Games Without Frontiers: Fun Way to Lose Weight: Turn Dieting Into an RPG

[tamaranth]

Having just set myself some weight-loss / health goals on Sparkpeople (which I am finding very useful for tracking eating and exercise) I was entertained by this article about WeightWatchers. Definitely also applies to Sparkpeople, though there's more about health and fitness on the latter.

As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character, manage your inventory and resources, and try to achieve a goal. Weight Watchers' points function precisely like hit points; each bite of food does damage until you've used up your daily amount, so you sleep and start all over again. Play well and you level up -- by losing weight! And the more you play it, the more you discover interesting combinations of the rules that aren't apparent at first.

Games Without Frontiers: Fun Way to Lose Weight: Turn Dieting Into an RPG

Comments

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

I like that thinking :-).