Confirmed: hours playing Wii help you lose weight

One man, through an on-the-fly experiment, has managed to prove to the world that yes, besides being a video game console, the Wii also doubles as an exercise machine which can help you shed those pounds you gained over the Holidays.

A feat that has warranted coverage from Reuters, Mickey DeLorenzo came up with the idea of the “Wii Sports Experiment” back in early December, after a sweaty round of Wii Boxing. After realizing that what he just did practically counts as a work out, he then outlined a six-week regimen. The plan was to simply play Wii Sports for 30 minutes a day, without any form of dieting whatsoever, and see what happens.

From what he chronicles in his blog, the results were apparently more than he hoped for as he was able to lose up to nine pounds, and all that with just a total of 21 hours of playing the Wii. As proof, he provides the requisite before and after photos of himself, as well as charts which show his progress over those six weeks. On top of that, he also has a good amount of notes about his method, and a compilation video which shows how he did what he did.

Meanwhile, we find this whole thing to be rather brilliant. After all, it’s still better than having to plod through those crazy exercise videos or use the treadmill, for that matter. God bless the Wii.

To check out DeLorenzo’s notes and find out how he did it, just click on the “Read” link below!

One man, through an on-the-fly experiment, has managed to prove to the world that yes, besides being a video game console, the Wii also doubles as an exercise machine which can help you shed those pounds you gained over the Holidays.

A feat that has warranted coverage from Reuters, Mickey DeLorenzo came up with the idea of the “Wii Sports Experiment” back in early December, after a sweaty round of Wii Boxing. After realizing that what he just did practically counts as a work out, he then outlined a six-week regimen. The plan was to simply play Wii Sports for 30 minutes a day, without any form of dieting whatsoever, and see what happens.

From what he chronicles in his blog, the results were apparently more than he hoped for as he was able to lose up to nine pounds, and all that with just a total of 21 hours of playing the Wii. As proof, he provides the requisite before and after photos of himself, as well as charts which show his progress over those six weeks. On top of that, he also has a good amount of notes about his method, and a compilation video which shows how he did what he did.

Meanwhile, we find this whole thing to be rather brilliant. After all, it’s still better than having to plod through those crazy exercise videos or use the treadmill, for that matter. God bless the Wii.

To check out DeLorenzo’s notes and find out how he did it, just click on the “Read” link below!