Padres player leans on Wii Fit for weight loss

[Halladay_is_God]

Padres player leans on Wii Fit for weight loss - Joystiq

saw this tonight

Heath Bell, pitcher for the San Diego Padres, needed to lose weight before the new season. To achieve his goal, he turned to an innovative home-based training program that makes virtual trainers available at all times -- otherwise known as Wii Fit. Bell credited time spent with his children, playing the Balance Board-equipped exergame, with the 25-pound weight loss he accomplished before returning to training camp.

"It said I was obese," said the professional athlete (seen here judging a cookie contest). "If you're obese, it makes [your character on the screen] obese. I was disappointed that I was that big."

While we're happy to see Wii Fit getting some good press (it's a bit of an underdog, and could use the push!), we can't help but wonder if there might have been some kind of outdoor activity that Bell could have used to lose weight. There's bound to be some kind of sport he would like, right? Like cricket or kickball. Something like that.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

props to Heath Bell for finding an activity that he can both lose weight with and spend time with his kids. that's hard to do

but i still can't help but laugh at this

[Kiluckzle]

i saw this game at the target, laughed and thought to myself "wii is the man. i dont think anyone will buy that game."
I'm wrong.

[padrefanforever]

If they ever make a Cookie Monster game........Heath might end up below 2 bills