Wii have a new class Students

Two or three times a week is definitely more effective, but they should not be one hour sessions, at least not at first unless you are very physically fit. I think it was broken down into three twenty minute sessions or two thirty minute sessions per week. That is about right to start with, especially since the exercises are yoga (for balance and flexibility) combined with strength training. Doing too much at first just leaves you sore and unable to hold a position as long as required. Not that I have personal experience in this or anything, mind you.

I have to agree there PA too much too soon can cause real problems ...and PAIN! I was walking too much to start with and had severe backache. It's best to build it up slowly.

Now you really make me want to find that link Alice! I just got done writing to you and PURPAL below about a website I'd seen. The site had several groups that you could look into with support on the wii fit, that is to say a "support group" yea, I think one hour a week isn't enough. Then again the classes just started so they may not be sure who is going to want to enroll in that and if they'll have enough wii's etc. I would hope they'd have times when a person isn't in class and their isn't a class being held that you could do the wii exercises. Maybe it's a requirement to have a wii at home or in the dorm? Who knows, lol!

http://www.nursingdegree.... that link with all the information to do with wii fit as well as challenges, etc.

I think it has the fun factor PA, that's what so appealling
I need to lose weight and get fitter before I can do those yoga positions though.
It would be different to join a class with members who have all levels of fitness. If I were a member of such a fitness club like the WII class, then I might be in there for an hour and see someone leave after half an hour...and another member take their place. LOL everybody would be coming and going, wouldn't that be distracting?

Yes Alice, I definitely think the "fun factor" is key. I think that you can do some of the simpler yoga poses at the moment, if you wanted to start trying it. They will help build strength and flexibility without a bunch of gymnastics. There are beginner videos that have specially modified poses for people with limitations, so that people with all levels of fitness can do them.

My husband and I have the wii and wii fit. I know that I don't use it as often as I should. I don't have a job yet but hope to get a job lined up for me before Thanksgiving. I just have to wait for them to call. In any case, It's really a fun game and I think it's aimed for teenagers and young adults, but that it still has elements that make it interesting and fun for older adults as well. I was looking at a website yesterday, I don't think I have it on my tabs anymore, but it was a compiled list of websites that offered video's, tutorials, support, and even showed some of the bigwigs of video gaming companies taking part in a challenge to lose weight. It was quite interesting.

I know I need to lose weight, Here's a link to a chart that shows the height to weight ratio for men and women. It shows low, target and high weights for a given height.

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/height_weight.shtml

As I was saying, I know that I need to lose weight not just because of what the height to weight ratio says for me (I'm about 5'11 so used those measurements) but yesterday I went with my husband to wal*mart, and we were walking to gamestop but parked in the middle of the wal*mart parking lot. I was starting to get out of breath, and almost asked my husband to stop and let us rest because my heart was beating a little fast.

On the runs for the wii fit, I can only get so far before I have to stop. Yesterday I was hula hooping but had to stop for a few minutes, I'd done 117 twirls, then 112 or something along that line, but I couldn't do the third go around because I had to take a break, and I didn't go back to it.

So I know I need to lose weight, I don't look too terribly overweight, but in the chin I do, and ladies, you know how that looks, and how it makes you feel too!

Oh yes, I was glad when the baby weight finally came off my face. I had complications during my last pregnancy, so I was swollen up like a balloon just about everywhere. I especially hated to see my face and chin like that, and I was happy when that was one of the first areas that lost weight. I am finally starting to lose it in the other "problem areas", too, so that feels even better.

I love playing video games, and I like lifting weights and doing some types of workouts, but I have not been motivated lately. If I could start doing the Wii Fit again, it would feel more like playing video games and less like a workout, so I think that I would lose the last ten to twenty pounds that I really want to take off before I even start to think about wearing my belly ring again, and I am really looking forward to getting a new belly ring as a reward.