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Health is totally fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: July 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As a person who has struggled with eating disorders in the past and is looking to improve her health habits without getting mired in the muck of "weight goals", I was uncertain about this game at first. I have been afraid to start a health plan because I was afraid that it might get out of my control and I would end up with a recurrence of my illness. But I decided to try this game, partly because of some of the complaints of people who had played it, such as the fact that you don't enter your intake in precise Weight Watchers-style way. Keeping lists of exact "inputs" and "outputs" is a characteristic of anorexia; I had several notebooks full of that info and it is a slippery slope once you start doing it. Another complaint was that if your BMI is normal and you are trying to lose weight, this game won't help you do it. If the game helped you lose weight when you were at a "normal BMI", it would be fostering an eating disorder, so I'm glad it asks you to maintain your weight by eating and exercising in equal measures. Many diets are a very mild form of eating disorder, so one should always be careful and watch for signs of illness in yourself when starting one. But this game is a sane way to approach health improvement. It stresses that small changes make big differences in the long run. The long run is key here. Drastic is not applauded by your (totally cute) stick figure weight loss coach.

I did not buy this game hoping to lose a megaton of weight. I just wanted something fun that helped me keep my nutrition and fitness goals on track, and for that this game is great. I love the challenges. I love the coaching sessions which focus on energy and health rather than obsessing over the number on the scale.

And for people who do want to slim down, this is actually a good way to do it. I think that one would be hard pressed to exhibit her latent eating disorder tendencies using a game like this. It doesn't let you. It's always talking about how as you increase your activity, you must increase your food intake in order to build muscle and keep a steady energy level.

It's not for those who might be training for a marathon, but if you would like to improve your health and maybe lose a little weight in the process, this is an excellent game for you. This game should be called "My Health Coach". I'd be way more excited about advertising how awesome it is to people if that were the case. But it is. Awesome.

Who says videogames are bad for you?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This cute, little game provides playful, positive enforcement of healthy lifestyle behaviors that should help most people make improvements gradually. Its major emphasis is on getting you to move more, an essential factor in sustained weight loss and long-term health. Focusing on easy adjustments, such as a gradual increase in daily step count, this product should fit into the life of most American adults. It accommodates a wide variety of pre-existing fitness levels, allowing you to count nearly any movement from housework to karate in your daily minimum of 30 minutes of exercise.

The way it tracks your calorie intake each day is particularly friendly, and a great improvement on most fitness programs I have tried for handheld devices. Tossing aside detailed lists of foods that make recording intake a time-consuming chore, you select foods from categories based on average number of calories for average-sized servings. Nearly any food can be accounted for, even when eating out.

The program is educational in a friendly way and provides customized feedback and suggestions based on your preferences and the results of mini-assessments. You have daily objectives and challenges to meet - some are playful and funny. But every objective met is rewarded in terms of miles traveled to interesting sights.

There are some downsides and places where the game can be improved. The provided pedometer is a little bulky, but you can substitute any pedometer you prefer and enter your daily step total by hand. The food lists also do not give you feedback on nutritional value of choices. The program itself reminds you to eat a diverse diet, but you could live on junk food with this game and still make your objectives. Finally, as another review mentioned, there is no way to correct mistakes, and I have yet to find a way to review details about food or exercise in a day.

Overall, if you have DS already and want to lose weight, I recommend this program.

Loving it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was skeptic at first when considering this "game" for purchase. However, I am so glad I did! The character coach is adorable and very motivating! When I do not make goals or end up having an "unbalanced" day, the game never makes me feel bad about it. I love the ersonalized challenges and even though I considered myself knowledgeable about fitness and nutrition in general, I still have learned a lot from the quizzes and tips sections! Totally worth the time and money!

Great game, I'm losing weight!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have started losing weight after one week! I have tried so many other things with no results. I am trilled at the results so far. I love the idea of weighing food vs exercise. You don't have to get so detailed with the food or exercise imputs so it's fast and easy to keep up to date. It's got me moving more and the weight is coming off. There are lots of sites and programs where you can monitor these things but I like that I'm not tied to a PC. It goes with me.

Gets you up and moving!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really like this game. As a person who would not join a gym for exercise, this game encourages you to move around and eat healthy. The food part is not necessarily a diet to get thin as showing you how to eat a more balanced diet. I love the little stick woman!!

Sharon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love this! It's easy, it's fun! The tips are helpful, but most of all it is so much fun I stay with it. You never know what the next challenge will be or what reaction you will get from your workout pal.

A Great Addition to the Rest of the Fitness Games and Gadgets!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My husband got this game (and the DS to play it!) after he saw me oooing and aaaing over it in the Best Buy ad. Played it first thing and I have been playing it for five days now. I think it's adorable and handy. It's reminded me twice to take food out of the freezer for dinner as one of the daily challenges (I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached so my husband's getting better meals). It makes me motivated to walk more, use my Wii Fit more and use my YourselfFitness game more. It also makes me more motivated to watch what and when I eat. I plan on using it until it no longer functions (which will be years, I'm hoping). Add it to your collection today.

I'm 45, and I LOVE it!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 79 / 80
Date: June 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is VERY good for people trying to get healthier, especially if you're currently sedentary.

The first thing it asked me to do was drink a glass of water. The little stick figure was hilarious to watch until I drank the water.

The second activity it had me do was walk 500 steps using the pedometer that comes with the game. It took 5 minutes.

The first food related task I had to do was put the salt shaker into the cabinet.

Good ideas . . . and very simple for this inactive Mom of 3. I know I need to get healthy, and I am proud of myself for starting.

I bought it, I LOVE this!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 25 / 25
Date: July 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this and wondered if this was going to be easy to use. Diets are not easy and lets face it...unless exercising is your hobby...exercising pretty much $uck$!! LOL I had to get something that motivated me! I am pretty much 100 lbs. overweight, short, I'm 38 years old and this "game" is perfect for those that are overweight. And it IS easy to USE!

I AGREE with one of the last opinions made by someone that if you are mostly fit and have just a bit of flab to lose, this isn't for you and that Nintendo SHOULD come up with "My Toning Coach"! GREAT IDEA (Im sure if people get thru this coaching...they would WANT to explore the next step...no?)

I like how it compares things to how far you walked (and believe me...walking is my only option of exercise right now...). I've been walking with the pedometer now for less than a week and already I've walked the distance of "up and down Mt. Everest"...WOW! ME? Who knew?

I am a cook at home and love to make and eat everything in the world. I like how this coach tells you to enter all the food you ate for the day and shows you how your exercise balances with your food choices...it sometimes tells you to set a goal of, for example, "try not to eat anything today that has any form of grease." Ok...cool! I can do that for 1 day or two...but you dont have to do that every day!

This is way cool. And would LOVE a part 2 later on down the road. I would buy part 2 now if they had it just so I'd be ready for it. It's so interesting what they do with a Nintendo DS these days! WAY TO GO N2DS!

Very Cute! GREAT for motavation

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Little stick figure as mentioned in other reviews is absolutely adorable! it was fun to get started with that cute lil thing. I rated this game 4 stars because there are somethings i think need to be improved, Overall the pros of this game far out weigh the cons. The Pros of this game is its fun, its easy to follow, it doesn't make you feel overwhelmed with the amount of steps you have to take. The challenges are small and simple but overall they make a big difference. The Pedometer that came with the game is pretty accurate and easy to wear. It's a breeze to upload your steps into your Nintendo DS. It really threw me off to see it logged down how much i ate (the choices i made) and how much exercise i get in a day. WOW! im a total bum! lol (my words,not the game) The food intake and choices you are required to log down benefit EVERYONE! skinny ,thin ,average and overweight see with their own eyes what they need to do to make healthier choices in there life. MOST IMPORTANT for me was the goals were not intimidating or out of reach for the average person and it's a EXCELLENT motavation tool. The CONS of this for me were when i was going through step by step and a the page turned their was no way you could go to the previous page, VERY ANNOYING! some stuff i wanted to read over and had no way of getting back to it, you cant stop and save right on the spot either so if you shut it off you have to start all over again. This was just in the beggining part of the game, the other annoying part was not being able to reverse a wrong choice or being able to cancel a challenge, maybe im not doing it right ( i am new to nintendo ds ) but this game should have a "go back" or something like that on all of its pages so you can back out and re-read things or make changes. And hey Nintendo!!! did you even consider that people have different diets??? im a vegetarian ( no eggs and no dairy in my diet ever!) so that is a problem for me when it comes to some of the food choices, i just skip that and replace it with something similar, its not that hard, it just would of been nice if the game had asked about the foods you ate or avoided when making your profile. Surely im not the only vegetarian out there! Hope this review helps!

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