How to Lose Weight with Wii Sports

Purchase your Wii., Set your Wii up once you get home., Open your Wii sports game., Do a Wii fitness age test, or you can simply start training., Decide which sport you're going to play., When you get thirsty, stay away from the tonics, juices, or...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Purchase your Wii.

    Most game retailers will sell them, however due to high demand you may have to be put onto a waiting list (which could be anything from days to months, depending on the popularity in your particular area and whether or not there are other game retailers in the vicinity).

    You could also scour the internet on sites like eBay for second hand consoles if you can't afford one brand new or you simply can't wait on that list any longer!
  2. Step 2: Set your Wii up once you get home.

    Follow the instructions in the manual on how to plug it into your TV and sync your Wii remote (If you have purchased more than one remote).

    Everything you need (eg Wii remote, Nunchuk, cables etc) will be included in the package. , Your Wii sports game will be included in the box your console arrived in.

    Remember it is very important you use the wrist strap as there is a chance it could come flying out of your hand during game play and injure someone.

    It could also damage possessions like that very expensive TV you might have. , Aim to do 30 minutes game play everyday on Wii sport.

    Make sure you use full body movement, e.g. when hitting the tennis ball, do it as if you were playing real tennis, moving around and using full swing. , Boxing is really good and done right, you can burn ~125 calories per 15 minutes.

    Golf and bowling don't require you to move much and thus aren't very effective. , Guzzle water instead. , Even if you don't change your diet, it is still possible to lose weight , It takes dedication, patience and motivation for anything to start happening. , If you really can't be bothered, get up and try it anyway.

    If after 10 minutes you still feel lethargic, stop playing.

    However you may start to enjoy the movement and continue to play the full 30 minutes.
  3. Step 3: Open your Wii sports game.

  4. Step 4: Do a Wii fitness age test

  5. Step 5: or you can simply start training.

  6. Step 6: Decide which sport you're going to play.

  7. Step 7: When you get thirsty

  8. Step 8: stay away from the tonics

  9. Step 9: juices

  10. Step 10: or other high caffeine

  11. Step 11: sugar drinks.

  12. Step 12: Keep your original diet if you want to

  13. Step 13: or you could cut out sugary snacks and substitute healthy fruit and veg to speed up weight loss.

  14. Step 14: Don't expect results straight away.

  15. Step 15: Keep at it!

Detailed Guide

Most game retailers will sell them, however due to high demand you may have to be put onto a waiting list (which could be anything from days to months, depending on the popularity in your particular area and whether or not there are other game retailers in the vicinity).

You could also scour the internet on sites like eBay for second hand consoles if you can't afford one brand new or you simply can't wait on that list any longer!

Follow the instructions in the manual on how to plug it into your TV and sync your Wii remote (If you have purchased more than one remote).

Everything you need (eg Wii remote, Nunchuk, cables etc) will be included in the package. , Your Wii sports game will be included in the box your console arrived in.

Remember it is very important you use the wrist strap as there is a chance it could come flying out of your hand during game play and injure someone.

It could also damage possessions like that very expensive TV you might have. , Aim to do 30 minutes game play everyday on Wii sport.

Make sure you use full body movement, e.g. when hitting the tennis ball, do it as if you were playing real tennis, moving around and using full swing. , Boxing is really good and done right, you can burn ~125 calories per 15 minutes.

Golf and bowling don't require you to move much and thus aren't very effective. , Guzzle water instead. , Even if you don't change your diet, it is still possible to lose weight , It takes dedication, patience and motivation for anything to start happening. , If you really can't be bothered, get up and try it anyway.

If after 10 minutes you still feel lethargic, stop playing.

However you may start to enjoy the movement and continue to play the full 30 minutes.

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