BF posts video of his GF using Wii Fit

[HAL 9000 96]

does the scale thing that it comes with really tell you that you're fat? someone was talking about that the other day, maybe it was Neil. hmmm...anyways I think it should tell you your weight but shouldn't say something like you're fat. that might get someone to not do it.

Yes, it tells you if you have normal weight or if you're underweight, overweight or obese. It even shows your Mii (your Wii character) as fat/chubby/slim. It's actually very cute.

It says my husband is obese. Hubby grumbles but he sees it as a challenge to get his weight down. He is looking forward to the day when Wii will stop calling him obese

OMG that game is awful expensive for me to have to smash!!!! I think I'll just stick to brickbreaker on my phone

I wouldn't put too much faith into how it gauges obesity or weight in general. Nintendo's Wii Fit probably uses the BMI scale to judge this, but that can be very inaccurate and even health experts have agreed on that as well. The problem with the BMI scale is that it looks at body mass, while neglecting what makes up that body mass.

In other words, someone who is 5'6" and weighs 195 lbs would be considered obese, regardless of whether or not that weight came from muscle or fat. So someone who was extremely muscular by working out a lot and someone who was quite rotund, choosing to sit on the couch all day eating chips while watching TV would be gauged the same by the BMI scale if they had the same height and same weight.

Obviously, that's a huge error. One person in that comparison would be far healthier than the other, but you'd never know it if you went only by the BMI scale. I'd have to imagine Wii Fit uses a similar, if not exactly the same, system since the game couldn't look at each person as an individual (even if Nintendo had wanted that, the game doesn't come with a camera). The best advice then is to take Wii Fit's weight gauge with a grain of salt and just enjoy the game and whatever weight loss/management you achieve.

And the Wii Fit disclaims your explanation in its set up as well as in the instructions if I am not mistaken. I think that if an individual will take a video game to the point of excluding all other physical activity as exercise to the point of using it as an exclusive weight loss management, then that individual probably will never really have a significant reduction in body fat anyway over the long term.

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I smell 2 (at least) rats!

'Wii Fit Girl' not a marketing ploy for Nintendo

Titled "Why every guy should buy their girlfriend a Wii Fit," the YouTube clip shows 25-year-old Lauren Bernat hula hooping in time with the fitness video game in her T-shirt and underwear. The video has been viewed more than 2.4 million times and was suspected to be a viral marketing ploy for Nintendo's Wii Fit.

The speculation emerged after learning that both Lauren Bernat and Giovanny Gutierrez, who filmed the footage, work in advertising. Gutierrez works as the director of Interactive Media for Tinsley Advertising in Miami, Florida. Bernat works as an account executive at the same company, where her duties include evaluating the responses to the company's Internet advertising.

Nintendo has denied that the footage is part of an advertising campaign. "This has, and is, absolutely 100 percent, nothing to do with Nintendo," a spokesman said. "Nintendo did not create it and was not aware of it until it was brought to our attention."

Gutierrez has also denied that it was a viral advertisement for the Wii Fit. Gutierrez says he filmed Bernat to show the world how attractive his girlfriend is. "My girlfriend loves Wii Fit and looks hot doing it."

Bernat says she was unaware she was being filmed by her boyfriend on his mobile phone and was extremely upset with him at first, but is now reveling in her 15 minutes of fame as the "Wii Fit Girl," adding she would have made herself more attractive if she had known about the camera.

The game--which incorporates yoga, balance, strength training, and aerobics--hardly needs the free publicity. Even Amazon has a purchase limit policy in place for the Wii Fit because of the shortages across the U.S. Now does that sound like Nintendo is hurting for some sales?

The YouTube video has done much to boost the profile of Gutierrez, Bernat, and the ad agency where they work, so it looks as if everybody wins regardless.

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9967017-1.html

very interesting...it looked staged

[Fandango 1,439]

very interesting...it looked staged

Did you think that when you posted this, or only now after reading that article?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

very interesting...it looked staged

Did you think that when you posted this, or only now after reading that article?

After...looking at it closer, I think it looks staged.

[Fandango 1,439]

very interesting...it looked staged

Did you think that when you posted this, or only now after reading that article?

After...looking at it closer, I think it looks staged.

Oh ok.

Even if it was staged, they were quite effective.....good for them!

[Teacher Mark 53]

I smell 2 (at least) rats!

'Wii Fit Girl' not a marketing ploy for Nintendo

Titled "Why every guy should buy their girlfriend a Wii Fit," the YouTube clip shows 25-year-old Lauren Bernat hula hooping in time with the fitness video game in her T-shirt and underwear. The video has been viewed more than 2.4 million times and was suspected to be a viral marketing ploy for Nintendo's Wii Fit.

The speculation emerged after learning that both Lauren Bernat and Giovanny Gutierrez, who filmed the footage, work in advertising. Gutierrez works as the director of Interactive Media for Tinsley Advertising in Miami, Florida. Bernat works as an account executive at the same company, where her duties include evaluating the responses to the company's Internet advertising.

Nintendo has denied that the footage is part of an advertising campaign. "This has, and is, absolutely 100 percent, nothing to do with Nintendo," a spokesman said. "Nintendo did not create it and was not aware of it until it was brought to our attention."

Gutierrez has also denied that it was a viral advertisement for the Wii Fit. Gutierrez says he filmed Bernat to show the world how attractive his girlfriend is. "My girlfriend loves Wii Fit and looks hot doing it."

Bernat says she was unaware she was being filmed by her boyfriend on his mobile phone and was extremely upset with him at first, but is now reveling in her 15 minutes of fame as the "Wii Fit Girl," adding she would have made herself more attractive if she had known about the camera.

The game--which incorporates yoga, balance, strength training, and aerobics--hardly needs the free publicity. Even Amazon has a purchase limit policy in place for the Wii Fit because of the shortages across the U.S. Now does that sound like Nintendo is hurting for some sales?

The YouTube video has done much to boost the profile of Gutierrez, Bernat, and the ad agency where they work, so it looks as if everybody wins regardless.

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9967017-1.html

very interesting...it looked staged

One of the things I told my Brother when I forwarded it to him was that it would make a great ad. Does Nintendo really need to build the hype though?

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One of the things I told my Brother when I forwarded it to him was that it would make a great ad. Does Nintendo really need to build the hype though?

This video appeals to a different demographic - women. Even if Nintendo wasn't behind this, they should take notice - it'll be interesting to see the quarterly sales reports for Wii Fit to see if jumps up. I'd say those two marketers have just boosted their worth in salary.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Meanwhile, on the other side of town:

'I'm NOT the Wii Fit girl!'

So have 2.56 million other people. And there's one who's really not happy about it.

The video, now a legitimate Internet phenomenon, features one Lauren Bernat, an advertising executive in Florida, exercising--or gyrating rather suggestively is more like it--while using Nintendo's Wii Fit.

Another Lauren Bernat, a master's degree candidate for library science at St. John's University, is not amused. Actually, "utterly freaked out" is probably the most accurate way to describe it.

Bernat, 22, works as a librarian at a library for teenagers in New York, and said she first became aware of the Wii Fit girl video on YouTube (real title: "Why every guy should buy his girlfriend a Wii Fit"), when several "random guys" began sending her Facebook friend requests Thursday. Bernat, who has the strictest privacy setting on her Facebook profile, says she responded to several and asked who they were and why they were adding her.

"One of them told me, 'Google yourself, you obviously haven't seen the video,'" Bernat said in an interview Thursday.

When she did a search for her name, she was shocked to see it connected with the video, which has been linked to many times over. She quickly began to fear for her reputation, and her career, since she's currently in the process of applying for jobs.

"If someone has my business card, and doesn't know what I look like, and they Google me, it looks like it's me, and that's my whole career down the tubes," she said.

Bernat contacted Google, which owns YouTube, and several news sites that reposted the video, including CNET, asking that her name be removed. But therein lies the problem. It's an accurate story because the video does contain a Lauren Bernat--it just so happens there are more than one of them.

There's probably not much she can do, which is why the librarian Bernat is at a loss for how to proceed.

"This is bizarre to me, because I am this normal (person), and to seek the spotlight like this is not me," she said.

Fingers crossed that any potential new employers realize the same thing.

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9967527-1.html

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The era of YouTube celebrity Edited June 16, 2008 by Jabberwocky

[Teacher Mark 53]

She's posturing for a lawsuit.

I wonder what she looks like!?

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

hehehehe funny.

Daniel