Weight loss can be tough if you are attempting it on your own. However, joining a weight-loss group can provide social support and additional information on healthy food choices and exercise. Groups can also provide resources for additional weight-loss help, such as fitness classes offered in your area. Weight-loss games can help you get even more out of such a group, and can help everyone in the group lose weight and get information on healthy lifestyle choices.
Computer Games for Weight Loss
Several online games can help promote weight loss by helping you reach the first step: educating you on weight-gain culprits. Kalorie King, for instance, is a calorie-counting game wherein you pair bad foods together to eliminate them from your shelves. You will also grab and eat healthy foods to help you reach your character's weight-loss target. This game informs you of obvious, and not-so-obvious, junk foods, as well as foods that will aid you in your own weight loss pursuits. It also allows you to compare scores with others in the group for healthy competition. Another computer game designed for weight loss is Slim2Win Weight Loss Competition --- which allows you to compete against others.
Outdoor Games for Weight Loss
Taking games outdoors can help you lose the weight and have some fun. Try an obstacle course, encompassing multiple exercises that work various muscles of the body while giving you the aerobic activity you need to lose weight. Obstacle courses will generally incorporate high and low obstacles, as well as some distances for running. Another outdoor game is a partner relay race. This combines aerobic activity with cooperation and teamwork. Try sack races, which require you and a partner to place one leg in a shared potato sack. You will then compete with like pairs to reach the finish line first. Such aerobic activity, if done at a high intensity for 15 to 30 minutes, helps burn calories and speed your metabolism.
Board Games for Weight Loss
Several board-style games can promote weight loss. For instance, Twister is a board-style game in which the play area stays stationary and is limited to a certain area. However, it promotes stretching, contracting and working a variety of muscles and encouraging continuous movement. Other board games may not promote the fitness that Twister does, but will inform you and your group about weight loss and how to achieve it. The Fitness Challenge and Lose to Win are two such examples.
Console Games for Weight Loss
Several games made for consoles, such as the Wii and Nintendo, can promote weight loss and competition among you and your group members. Games such as "Dance Dance Revolution" are made for a variety of consoles and promote weight loss via constant movement. Other multi-player games that provide such competition and movement include "Punch-Out" for Nintendo, "We Cheer 2" for Wii and "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games" for Nintendo DS and Wii.
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