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Look at the distance between his neck and the position of the window in the before and after picture. He moved over to the left. That's distance is enough to cover the door knob with his waist in the after picture.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/your vision is 20/20, right?
Look again at man's waistline - he definitely lost a few pounds.
Once he's lost more than 20 you'll notice a difference in the overall appearance. ]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
With the exception of a looser pair of pants and some judicious use of the Photoshop clone tool on his lovehandles. (The side shots at his site are similarly doctored.)

No sir, I'm not buying this. I buy that it *could* happen, but not that it did in this case. This guy's trying to get attention, and he succeeded.]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
I have seen a lot of people diss on the exercise value of this because you CAN just flick the wiimote. How about a scoop of STFU? :) Like Mickey says, you need to get up and move. When I box, I'm trying to actually BOX (though the controller does NOT react right to ACTUAL boxing moves) with full motion.]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
"I turn weaklings into Wii-Men!"

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/906.html]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
I turn weeklings into Wii-Men!
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/906.html]]>Jan 18th 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
large picture:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/358854545_0cc450662b_o.jpg]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
"Oh, the doorknob is missing, fake, fake!"

No it isn't you fools. Look at his arm - he is just standing further to the left in the shot. You can see wall under his right forearm, and the doorknob is behind his body. ]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
the door handle is behind him the 2nd one.

If you follow your mouse up from those racing stripes on the wooden floor and go straight up, you'll see in the left photo that the door handle is about a half a mouse-pointer to the right. If you do the same on the picture on the right, the door handle would be directly behind him.

In fact, that blur that people are commenting about is probably the door handle out-of-focus.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
You can tell by his chest anyway that weight is lost.

- Tin Foil hats?]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
Anyone serious about playing video games to exercise should look at the DDR series on PS2 / PS / XBox / Dreamcast / etc.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
But I see no change in anything in this photo. But even with my 20lbs I lost, I could tell my pants were loose. went from 40's to 38's. And the only change in the before and after photos I could see was that my belly button was more flat with my stomach, and not facing slightly downward.]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
My wife and I have lost 10lbs each since new years by walking 6 miles/wk. For most people it just doesnt take a lot.

--J.B. (5'11" 185lbs)
http://www.thesimexchange.com/ (Not my webpage, but pretty cool)]]>Jan 18th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/]]>Jan 18th 2007 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
http://www.thesimexchange.com/]]>Jan 18th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
this story about him losing weight on the wii is not exciting or intresting. you can get more exercise spending 10 minutes a day doing crunches and push ups. ]]>Jan 18th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
Wow, you heard it here first...]]>Jan 18th 2007 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.basicfunction.com/doorknob.swf


Next thing we'll hear is that he's a terrorist...]]>Jan 18th 2007 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 18th 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/

Great article!
Tim
www.hackmiiwii.com]]>Jan 18th 2007 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
The video you've embedded above looks suspiciously-nicely-done enough, but the Rocky homage video is way too nice to be plausible. It's got multiple fixed camera positions, which one regular dude could indeed do, but only if he had a buddy to mind the camera while he ran past it. Otherwise, though, I'll only believe video like that if the person running is Les Stroud.

Why would you do that, if you were genuine? Why? Unless, of course, you wanted to make a funny promotional Wii video, because someone was paying you to do it.

In this debased modern age, the above makes me 90% sure that this is Fake Viral Bullshit Example #12734.

"Honest and accurate", huh?

I want to believe. I really do. But, as yet, I am unable to.]]>Jan 19th 2007 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 19th 2007 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 19th 2007 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/Jan 23rd 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
In addition the brighter second photo looks better and is another way to trick the mind. Looks to me like he just took one photo after the other.]]>Jan 28th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/wii-sports-experiment-sheds-nine-pounds/
Did he loose 9 pounds or 7, was it doctored or real, did we truly land on the moon? Who cares. The point is that physically, if your going to play a game, an active system like the Wii (Or DDR) is going to be healthier than a non active one.

Take it for what it is, an excuse to actually ENJOY working out by gaming.]]>Jan 27th 2007 12:31AM