Good for beginners (My Health Coach: Manage Your Weight (DS))

Member Name: seeohbahn

Product:	My Health Coach: Manage Your Weight (DS)
Date:	06/09/08 (96 review reads)
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Advantages: The pedometer keeps you motivated to be active

Disadvantages: The pedometer isn't very accurate!

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 on their own to increase your overall health. I have however found that wearing the pedometer helps me to keep active as its nice to see the miles building up on the DS screen! The pedometer can be frustrating though as its accuracy varies greatly depending on whereabouts on your waist it is worn.

Overall I think its a good program for those just starting to get fit to try out, as the little games and challenges make it a bit more fun, but it wouldn't be very useful for already fit people.

Summary: A good game for those just starting out on a fitness routine