About a year ago, one morbidly obese (er, a tiny bit chubby) man began a quest to find out what happens when you stop being polite and try to exercise via Wii Sports (see above). Apparently after losing 9 pounds, dropping two points from his BMI, and 3-inches from his waist, he's ready to go again, this time with the
Wii Fit. Sure, it sounds like a second-rate
Super Size Me publicity stunt -- and it probably is -- but who doesn't want to see just how lean the Wii's newest accessory can get you? Now, the tubby 191 pound man will run himself through a rigorous Wii Fit program for five shocking weeks. The stunt has already scored him an early Fit from Nintendo, so there's no telling where this could go. We expect to see an Adonis or skeleton when it's all over, pal -- either will do.
posted May 2nd 2008 2:01AM
Well, seems Nintendo has faith in their product. If the guy doesn't lose any pounds it would be quite funny
yeah.. 360 and ps3 get GTA IV and wii gets this...
Yeah, not like it got Mario Kart and Okami too.
Not to mention Smash Brothers, which for some reason seems more popular than God...
And of course, Wii Sports... it may be basic, but I find myself playing that more than all the other games.
@Rowdehaj Mario Kart is not more popular that god....... of wars.
"One of these things just doesn't belong here, come on can you tell which one..."
He's cute.
He looks emaciated in the second photo, and perfectly healthy in the first. I'm not buying a video game to become anorexic.
Okay, I guess he's a wii bit thinner...
Ba dum pish!
Nice one!
Yah, I can suck in my gut a Wii bit too, so I look like I'm "thinner"... ;o)
Oh.....wow.
Ya got any more of those?Wii would love to hear them.
All he did was lose muscle. . . .
Look at the pic, he has less abs and his arms are smaller.
Exactly my thoughts. He looked stronger and more fit in the "before" pic.
He looks like a loser in the second pic.
Also notice how he looks paler? Sunlight is your friend.
Srsly tho, I would trade muscle mass for cardio, seems healthier to me.
In case you are confused like I was that the summary doesn't match the photo, the pic is from his previous, wii sports experiment.
The summary by engadget plus the photo makes this confusing unless you read the article.
Look at his ass in the before picture...
Yeah.
Although it shames me to say this, I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed...
Haha, I was going to say.
stuffing your ass is worse than stuffing your bra.
He explained that his jeans bunched up in the ass area in the "Before" picture making his ass look perkier. LOL
This pic looks shopped. I am not a Wii hater by any means. I just see a lot of artifacts in the second photo not present in the first.
But even though here come the low ranking.
I was gonna say the same thing; I can tell by the pixels. I've seen quite a few in my day as well, so I know.
...
Can you spot at least 4 more differences between the two panels?
the picture is clearly retouched!! come on I can't think you really thought it was real...
just look at the borders they're not natural and clearly retouched by hand... now even a great retouching job I'd say. Wake up!!!!
So, the guy lost 9 pounds playing Wii Sports, and since then he's GAINED 19 pounds?
Wow, and I thought that the fact that I've gained 10 lbs. during my freshman year of college was bad.
Maybe it was all (or mostly) muscle that he gained?
i think the wii fit is great.
certainly not an excuse not to go and exercise but its better than sitting on a couch mashing controllers.
Just imagine what a stallion he would be had he engaged in some *real* exercise for the same amount of time... simple stuff you don't even have to leave the house for, like push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, maybe some small-scale weightlifting... the mind boggles. I see the added value of the virtual audience giving you its frenetic cheer make up for a lot though.
BTW, anyone spot his height anywhere?
already done http://www.4colorrebellion.com/wii-fit/
I run/walk every day.
I have had to alter my course twice because of moose.
I have been patted down by police.
I have slipped and fallen.
I have been harassed by horn-happy idiots in a red car.
I have destroyed one pair of shoes.
I don't know if I can blame this wuss for wanting to get his exercise indoors...
Same here, with a few variations.
It was a skunk, not a moose.
Their car was silver, and they were throwing (and missing) lemons.
I know what you mean, it feels like a kamakazi mission every time I go for a walk around the block.
"I have been harassed by horn-happy idiots in a red car."
Oh.... Yeah. Sorry about that. : )
Seriously though, moose AND cops? That sounds pretty exciting to me!
I think what he did is playing wii fit all day in 5 weeks and stopped eating, hahahaha...
If you look at the picture more carefully and compare the first with the second, it looked a bit photoshopped, especially the butt.
172 pounds?!?!
I hope he's around 5' 6" tall, because I know 172 is underweight for a normal sized man.
Not healthy, being too skinny.
Eh? Says here on The Google that the acceptable normal weight range for a man 5' 10" age 19-34, is 134-172 lbs. Looks perfectly normal to me.
5' 10 and 134? are you fucking insane? christian bale was 130 for his role in the machinist and he's only 6 foot tall. the guy nearly killed himself at that weight by being malnourished. two inches shorter doesn't make that much difference.
does this look remotely healthy to you?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/BaleMachine.jpg
if it does I suggest you seek immediate professional help.
5'10" 135lbs can be healthy and look the part as well. Everybody has different bodies. I was right around that for years(actually a little less). I didn't look malnourished or anything. Since I'm a runner, I'm actually pretty cut. I could eat all day and not gain a pound. I changed my workout strategies and made it up to the 140s. Now people think I'm a lot more built and weigh a lot more, but I'm still well under 150 with muscle.
The BMI calculation was developed in the 1830s. It's just plain wrong, and is based on wonky, outdated medical knowledge. We updated everything else about health care, but still use a Body Mass Index created by a mathematician around 175 years ago.
You'd have to be very seriously muscled to be 5'6" 175lbs. and healthy. I'm considered stocky with about 4-6% body fat and I weigh 160lbs.
... and this is the guy AFTER playing Wii Fit
http://www.stane-island.net/goodies/WiiFit20lbs.jpg
Steam Carving has a new meaning now. (Thanks to Stane)
i saw that movie.. it was called "the machinist"
gonna be great when he buffs up to be the next batman
Oh God, it's like Mr. Bean & Olive Oyl's offspring.
Comment of the year? That was great! I laughed right out loud at work.
check it henry
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
yeah, suck in that gut.
Too bad for this guy Wii Fit can't regrow hair.
Yes it can (with a little help of photoshop).
ummm....why should we care?
Well I have been keeping my own Wii Fit Diary, but thought it best not to include photos of my rather unsightly stomach: http://blog.webometrics.org.uk/2008/05/wii-fit-diary-end-of-week-1.html
Yeah. I'm a big fat American, and I think this guy is farking crazy. He's not fat at all. And if he thinks he is, he's got a self-image problem.
It's ABSURD, even Nintendo admit that "Fit" from WiiFit is misleading.
I'm in the design industry.. this pic is shopped..
I lost over 30 lbs in the past year or so. I'll tell you exactly what you need to do.
1. Lift weights. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories you'll burn.
2. Cardio. I biked to work a lot, 18 miles round trip.
3. Eat less. Eat smaller portions, eat out less, when you do eat out, split your meal with somebody or cut it in half and make it two meals.
4. Get a scale. Weigh yourself daily and keep track of your weight. Expect to lose 1-2 lbs per week at the most.
"...eat out less, when you do eat out, split your meal with somebody or cut it in half and make it two meals."
i don't think she'd appreciate that.
Yeah that man's BMI is so over the top! He was chubby? You guys are taking the piss a little? I can't tell are you?
A wholes 9 pounds? Considering most American gamers are really obese this story is quite sad as most American men would love to look like the Mr. Chubby shown. I of course am not fat, just pregnant, it's a new game called Wii Transexual from Capcom.
"most American gamers are really obese"
source?
Too bad he lost all the weight in his ass.
He didn't loose much fat, he lost muscle from flinging something so light around. The weight lifting perspective here, you need to maintain a heart rate of 220-age*.6 to burn fat, and 220-age*.75 to strengthen your heart. he lost a little fat from more focus on the game, and lost a lot of muscle. he shouldn't have fame so that other people try this pathetic attempt.
Totally agree, Until now, I'd never seen anyone who made themselves look worse by exercising.
I lost 30 pounds (5 pounds a month) just by walking an hour on my lunch breaks and not eating like a retard.
Seems a lot cheaper than this.
Fake (photoshopped)
I didnt know loosing 9 pounds gives you a boner.
It's 181 pounds....NOT 191
This is for all the people saying that this has been photoshopped.
Photoshop can do just about anything to a picture... except change the camera angle. Look closer. It hasn't been photoshopped.
And to the people saying he lost muscle mass.... Do you even know how the human body works? You need to lift weights to GAIN muscle mass. MAINTAINING muscle masss is easy. You can even do it with a light aerobic routine as long as you are excercising the muscles regularly you will keep them regardless of the amount of weight you are lifting.
He looks healthy and strong in the first picture. He looks slightly underfed in the second picture. I don't know about his actual muscle mass or anything else. I do know that he made himself look worse.
If he lost fat, shouldn't I be seeing MORE detail of his muscles, instead of LESS?
Already been done: http://www.4colorrebellion.com/wii-fit/