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My DH bought me a Wii Fit plus for christmas and so far I have been having a ball using it. I am aiming to use it to earn at least 30 exercise mins each day. Favourite exercise so far would have to be either the flying one, or step. :)
So who else has one, and how often do you use it?
Yep I have Wii Fit Plus too.
Shel bought me the Wii Fit board and game after Jazz was born in 2008, and she got me the Fit Plus game late last year.
I don't get to play it often though, Jazz wants to play and pushes me off so I can really only use it when she is asleep, but I usually have a million other things to do so :redface: it doesn't get used often unfortuantely. I did get on NYE and I'd lost 2kg in just under 8 weeks so YAY! But I wasn't playing Wii Fit so I can't say its because i really put any effort into losing the weight ROFL!
we have it. does it get used...not an awful lot! too hard to do it when DD is awake and when she is asleep have too many other more important things to do! i do like step though!
I too got one for christmas havent as yet been able to use it I am waiting until school goes back so I can use it in peace, ( well I hope I will have to put on ABC kids for DD2 ) I am so looking forward to having a go it will be a huge bonis if I get to loses a few kgs of my legs while I am at it...
I really want to try it out before I buy it.. otherwise I will just buy it and if I don't use it then ebay it goes lol
i have wii fit and the wii fit plus and also the wii active and love them all i try to use them daily but sometimes dont get a chance to
I go through phases - it's really fun though! This year it will be my goal to get into a routine where I use it most days. It's a fun way to exercise, you don't notice 30mins fly past. My boys used to push me off, but now they sit on the couch and watch me.
my cousin has one and claims to have lost 8kg by using and changing her diet...
i'm more of a group fitness gal so not really into it ;).
aussienic- you can borrow our copy of Wii Fit if you like? We have Wii Fit Plus as well, there are only a few differences between them (in Plus you can weigh pets and babies...although wouldnt work for weighing our dog, maybe he is too heavy? Might only for small dogs...) and there are a few extra games.
But you are more than welcome to borrow our Wii Fit...not getting used here...you just need the balance board, do you have that? Balance board can be used for other games as well...
anyway let me know if you'd like it and I can post it off to you so you can try before you buy :D
I've got one & I love it :D
It hasn't had any use since I fell pregnant, but the 12 months beforehand I used it really regularly & got up to almost every day ;)
I started at 30mins & by the end I was anywhere from an hour to an hour & a half.
I found it really convenient for me - DH works nights & is home during the day so to try & do anything with him in the house is painful enough :lol:
I would use it at night - I had a few hours in between when DS would go to bed & when DH would come home..... I was feeling amazing & building up the strength (especially in the stretches/yoga/walking/ boxing) & I was doing all of the advanced sections rather than the easier levels.
DH bought me the everlast steps so I had something harder to try, along with the weights to put the controller in - but I started my IVF cycle & fell pregnant about the same time so they haven't had much of a workout! (give me 6 months & it will be working harder than before to rid the baby weight, lol!)
I think if you make it work for you & set yourself a routine of doing it regularly (I was doing it each night at about 8.30pm - I found if I missed a night I felt guilty :redface: & really looked forward to it the following night) it can be a fantastic form of exercise.
Unfort I don't have a board either :( but thanks for the offer. I think I will buy one in a couple of months. I really think I will use it...:
I did have one used it for 3 weeks then got so bored not getting out of the house.. So that was it.. SOLD it..
hope you have longer better luck.
I got Wii fit and Active for Christmas. Have not even opened active yet. Not cause I don't want to, but haven't had a chance to. Been busy landscaping the front yard and other things. Think I might wait till the kids are back in school too then I only have to put up with Ashton wanting a turn ;)
we got one xmas 07 I used it constanl;y till I found I was go with Luke so early march used it every day for 1/2 hr or more, but while pg I am not allowed to do much so it didn't get used Jase has set it back up so hopefully when we get home from our holidays I will start back
oh I lost 6 kgs in 8 weeks all I was doing was that no change in diet or anything else, and also I found I slept better, and was more energetic :lol: but then that could be cause I was actually doing something besides watching tv LOL
Well so far so good. :) I have been using it for at least 30mins (sometimes 60mins) everyday for just over a week. I weight in Tonight, so I'll see how it goes.
But wow, I didn't realise how unfit I'd let myself become.
well I used mine for the 1st time last night, Good news is that the wii thinks I am 5 kgs lighter then what my scales at home say, but the bad news is I am very unfit, and my wii age is 10years over my real age :o... so best be working on that... funny thig was I did the thing at the begining and wii said what I weighed and told me my wii fit age was 4 years over my real age, then after 30mins on the wii I did that test again and it said I had gained 2.2 kgs and my wii fit age was 10years over my real age... Ummm wonder what happened there...
other than that I had fun, I did a little jog and boy oh boy do I need to improve on that side of things! shocking!
well now all I need to do is keep motorvated to keep going, I am planing on joining a gym and doing yoga and platies ( sp?) as well so lets just hope this is the start of a fitter happier me...
My Wii age changes every day, anywhwere from 20 :) to 44 :( - sometimes in the same day. I am 27yrs old in reality. So I don't really pay attention to the age thing.
I like it, but the way DH has set up the TV makes it near impossible to use :(
We bought ourselves one in the Christmas sales just gone. We've got Fit Plus, sports, sports resort, Fitness First and the Active one. Y'think we went overboard much? :rofl:
So far I've used it most days for at least 30 mins but usually closer to or just over an hour. I haven't really tried sports resort or opened the active one. I figure I can switch between the games when they start to get a bit boring. It's great cause I fit it in around DS's sleep and avoid housework :lol:
My fave game atm is the cycling and I also love the obstacle course but haven't tried everything in Fit Plus yet.
I love sports resort. I decided I am just going to buy one.. A few stores have great sales on either Wii Fit or the Wii fit plus so I think I will go for the Wii fIt and board and then buy the Wii Fit plus
Whats the difference between the 2?
i got my wii fit plus out last night man it was fun
loved tehhula hoop one lol
hubby had lots of fun laughing at me.
will be getting it out daily when im home and using it while DD2 sleeps :D
i love the scales as i am down 8 kilos from my pregnancy weight and already below pre pregnancy weight :D my goal is 65 kilos so lets see how i go :D
I have one & to be honest i was getting a bit bored with it because it's the same thing over & over. We've now bought the step extender thingos to make it more of a workout. I think in combination with another game, Active or Fitnes First it can be great.
Nic I'm not 100% cause we only have the Fit Plus but I think they're basically the same except the Fit Plus has an extra section of games/exercises to do that the normal Fit doesn't. I'd just get the Fit Plus if I were you.:
I've got Wii Fit & Wii Fit Plus and I agree - just buy Wii Fit Plus, I do think it's better but still reckon you spend too much time stuffing around with all the different screens and buttons. Still good fun and some exercise tho!
I think the Wii fit plus supercedes the Wii Fit original disc - I had the first one for a year and then got the plus for Christmas and when I first put the disc in, it downloaded the info and I havent used the original disc since.
The extension for the step is great. I do between 10 and 30 mins on the free step most days and it really gets the heart (and sweat) going. WIth just the balance board, it almost seems flat after using the lift thing. I have found that it's harder to get top scores on the step aerobic games, you seem to be a split second slower in getting the 'perfect' over the 'ok'. Has anyone else found that ?
I've lost 6.5kg this year on the Wii and watching what I eat. I have seriously had a cadbury/mars/lindt etc free year thus far. Until this year I worked part time in a service station, so too much temptation there. I am a single parent, so I can't get out at night for walking and walking with the kids doesn't really work as exercise if you're trying to build up some speed.
Cheers,
I haven't got this, but I have the Family Trainer. O lordy I get puffed!!
I too am a fan of wii fit plus. DH and I got one after xmas and after playing the fun games i have started to do at least a 30 min muscle and yoga most week days and one day of weekend. I then do step, hula hoop, obstacle course and other balance games if time or later in day. DD like to laugh at me, she thinks it is a hoot and i love her mii - looks just like her! Housework? - not important.
I do not like driving and have no air con in car so getting to the gym for mums and bubs class has not been attractive with bub. I just talk back to my "trainer" if he is getting cheeky. (Like I KNOW my leg is wobbling all over the place, and no I am not giving up just checking on baby). The Wii is so useful to just put on in DD's morning sleep and then after the workout i have a better outlook for the day and sleep better at night. I did not realise how weak i had become.
I like the idea of the extra step thingy and will look into it. Just wish bubs would sleep more than 45 mins.
I'd love to get one but it's all about the $$... a friend has it and she LOVES it, gets on every day while her girls are at school.
Good luck with it, hope you have fun.
I got mine from DH for Christmas too :)
I used it heaps and heaps... until DS started getting clingy during the days and that's almost a month ago now, so I haven't been on since then :(
I'm feeling really guilty atm, I haven't used mine for 6 whole days!!! May have to jump on it this afternoon.
Hun, don't feel guilty.. I haven't used mine for almost a month now! :doh::