Lose Weight with your Wii!


	Lose Weight with your Wii!

ericskiff

1-16-2007 3:31 PM

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wii, weight, nintendo, fitness, healtho, weightloss, wiinintendo, interesting

ericskiff says:

Awesome to hear the story of how this guy lost weight playing the wii for 30 minutes each day. I'll definitely be giving this a try

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1-16-2007 4:12 PM

bignosemousie

That's fantastic. What a fun way for some people to exercise.

1-16-2007 5:20 PM

geeknoob

Just... remember to move your laptops when you do, neh?

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