Lose 27 lbs With Your Nintendo Wii
February 20, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Gaming, Gear, Technology
A study by Liverpool John Moores University finds normal Wii use could burn 27lbs (12.25kg) worth of calories a year.
They studied gamers in the United Kingdom and found that they spend an average of 12.2 hours weekly playing video games. They also found that kids playing a Nintendo Wii more than doubled their energy expenditure when compared with playing other video games. Wii energy levels rose to 156% above resting level, as opposed to 60% above resting level for normal gaming.
That doesn’t mean a whole lot to me, but translated into calories it does. The Wii players would burn 1,830 calories per week playing for 12.2 hours at that energy level.
Point of reference:
I weigh 200 pounds, I am 5′10″ and I run 10 minute miles very consistently. If I were to run 12.2 hours a week, then I’d burn 11,566 calories. This is ~171lbs (78kg) per year.
Sooooo… if you’re going to play video games anyway, get a Wii. My wife and I love ours.
Having said that, you still need to brush the Cheeto-fallout off your shirt and get your fat butt out the door on occasion. In fact, you can go from couch to 5k in 6 weeks, starting today, if you want.
(I’m not endorsed or supported by Nintendo in any way. I do hate Sony. Yes, I’m bitter. No, I won’t let it go.)
I knew it!
I would love to get a Wii. Too bad you can’t find them anywhere.
I love the wii I play it all the time I have the legend of zelda and wii sports too
Wii are in stock at Newitts.com
I just opened my brand spanking new Wii last night. Haven’t lost any weight yet, but boy my arm hurt.
OMGosh the Wii is so much fun!
We have ours for less than a week now and its exhilarating. I overheard my husband at a dinner party yesterday telling his brother-n-law how sore he was from playing the Wii and my husband is in great shape! Ha! 
I hope I lose some weight playing it.
haha comment below me i gt one thr class and i gt the new light sword out 4 wii
i have a wii and so rocks
I just got my wii and it is fantasitc but if you only have one game it sometimes gets sorta boring.
hey , i got my Wii 4 christmas ! I love it was the only thing i wanted i didnt think i would get it cause it is soo hard to find! when i opened it i flip i play it all the time ! u should GET THE WII !
HA! That’s cool! I hate Sony, too. I totally agree with that!
i love my wii…..i have wii sports,supermario galaxy,dragonballz budakai tenkaichi 3and nfs pro street….i really want carnival games and the new wii zapper……..Wii Rocks…….
The wii really does give me a workout. It is no way a substitute for going to the gym
HELLO