Wii Fit weight loss experiment a success

Damian Koh | Jun 25, 2008

Here's to all you hedonistic health freaks out there.

Remember Mickey DeLorenzo who embarked on a Wii Fit experiment six weeks ago? The results are out. In the 41 days that he added Wii Fit to his daily routine, he lost 6.8kg, (that's approximately 1.2kg each week) and his body fat dropped 2.4 percent from the 20.8 percent that he started off with.

These are inspiring figures, but seeing the "before and after" pictures really drove home the point of exercising. Or in his own words: "Doing anything involving movement an extra 60 minutes a day (everyday) will result in some sort of weight loss." Wii Fit or not, it's really discipline we are talking about here.

Ironically, that's also something the man doesn't have.

His initial Wii Sports experiment catapulted him into international limelight and it got the attention of many reputable news agencies, from broadcast to radio, to print. At the height of the media frenzy, he was even offered a book deal which, unfortunately, didn't materialize. The man wrote a detailed account of what happened in his Wii Fit experiment results. More importantly, he lost 4kg, shaved 3 inches off his waist and his BMI dropped by two points in that first trial.

But he ballooned to 86kg after that experiment.

The reason DeLorenzo gave was that he "simply stopped playing Wii Sports all together". Of course, other less interesting factors like working 45 odd hours a week as a computer programmer and a whole bunch of new games titles kept him distracted while waiting for the Wii Fit.

It's really all discipline, seriously.

Picture credit: Mickey DeLorenzo

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isaac976 says...
holy baloney ! wow .. look at that stats that guy lost, is that even real? I am a Personal trainer.. but I have never seen those results for people playing video game.. CONgrats Wii !! would definitly recommend my clients to get themself each one set. or maybe two !

Jun 27, 2008 17:01