Several years ago, probably about four I decided I had to get fitter and hoped that by doing so I would also lose some weight, especially if I tried to diet at the same time! I used to be very sporty, as a child I cycled everywhere including 4 miles to school and back every day, and I was also a club swimmer, training every day and swimming between 30-40 miles every week. There was also the other training, weights and circuits for swimming, plus sport at school, hockey and netball in the winter, rounders and tennis in the summer; plus a couple of years where I spent all the summer and much other time canoeing on the river. So as a child, well, young woman, I was pretty fit. Going away to do my degree was the end of my sporting activities; I was a ta Poly and I don’t think there were any sports clubs… maybe there were, but certainly not the number of different activities available now to students. I still walked a lot… but I also did a lot of other things which weren’t exactly healthy, on a limited budget and with a lot of studying to do, late nights, and evenings in the pub… well, you get the picture.
As an adult I didn’t do that much exercise, I played squash for a couple of years but I was hopeless and there is only a certain amount of being soundly beaten that I could take! I did Tai Chi for a couple of years and loved it and benefited from it… I took up rowing, but much as I wanted to be good at it, I was hopeless!
So when a couple of years ago I wanted to improve my fitness I couldn’t think of what I could do; strangely, after living my young life in a swimming pool, swimming now bored me. I am no good at racquet sports, no good at running, too old for judo or karate or such, I don’t like aerobics, I know I wouldn’t stick at going to a gym…. I’d bought the children a Wii for Christmas and had a few goes on it… and then began to take it seriously.
I went on the Wii every day for about two years, worked really hard and lost nearly 3 stone… and was much fitter! Then various other things happened and I lost the routine… and the weight crept back on… not that much, only about 10 pounds, but I feel less fit, and I want to lose that weight again, and a bit more!
So… I am back on the Wii, and even after a week I feel the difference! I’m not aiming to lose weight quickly, just steadily, and if it is only a pound or two a fortnight, then that will be fine!
http://loiselden.com/2012/12/30/wii/
Lois Elsden 
I have a Wii Fit too but only used it for a week and got bored (that was 3 years ago!). You’ve been given me inspiration to pull it out and try it again!
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I think once you get used to the different games and you begin to try and compete against yourself it becomes almost addictive! Some of the games also took a little while to ‘get’ – I struggled with heading the football for months and my daughter used to be virtually on the floor laughing at me, but suddenly I ‘got’ it – and now I’m the champ!
Do try again… you’ll really feel the benefit!
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Yeah, some of those games were too crazy for me, I would get a headache playing them. I still use my Wii from time to time but it’s mostly been for Mario games, no moving around needed there! I’m actually getting excited to try the Wii Fit again thanks to your blog post!
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Good! some of the games require little movement but a lot of concentration, strengthening your inner core muscles I think. There’s one where you have to get balls into bins of paint which I find really relaxing, so i usually do that last to finish off!
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