Wii Fit or Aerobics

United States
March 30, 2010 5:46pm CST
I have been over weight most of my life by about 40-50lbs. When I start something I can always get into it and then I end up falling off..I use to do a lot of walking and then I stopped. My hours at work prevent me from doing a lot since it is a lot of hours out the day but I need to stop making excuses and do somthing. I always watch infomercials and I see products by beachbody.com (Turbo Jam, P90, P90x,insanity) and I always want to try it but I ge frusturated if I can't get the move done correct. But I want to do someting and I don't know if I should get the Wii Fit or suck it up and get an aerobics video. Any suggestions on which is better and why? ThanKS!!
6 responses
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
31 Mar 10
I would be biased on the Wii fit. We already have the Wii system and a few months ago, I was seriously considering buying the Wii Fit. That was when it first came out, and all the Best Buys near buy was always out of stock. But if only I could find the time, I wanted to do the P90X. Now there's one infomercial on TV seems to work on me.
• United States
31 Mar 10
I was going to get it around Christmas and it was sold out everywhere the bundle pack. But I made a New Year's Resoultion to lose weight and it's already April so I want to get onto something. I just want to get more active if anything...
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
31 Mar 10
Same here on the new year's resolution-April already thing.
@simon2g (14)
• Australia
4 Apr 10
You probably can't stick to the exercises you're doing because you find them boring, try enlisting social support, find someone who wants to walk with you, so you're forced to walk because you don't want to let them down by missing a day. Set yourself rewards for doing exercise like watch 30 minutes of TV because you went for a walk around the block. Although it is great to do exercise, you need to eat a good diet, which is high in protein and low in 'bad fats' which are saturated fats etc. Fats are essential to our body, and the function of our heart, so make sure you do have fat in your diet, or get it from a supplement such as flax seed oil, this is a great fat for your heart.
• Australia
4 Apr 10
I left out a detrimental part to the answer of your question, why not perform both activities? Remember the saying, the more the merrier? and you will sure be merrier once you've lost that weight. They can both be fun, especially the Wii fit.
@harmonee (1228)
• United States
31 Mar 10
I would maybe start with the Wii fit. It gives it to you real about your weight and how you are doing the moves. We have the wii fit and my husband and I just started doing P90X. It's still HARD. I teach aerobics for a living and still have a hard time doing those workouts. The Wii will help you get the muscles moving in the right way to do the moves before embarking on the super adventure of P90X.
• United States
31 Mar 10
Thanks for commenting. I think the Wii fit will help at least with my balancing and poses so I won't be messing up too bad. I just don't want to feel like a fat person who can't do anything but I like work out. I don't like just walking I want to do something
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
25 Jul 10
Select an exercise pattern to suit your life style. All of us have different life styles and professions so there is no sense in trying to follow the book strictly. Try and follow an exercise routine that is suitable for you. You have to understand that even more important than the exercise it is sticking to it. So unless you choose something that can suit your life style, you are not going to stick on to it.
• Philippines
31 Mar 10
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• United States
31 Mar 10
Thanks! I will definitely look at it!
@karen1969 (1779)
26 May 10
I have used many keep fit DVDs over the years, but I find the Wii Fit Plus is much better. As the exercise on the Wii Fit seems more like fun, it is easier to keep motivated to do it every day or 5 times a week. You can build up your minutes in your Piggy Bank on the game and you get awards throughout for getting best times or highest scores, so you have little goals to work towards to and the Wii Fit Plus keeps a graph of your weight, time spent, etc. so you can se your progress.