and found out that their BL combo and Fit Plus and board bundle was online deal only for $137 (which is an awesome deal for what you get). so she's getting that, since she wants the fit plus and board -and BL game, plus it gives her the BL cookbook, etc.

Thanks for the answers, will have a family chat here and see what makes sense for our family. I've still yet to try this.
I wonder, will I be bored?
Boredom is my biggest foe when it comes to any form of exercise. I've had tapes, videos, etc.
I recently joined Netflix and when the movies come, I get on the treadmill and watch them, that is helpful to me to have something to watch that is not boring.

Yesterday we bought the wii fit package. Instead of sitting on our butts watching TV after dinner, DH and I took turns snowboarding and doing all sorts of wii fit things. I'm a bit sore today, but it's a good thing.
I'm proud of myself!
I'm looking forward to doing it again this morning. I was embarrassed by it's measuring me in front of my husband and when I stepped on the thing, it went "oooooohhhh" like I was really heavy. Oops. But, then it did the same for him.
It classifies me as being "overweight" with a body mass of 29. I was sad, but it's a good thing, I guess, as it was quite motivating.