Mum Lara Roberts has gone from well fat to Wii Fit after losing eight stone by working out with her games console.
When she tipped the scales at 18 stone, Lara 38, struggled to climb the stairs and was embarrassed to have sex with her husband.
But a punishing fitness regime of an hour a day on her Nintendo Wii has seen her go from a straining size 22 to a slinky size 10 in a year.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
This hardcore gamer grandma has put nearly 4,000 days into Wii Fit!
The NPD Group has revealed the top 10 best-selling exclusives in the U.S. since 1995, and Nintendo holds all 10 spots.
And the #1 game on this list is also the #1 game (and accessory) to be found at the local goodwill.
Take a look at the 50 best selling games of all time https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
Nintendo has always had the most mass appeal, my Mother would play Mario.
There's landslides and then there's this. Wouldn't be surprised if the top 50 was mostly Nintendo games.
Woman 112 thanks to getting off her fat ass and being active... Little did she know she didn't need an absurd plastic toy to do it. She just needed the confidence to get out of her house and join a gym.
Most of her progress was done on the change of her diet. It's simply the calorie game.
I had to Google "stone" to learn it is 14lbs. Losing 112lbs is awesome! I thought of getting Wii Fit as a fun way to get active along with walking outdoors and biking. I may just have to give it a go. Although I only need to lose 2-3 "stone" :)
Although, if I cut beer out of my diet I'll lose about 3 stone in two months LOL. I've changed my diet but every bit of activity helps.
Nasty plastic japcrap
Ima wii bit dumber from so many video games.