Wii Fit

[Edmond]

So i was in HMV yesterday and they had a Wii Fit on display and this lady was having a good look at it for about 5 Mins, then she gets one of the assistants to explain a little bit more about it to her

It was only then, after about another 5 Mins that she realised that she actually needed to buy a Wii for it to plug into. Her words were 'So i need to buy the console as well, but i dont really like playing video games?'

 

[gunner440]

What point are you trying to put across?

 

[Edmond]

???

I'm not having a go at anyone, just thought it was funny that she didn't realise she had to buy the console to make it work, she obviously knew what it was and had specifically come into the store to purchase it

 

[old.user4556]

Does anyone else know girls or women, old and young, who think that buying an exercise bike will be the cure for their bingo wing / trouser melon physique? Well, the wii fit appears to be the new "exercise bike".

Someone needs to explain to them they need to lay off the pies in addition to the exercise.

 

[Milkshake]

Hahah, yes.

Milkshake's ULTRA COOL NEW HIP STYLEE DIET REGIME!

1) Stop eating so much.
2) Get out the house and exercise.
3) Stop blaming society, fast food companies or anyone else for your fatness, it is no-one's fault but your own.

 

[old.user4556]

1) Stop eating so much.

But... but.... i have and I just can't seem to lose weight!! I think i'm retaining too much water!! I'm only having takeaway a couple of times a week!!

 

[nath]

Or as an alternative, perhaps they could stop reading Heat, Vogue and Cosmo and then become less obsessed with attaining those stupidly unattainable figures that are airbrushed to the nines.

Or maybe we could just firebomb the head offices of said magazines and kill the fascist ***** that run them.

</hippy>

 

[Milkshake]

Step 1) Rig TV up to exercise bike / dynamo.
Step 2) Remove Electricity supply from TV.
Step 3) Make women cycle if they want to watch a stupid episode of River City.

Sure there's a Profit!!! step in there somewhere :S

 

[old.user4556]

Step 3) Make women cycle if they want to watch a stupid episode of River City.

Or watching <insert US drama about a rich family> and thinking that's the life that everyone has and that they're automatically entitled to.

/cue applications for loans and credit cards to fund pseudo celeb life style, fueling the credit crunch

 

[nath]

Ahhh, aspirational tv.

YouTube - Aspirational tv - Charlie Brooker
[youtubevid]59OJ17raqWw[/youtubevid]


(I'm sure this is a glen, but it's oh so appropriate. Plus - best "fuck off" ever!)

 

[old.user4556]

Spot on Nath, have some rep.

Add on a similar subject:

YouTube - Billy Connolly - Big Brother (reality tv)

 

[Milkshake]

Agreed, good YouTube vid Nath!

 

[Scouse]

3) Stop blaming society, fast food companies or anyone else for your fatness, it is no-one's fault but your own.

Whilst I'm admittedly eager to jump right on the nearest "what a nail-on-the-head-post" bandwagon for this one I have to disagree.

It's fucking well hard to hold down a full time job, be responsible to your family, have a reasonable social life and at the same time have enough free time left over to cook sensible meals from ingredients as opposed to eat microwave shit or fast food in this society.

Not that I'm blaming anyone other than themselves for being fat - far from it - I just think that thin people living in the UK should get a fucking medal. They've had to work at it and live a life of self-denial to remain that way in spite of everything being set up (aspirationally speaking) to work against them...

 

[DaGaffer]

Whilst I'm admittedly eager to jump right on the nearest "what a nail-on-the-head-post" bandwagon for this one I have to disagree.

It's fucking well hard to hold down a full time job, be responsible to your family, have a reasonable social life and at the same time have enough free time left over to cook sensible meals from ingredients as opposed to eat microwave shit or fast food in this society.

Not that I'm blaming anyone other than themselves for being fat - far from it - I just think that thin people living in the UK should get a fucking medal. They've had to work at it and live a life of self-denial to remain that way in spite of everything being set up (aspirationally speaking) to work against them...

Agreed, sort of. I think yes there's a genuine increase in fat lazy bastarditis in this country, but at the same time it really isn't easy to keep weight down for an awful lot of people. I struggle, and I generally eat healthily and try to exercise, hell, I've even cut booze out during the week.

Thing is, I can afford to eat healthily, buy fresh veg and lean meat/fish etc, but I'm single and without kids, so I generally only have to cook for myself or me and my girlfriend, and even so, my grocery bill is increasingly ridiculous; for a family on an average wage, the healthy options get more and more limited; processed food, loads of carbs etc. etc. So if I struggle with my weight despite doing most things 'right', I have a fair amount of sympathy for those who struggle on less.

(And if anyone mentions Jamie Oliver cooking meals for a fiver I'll slap 'em).

 

[Aada]

Whenever i am in town and see someone with a Wii fit they look fat and i think if they can't be bothered to go for a run why would they make the effort to get the Wii fit set up everytime they wanna use it?

 

[Milkshake]

Whilst I'm admittedly eager to jump right on the nearest "what a nail-on-the-head-post" bandwagon for this one I have to disagree....(blah)

Yeah, ok Scouse, I'll take that. I guess I never thought it as difficult to keep thin, but most of my social activities are based around exercise. I don't have that much responsibility, and me and the girly enjoy nothing more than cooking a nice meal together (she cooks, I drink the wine and wash up).

There's the odd time where it's an arse to get up and do something, but in the long run I feel good about it and myself.

I also want to take this opportunity to applaud Rubric for actually doing it, getting off his arse and going for a run!

 

[ECA]

Whenever i am in town and see someone with a Wii fit they look fat and i think if they can't be bothered to go for a run why would they make the effort to get the Wii fit set up everytime they wanna use it?

Because they dont feel socially awkward inside their own home vs putting sweat pants +tshirt on and looking fat and sweaty in public.

 

[russell]

I think the original poster (is that the right terminology?) was just having a wii chuckle at the woman who was silly enough to think she could just buy the game without the console... but it has opened up the whole obesity debate, with interesting posts... I agree with most of what's been said.

I try my best to eat well and go to the gym, but I have had 3 children. Yes thats 3!! And so my body has suffered and it is hard to hold down a job, study at Uni, run the house and Hubby and manage the needs of 3 small children AND take time to focus on me getting fit again (who am I again?). Its hard, but not impossible. Tho on a day like today all I want to do is collapse into a hot bath with a bottle of wine.

 

[sayward]

I actually think the real incentive is when they climb on the Wii fit, and put in their height and weight, their Mii becomes fatter!

 

[haarewin]

well theres a solution to that. get taller

 

[Tilda]

It's fucking well hard to hold down a full time job, be responsible to your family, have a reasonable social life and at the same time have enough free time left over to cook sensible meals from ingredients as opposed to eat microwave shit or fast food in this society.

No.
Its perfectly easy to do this.
It just needs people to get their priorities in order, a little less "Corrie, Weakest Link, random channel 4 show <take away> more tv, bed"
And a little more "get in, cook dinner while talking to kids/wife/husband, get kids to bed, go downstairs and chat to other half, watch a tv show, go to bed"

Its a pathetic excuse to say theres not enough time to cook. Full stop.

 

[DaGaffer]

No.
Its perfectly easy to do this.
It just needs people to get their priorities in order, a little less "Corrie, Weakest Link, random channel 4 show <take away> more tv, bed"
And a little more "get in, cook dinner while talking to kids/wife/husband, get kids to bed, go downstairs and chat to other half, watch a tv show, go to bed"

Its a pathetic excuse to say theres not enough time to cook. Full stop.

Nice massive generalisation there. You in politics by any chance?

 

[Tilda]

Nice massive generalisation there. You in politics by any chance?

No. Perhaps you'd care to explain what takes up the five and a half hours between 5 and 10:30 where you get in from work, and presumably want to go to bed. And what prevents you setting aside 45 mins to cook a decent meal?

 

[DaGaffer]

No. Perhaps you'd care to explain what takes up the five and a half hours between 5 and 10:30 where you get in from work, and presumably want to go to bed. And what prevents you setting aside 45 mins to cook a decent meal?

Well, first of all, 5PM? You're fucking kidding. (Or a student). So assume 6.30PM minimum for most working people, especially in the more populated bits of the country, and then maybe assume husband/partner/whatever doesn't arrive until even later. Then, funnily enough, I don't presume to know the general population's evening plans; but I do know that young kids take a while to get put to bed and older ones have homework. After that, even if you're eating healthily, after 8PM you're in trouble anyway, from a digestion and fat burning perspective.

I just think you're being hugely arrogant to make such sweeping presumptions about people's lifestyles, in the manner of many a politician, or indeed, middle-class "health expert".

 

[old.user4556]

I'd say there is a lot of truth in what Tilda says, Gaff.

 

[mycenae]

I'm with Gaff on this....its bloody hard. I also want to point out that although overeating IS only the person's fault who is doing it, food is also an addiction, just like alcohol, drugs etc. A lot of people don't see it that way. To many people who are overweight (including myself) food isn't just a meal....its a friend, a comfort, and something one cannot actually avoid in every day life. Sure, if you're a drug addict, you just stop taking whatever it is you are addicted to and go cold turkey....its bloody hard but you don't need drugs to survive. Same goes for alcohol.....but you DO need to eat to live. Everytime you sit down to a meal, you have to face food....and you have to eat. I know its easy for many to say, ' stop eating crap/junk food/so much etc etc,' but for a lot of overweight individuals it isn;t just THAT easy. Its a long bloody haul, a lifestyle change and something you have to work at every single day of your life.
There are proven genetic pre-dispositions to obesity, and there are people who are lucky enough to always be slim, no matter what they eat, while others will put on weight just by looking at a mars bar. I think its very shallow to make such statements as people have done in this thread when they have never suffered with the problem themselves, just the same as I would never assume to make comments about drug addicts and how easy it is for them to be clean.
Its strange to me how people seem to have so much more sympathy for smokers, drinkers and drug takers.

 

[old.user4556]

and there are people who are lucky enough to always be slim, no matter what they eat, while others will put on weight just by looking at a mars bar.

Jesus, what anecdotal shite. Don't patronise people with that fictitious crap.

It's pretty easy to understand that if you're eating more calories in a day than it takes to maintain your bodyweight (which varies for people), you're going to increase bodyweight. It's that simple. It's such a myth that people "eat what they like" and stay thin; you'll probably find they're not eating as much as they claim and living quite an active lifestyle. My understanding on the genetic angle is that it can make you more susceptible to it due to the genes role in fat production, but that fire must be fuelled by ..... eating too much (shock).

Mycenae, no disrespect but I've been a fair chunk overweight too, and yes food is a comfort but do you know who's fault it was? Not my metabolism, not my lifestyle, but because I simply ate too much. It doesn't take a lot of effort to replace convenience food with tasty low GI alternatives. I had to get a fucking grip and eat less and move more. I'm still overweight (technically), I need to lose about another stone, but I can't - and why? - because I fucking love a curry and a mars bar and no other bullshit excuse.

I am tired of defending this; I've been fat, been a balloon face, been ridiculed. Lifestyle change? You bet, stop being a greedy bastard and eat a balanced diet. Getting off my lazy arse helped as well.

 

[mycenae]

G, while you're entitled to your opinion, which I respect, please don't make loosely disguised personal digs at me because my opinions differ from your own.

I already acknowledged in my previous post that nine times out of ten, people do need to get a more active lifestyle and eat healthier....the point I was trying to make, which, it appears, you have missed....is thats its not that EASY as a lot of people might think.

 

[nath]

It doesn't take a lot of effort to replace convenience food with tasty low GI alternatives.

Evidently it didn't for you, but you can't always assume that if something's easy for you it's easy for everyone else. I used to be a right heffer, and I'm currently much less so but I still need to lose a bit. I know if I were to try to lose weight it'd be fucking hard work to change my lifestyle. Fortunately I don't really give a shit so I'm staying as I am, but the assumption that "it's easy for me, ergo it's easy fullstop" is certainly not accurate in this case.

 

[Ch3tan]

I'd say there is a lot of truth in what Tilda says, Gaff.

I work long days and am knackered when I get home. If my mum wasn't cooking healthy meals for me and my dad everyday then I would be eating a lot of unhealthy and quick food.

5pm Tilda? FLMAO.

Oh and G. I am a skinny bastard who can eat what he wants and stay slim. But I would rather be healthy, however like you I would never give up the choc.