How to Lose Weight While Playing Video Games

Gone are the days of sitting on a couch and mashing buttons with your thumbs to play video games. Many consoles offer ways to get up and get moving while playing their games. Playing video games can help you lose weight if you're off the couch and moving around. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Buy a Nintendo Wii. The Wii is designed to be played with a lot of movement. Games include tennis, baseball, bowling and other fitness-related activities that are designed to be played on your feet and moving around.

2. Play dancing games. Major consoles, like X-Box and Playstation, have a dance pad accessory that can be used to play dancing video games. When playing these games, you stand on the dance pad and move around to tap the buttons with your feet in a dancing pattern.

3. Work out with Eye Toy video games. Eye Toy is a Playstation accessory that acts as a camera and displays you on the screen. Then you can play games in which you jump over objects, grab things and dodge flying projectiles, using your entire body instead of a hand-held controller.

4. Exercise while playing games with a hand-held console. You don't need your hands to run on a treadmill or ride an exercise bike. You can even walk in place while playing a video game. By getting up and moving while playing, you can lose weight.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid snacking while playing video games. Much like snacking while watching TV, eating while playing games can become mindless--you don't even realize you're doing it. You can lose weight by stopping this practice.