My Health Coach: Manage Your Weight (DS)

Contents --------------- * Pedometer * My Health Coach Game * Instuctions (lots of packaging) Personal Experience ------------------------------------------- I initially brought this game to get me fit and healthy for summer, after all us 'normal people' have got to compete with the glamourous people of Celebville! When you first start up the game you have to fill in information about yourself such as height, weight, age and information about your lifestyle. You then get a litlle stick person according to your own gender. The game then calculates your BMI and metabolic rate to which you will focus on reducing, sticking at or ...  Read the complete review

I have background in fitness and this game was purchased to help me gain some extra motivation. Having a gym membership already, I was looking for something fun I could take away on trips abroad with my husband! I had bright and brilliant plans, and with baited breath opened the case and started off on my journey with my new health coach. I found initial set up easy, and the simplified format works in well with the touch screen checking off achieved goals. The little personal trainer is a little simplistic, and inbuilt sequences of simulated road journeys tended to grate on me after a little while. There are so many things that could be great with this ...  Read the complete review

I bought this game as I think I need to get into some good habits and I would like to see if following these habits actually work. I bought it from game, it was 30pounds but I paid 20 as I had some points to use. It came with the game in a normal ds box, and also an extra box which had the pedometer in it. This was all together in one big box. Quite a lot of needless packaging I thought. When you first turn on the game there is a lot of entering your weight and height so make sure you do this first. You get a little man or woman as your trainer. They make cute little noises but they get annoying after a while so usually I play this game with the ...  Read the complete review

You can't turn the television on or open a magazine now without being told to change the way you eat in order to better your lifestyle. Quite often this demanding attitude can annoy me, but when I saw the Health Coach 'game' for the Nintendo DS, I couldn't help myself and just had to buy it! When you first switch on the game, you're asked to fill in some information, such as your height and weight. The console then calculates your BMI and metabolic rate after you've answered a few simple questions about your lifestyle. Afterwards, it's time to begin. You're not alone though to suss out the game; you'll be accompanied on your journey by a little stick person, ...  Read the complete review

This game aims to turn your DS into a 'personal trainer', and comes with a free pedometer. This pedometer can be inserted into the GBA slot at the front of the DS to record how many steps you've taken. When you first start using it it asks you various questions about your weight and general lifestyle to assess what your current fitness level is. You can then log into the game each day and are presented with varying fitness and healthy eating challenges to complete. I've been using this for a couple of weeks and so far have found it useful as a motivational tool, although I don't feel that the fitness challenges that the game gives you would help too much ...  Read the complete review