Blogger loses weight on the Wii

Posted Apr 1, 2007 at 10:53PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: J. R. Cook
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Yep, it's another one of those Wii weight loss stories, but this time around, its about 27 year-old Iowa-resident and blogger J. R. Cook. Going through his 80-pound Wii weight loss plan and documenting it on his own blog, he has brought himself to international fame, forcing his site to shut down, simply because it reeled in almost 11,000 hits in just one day.

After a month, he had already lost 11 pounds and began to observe a healthier eating habit, just by playing tennis, boxing, and bowling on the Nintendo Wii with Wii Sports. Now reported even in the local and national news, Cook still continues to inspire people to purchase a Wii and go about playing games for a healthier frame and bodily function.

This new lifestyle, known by many as exergaming, is such an amazing phenomenon that even health and sports organizations are eyeing the Wii to provide that lifestyle to usually unhealthy gamers. And since the Nintendo Wii caters to men and women, old and young, and even the former non-gamers, the Wii will probably make it's stand against competition as the console for the new generation.



 
 
 

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by Joey - 2007-04-01 18:10
» This is going to blow up soon

Here's a dude that did this a while ago and has a book coming out and 100's of media appearances, maybe the two can team up and tour gyms or something, hahah



http://wiinintendo.net/2007/01/30/wii-sports-experiment-from-digg-to-book-deal

by El Xando - 2007-04-01 19:50
» Wow

That's amazing, though it is his fault for being fat in the firts place :)

by GiveHaste - 2007-04-02 06:53
» ..

Not necessarily.. How a kid is born and raised has a lot to do with their weight in the future.. Since the parents have to feed their kids food, it's up to them how healthy the child eats.. If you feed your child McDonalds for a few years with happy meals until they are old enough to decide what they don't and do want to eat, that can greatly shift how they eat.. A kid grown up on greasy, fattening food is likely to keep eating this way until adult hood. That's why you should start with healthy food early, and it's not entirely a persons fault for being "fat", or overweight.



As for the losing weight thing on Wii, if you actually played Wii sports you will notice that there is actually a lot of work into playing (especially boxing). Me and my 2 friends played WiiSports all day and were tired as hell afterward.

by J. R. Cook - 2007-04-02 11:46
» Thanks

Hey, thanks for the mention.



I just wanted to say something, the website is still up and running, just I ended up experiencing the Digg Effect with it when it made it to the front page of digg.com last month and it crashed the website. I should have chose my words a little bit better in that interview.



As for my weight, yes, it is my fault. If you'd see pictures of me in high school I was a decent weight and in shape as I played a lot of sports. I started playing as tight end in varsity football and did a lot of weight gain type stuff in school. When I hit college I stopped working out and also had several years of depression and low self esteem issues, that was the period of time I gained all my fat. My weight hasn't really changed all that much since that time.



But now I'm going to do something about it and get back into shape. So yes, it's all my fault in the first place, but the difference between me and others is I'm going to do something about it and I'm going to do it by doing something I enjoy.



I also didn't catch the link to my site here, but feel free to visit http://wiiweightlossplan.com for my updates. Thanks!

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