Man's Wii Fit experiment comes to an end, 15 pounds shed
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jun 23rd 2008 12:29PM
posted Jun 23rd 2008 12:29PM
As you may recall, Mickey DeLorenzo rose to some degree of internet stardom a little over a year ago by dropping a whopping nine pounds using Wii Sports as his sole exercise routine and, after packing on a few pounds, he decided to give it another go using Nintendo's latest weight-shedding wonder: Wii Fit. Unlike a certain other would-be success story, DeLorenzo actually managed to complete his experiment, and the results are fairly impressive. After 45 days, he managed to shed a full 15 pounds, or about 2.56 pounds a week, and he dropped his body fat % from 20.8% to 18.4%. Of course, DeLorenzo admits that doing anything involving movement an extra 60 minutes a day will result in some weight loss, but he seems pretty sold on the benefits of Wii Fit, saying that it made it "especially easy" to work the training into his daily life.
Looks like ryan block:
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/05/ryan-wii-fit.jpg
...No.
THIS IS SUCH BULLSH!T and I don't care about getting low ranked... PENN AND TELLER NEED TO PRESENT WII FIT FOR THE BULL IT IS.
If you STOPPED EATING FATTENING FOODS and decreased your daily caloric intake to 1600 calories, you could lose twice as much weight SAFELY without needing that plastic piece of garbage.
If you WALKED 2 miles daily at the end of your day, you'd lose twice as much weight without that PLASTIC PIECE OF CRAP. and you've save over $100.
Wii Fit is a crutch for stupid people who think their nintendo is gonna change their lives. I bet that guy will gain back all that weight and then some after he puts that balance board in his closet due to lack of good software for it. He'll probably gain another10 pounds extra.
LOW RANKED
Flashpoint,
I think you expect too much out of people, from his first picture, all that guy would have to do to lose that kind of weight is leave his office chair and drive to the park and sit around and cut his soda pop intake by half. Maybe go for a bike ride a couple times a week???
I know from my own personal workout regimen, I would actually lose performance and gain some fat if I lowered myself to the wii workout...
Also, I think is is still kinda fat to weigh 176 lbs with those chicken legs and biceptless arms. If he is gonna go with that scrawny weakling sort of body structure he still needs to lose another 20lbs an go for a long distance runner look.
And oh look, he discovered that your muscles bulge when you work out and it feels good;) Maybe he isn't hopeless after all?
Flashpoint....
You just never learn do you?
You're not getting low ranked because of what you said. You're getting low ranked because of how you said it.
You're not wrong. You're just a douche.
@Flashpoint
Yeah, because walking 2 miles is the epitome of fun. Last time I went walking, I nearly crapped my pants with glee. God forbid people try to have fun and work out at the same time. Also, walking and exercise alone will not work your core stabilizers the way yoga and a balance board can. These muscles are important for naturally pulling in the abdomen and for athletic performance.
The fun workout is the one that people will keep doing. But, by all means keep crying about it.
@Flashpoint
"I bet that guy will gain back all that weight and then some after he puts that balance board in his closet due to lack of good software for it."
Very likely true. And I don't think that anyone is either implying, or is under the delusion, that WiiFit has some magical weight loss powers...the dude hisself ADMITTED ANY EXERCISE ROUTINE would probably accomplish the same thing.
I think the bigger point is that over the 45 days of the test he DIDN'T put that balance board back in the closet. You know all those AB workout devices you see in infomercials ? Guess what, virtually all of them work (accept that on that looks like a crossbow...that's just stupid)...IF you actually use them regularly and eat a healthy diet. Trouble is, most people don't stick with them, because they're really any more enjoyable than doing regular old isometric crunches (which truth to be told are just as effective as any gimmick). But if the WiiFit adds a fun factor that keeps people on track...they'll see results they might not have otherwise.
Call it a cruch, call it a gimmick, but if it helps people shed a little weight and spend less time rotting their minds with daytime TV, where I ask you is the harm ?
Actually Flashpoint, the point isn't that Wii Fit will make you lose weight any more quickly or efficiently than walking or biking or jogging. The point is that it's actually fun to use because it's a "game". If you can get some lazy ass gamer off his couch to play, and as a side effect, he sheds a few lbs and his heart gets just a little bit healthier, that's a good thing. There's something to be said about standing up playing Wii Fit vs. sitting on your ass playing Halo. While the former may not be a miracle weight loss program, it's certainly better than the latter. And any form of exercise (especially with the stat tracking) does make you think more about your health and lifestyle. Perhaps Wii Fit will encourage those lazy ass gamers to get into more intensive exercise.
@Flashpoint
I think it was pretty clear in the article and to everyone reading it that Wii Fitt isn't magical or anything. Any caloric deficit is going to cause weight loss, sure. Some people just might have a bit more fun doing it in their living rooms with friendly animated characters encouraging them on and pretty charts and graphs.
I think the problem here is that people are diluted into the idea that one size fits all for people on a diet.
Man, increased activity in the legs and upper extremities may increase blood flow in some people, allowing their metabolisms to use the body fat stored in them more efficiently.
Works for some people. Personally, i tried lean cuisine, lost 40 pounds. Then, i added in a little movement, (wii fit, skating, swimming) and lost another 10 and gained a little muscle.
Like everything else in life, different smokes for different folks.
He got taller too.
if you compare the angles of the shots, the second one is taken from a lower height, thus making him look taller. yay perspective
the first shot is also really blurry
It's like I'm looking at that "Spot the 10 differences" section of Highlights magazine.
Seems he also lost some hair...
Obviously not the same person. The guy on the right only has one wristband.
And the other's blurrier, too...
@Tom
very funny man. made me laugh this morning.
e-gadg's contract with Mr. Blurrycam stipulates that at least one pic on any post must be sourced to him. Unions and all that.
did it make his eyes sharper too?....no glasses on the new pic(...just a
random thought floating in my head)
uh yeah thanks - we got it the first time and it wasn't funny then either
Not only that, but he also learned how to focus a camera. Most impressive.
Of course he lost weight, any one can lose weight if they just got off their ass regularly. This and all the equipment you see on TV are just gimmicks to get you to do so.
Which leads to the question - what's wrong with that, exactly? The Wii Fit makes exercise maybe a little more convenient, or less boring, or more inviting... so what's the problem? If the end result is that people exercise more, I can't see how you could possibly have a problem with that.
@zak
sounds like you are just lookin' for a fight whippersnapper. the guy didnt say anything was wrong with it.
@ bolezhinkov
When something is referred to as a gimmick (whether directly or not) you almost expect to see a response like Zak's, especially on a tech blog...
And he got a better camera
Oh shit, I need a Wii and Wii fit. Fuck my xbox 360 and xbox live, I wanna lose some pounds.
Buy a PS3 then... :)
(I'm in the UK, hence the joke....yeah I know, it sucked :( )
It was pretty good actually :-D Made me laugh!
Why thank you kind sir :)
Maybe I should give up my day job....
*sits down like the lazy slob he is*
Sam.. BOOO!!!!
(+1 for making me wince)
Yeah, sorry about that..
I will clean up after myself...
omg I so want to delude myself into thinking I have a life cause I play Halo with other people over Xbox live all day while sitting on my ass. Sorry, I'll keep my Wii Fit and my life OUTSIDE of video games, thank you. I just don't have the time to build up my kills on a game to be "cool".
I love how the "before" picture is blurry.
Apparently his vision improved too -- he no longer needs glasses.
he put his glasses on the camera.
I think he got bit by a spider or something.
Oh wait.. they already made a movie about that
Of course he lost weight, any one can lose weight if they just got
off their ass regularly. This and all the equipment you see on TV
are just gimmicks to get you to do so.
I don't think adding line breaks made your post any more intelligent.
i gave you a +1... dont worry... i agree...
if you actually get up and move around for an hour a day, YOU WILL lose weight... Walk the dog a little longer, walk around the house during commercials, or if wii fit is what works for you, then use wii fit... as long as people try to get healthy and stick to a routine, it will work...
America is definitly obese, but im seeing a lot more people actively trying to fix themselves... kudos to everyone who trys... do what works for you...
i seriously dont understand why EVERYONE that has anything negative to say about the wiifit is getting low ranked. i myself happen to have the same believes. but i wont exactly go about calling it useless. I mean, anything that gets anyone excercising more is a good thing, but i just think its awfully pathetic that people have to rely on video game to get into better shape. i mean, a slight modification in your diet even just cutting ONE soda a day out of your daily routine, plus walking even 30 minutes a day will get you to lose 18-20 lbs over a period of 6 months.
MAybe because everyone criticizing Wii Fit thinks they're brilliant becauise they point out that you could lose the same amount of weight by doing virtually any other kind of excersize...which is true. I don't think ANYONE is claiming that, or beleives, that Wii Fit is somehow going to automagically make you healthy, anymore so that just eating Subway sandwiches will. To make any type of excersize equipment work you have to use it; and if having the device under the TV makes you use it more, well, more power to you. If it's not your cup of tea, go to the gym, but don't tell people that are getting real results out of Wii Fit that they're somehow wrong for using it.
crap...seems to be like one of those ads we see on tv about weight loss
why the hell is the first pic blurrie...the guy couldn't be clicked well with specs or what??? was his eye-sight corrected too??? WTF
"Unlike a certain other would-be success story"
Really enjoyed the ribbing of fellow staffers. Classic! :D
Apparently matching tattoos isn't enough evidence that it's the same dude.
So has Ryan given up already? ;-)
The guy on the right is OBVIOUSLY a different person. Look at his hands, The dude on the right has small chubby hands, the guy on the left has much longer fingers. Fingers don't grow and become more slender when you lose weight... do they ?!
they do
Its OBVIOUSLY the same guy in both pics. I think you confused your left and right there ED , but I still got what you were trying to say. The Chubby ver. on the left has the same fingers as the one on the right. His fingers on the left just appear to be smaller because there chubby and not extended to the same point as the after picture on the right. Its the same guy, I mean seriously, they even have matching tattoos. Aside from that, using the mirror as a reference, you can also tell that they are the same height.
Those are obviously the same nipples...
an unfortunate side-effect of losing weight is thinner fingers....
Would of been cheaper to take a long walk every day.
fucking A. I walk on my lunch break for about 40 minutes a day. plus about 20 to and from work and i've drop about 5 pounds a month. 38 pounds so far.
I use a segway...
What!? Enough with the looks!
Of course, you could mount a Wii Fit ON your Segway... that would make for interesting results.
and his eyesight may have improved
Anybody else having flashbacks to childhood with the Find the Differences puzzles in the old school Highlights magazines where you had two similar pictures (like above) and had to find all the differences.
Man I miss Highlights.
LOL, yeah. I was like "quick, what's different...." XD
Mm, Highlights and their Goofus and Gallant thingy. morals, FTW!
If you think that's impressive, wait until Wii-Bulimia hits the stores.
Is that the one where you jam the wiimote down your throat to make yourself throw up. That sounds a little dirty, more like Wii Deep-Throat.
I believe its called BulWiimia
You guy need to make the name more marketable for teenage girls.
Try something like "Wii Puke".
still ugly
He needs Wii-Hair.
Yeah, I really don't understand the blurry picture. In a world of digital everything and 20 gigamegawhateverthenewcountis cameras, why is it someone can't take a clear picture? Seriously, take two if you have to. You don't have to pay extra to have it developed anymore.
Evidently he was also able to secure a photographer with better vision as well.
I call BS on this guy. If y'all can recall, the picture on the right looks the same as when he did his Wii Sports experiment.
Where in the hell did the guy on the left come from? My guess: DeLorenzo had a taste of internet fame and wanted some more.
Hey guys, he's just a phony!
Whoa! Wii Fit also does LasiK?
This is a video still, watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMVJMQxY_hc
I can lose the same weight by sitting on my ass and not eating for a week. The only problem is, it's not as much fun.
Wow you were able to drop weight by burning more calories than you were intaking? Amazing.
i don't know since its blurred it could be true, as with a lot of rumor or speculations shots of late.
GTFO of here spamming your blog.
It's no wonder the rest of the world hates us Americans so much. It's because of ignorant people like you who have never traveled the world to know that there are other extremely awesome places to live besides America. I've lived in several of those places.
Now I just look stupid since the original comment I was replying to was deleted. Probably for the blog link.
uh...last time i checked you don't have to be anywhere near ripped to get laid.
unless that was a joke, in which case it sucked
you cover this but not the 4colorrebellion wii fit experiment? jeez u guise
Racist a-hole.
WTF are you talking about?!
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but It also looks like he made the picture narrower like you can in something as simple as MS Paint. My friends bi-polar ex used to do that to her myspace pics to make her look thinner.
I do not see any difference between the two photos except for the legend at the bottom.
So what ever happened to Ryan's 30-day weight loss Wii challenge? Did he give up or was there a post on it? I don't remember seeing a post...
say it a 4th time and it may come true
OMG! He lost his lamp, he has rotated his guitar 60 degrees, got new socks (they're nice BTW) AND lost 15 pounds . Wii Fit IS revolutionary.
What's the next thing? Wii Un-Fit for bulima people? (OMG again, bad Danish joke)
It doesn't matter if he uses WiiFit, DooMFit, or whatever. It worked for him. It produced whatever magical mixture of motivation and perserverence required to shed the pounds. That is all that matters. Period. He could have used the Suzanne Summers Thigh Master with a few minor lifestyle changes and lost the weight too. (But probably not in the thighs, but that is a whole other topic.) Congrats dude. Keep going.
I'm going to save some money and go the Couch to 5k route.
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When my little niece asked me to accompany her to Target to fall in line @ 6am in the morning to get one during it's grand release date, I decided to get another set for our household. Initially, I thought it's an ultimate geeky way to get fit and at first use I was terribly disappointed when it told me that my equivalent age is 59 when I'm only 32! I'm 5'8, 150 lbs and within 2 wks of 30 minutes routine I was down to 142 lbs without a change in diet and I was only 2 years off from my actual age - so I said to myself this shit works! I change my routine everytime I unlocked new exercise modes but I make sure that nobody see me doing hulahoops - it's just too weird if somebody spied on you swaying ur hips like a mad person :-) I think it's an excellent $89 investment for family fun to share and loosing weight is a nice extra ;-)
I'm going to save some money and go the "Couch to 5k" route. I've gained about 8 pounds in 7 months since going from an active college student life and job moving around to 40 hours in a cube.
Perspective = taller in 2nd pic
Blurry 1st pic = any toned muscle tissue he had not visible
Propaganda = annoying
So if I understand right, he lost weight, then gained it back and lost it again. My conspiracy detector went off making me suspect he has dreams of becoming the next Subway-Jared with hopes of becoming a rich spokesperson for Wee-Fit.
I want to see a parody of this product where somebody takes their xbox or PS3 and uses it as a dumbell to lose weight.
Loosing weight and gaining muscle is two very different things.
It's extremely possible to eat healthier and get active to lose weight. Duh.
The most effective means of getting in shape are full body exercises. Not just focusing on one area.
Wii Fit combines the love of gaming and full body exercises to lose weight and gain muscles.
A hardcore DDR player could probably see the same benefits.
But the point of life is to do things in new ways.
Holy crap, if he lost the shorts made for Shaq, he'd lose another 5 pounds. If he DREW the second image, he'd lose ANOTHER 5 pounds, because being on camera adds 5 pounds, you know?
Wow, seems to be a lot of hostility over this one. People, this is simply another way to do some physical activity; good for those who this works for, and congrats to those who have stayed fit other ways.
whatever works!
All the people saying he should have saved his money and just gone for a walk... well that's true, but he didn't, did he.
Obviously he could have lost this weight without Wii Fit, but the whole point here is to get people to exercise who normally wouldn't. You're completely missing the point of this product.
I knew this was a scam as soon as I saw it! He didn't lose 15 pounds at all, he was wearing fifteen pounds worth of glasses and wristband!
Now on a serious note, congrats to this guy. It goes to show that any exercise fad works if you just do it and keep doing it! I really don't understand all the negativity that is directed to people who own a Wii, use it, and love it! Why such hate? All the consoles out there are good for certain customers with certain needs, just because one fits your need doesn't mean that the others are bad. Really folks, it is time to grow up and stop being so negative and hateful about things!
Anyone else think he actually looks worse now?
I just think it's hilarious that Nintendo, once the unstoppable monarchs of the gaming world, are more interested in getting us all in shape than making engaging games. All the big first party draws have been a bore to me, maybe with the exception of Metroid Prime.
What happened to you, Nintendo?