My Weight Loss Coach DS
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Jun 24, 2008
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7.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: Developed in Ubisoft's Montreal studio under the guidance of both a fitness coach and a nutritionist, My Weight Loss Coach is a program designed to focus on taking positive steps to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Personal Profiles: Create your personal profile and evaluate your improvement potential, then set up your objectives following the recommendations based on your personal profile. Input Reward System: Log your progress on a daily or weekly basis, tracking your physical activity and nutrition habits. The Pedometer: A peripheral device that comes with the game and can be easily updated through your DS, it's the best way to control your daily physical effort, challenge yourself and balance your food intake. Real-Life Landmark Checkpoints: As a reward, all the physical activities you achieve and good nutrition habits you acquire are converted into measurable distances based on real examples. [Ubisoft]… Expand

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  1. IGN
    70
    It's a fun motivational tool, and a neat little package that we're surprised even released considering the peripheral pack-in, but it's no Wii Fit, and Ubisoft's own My Word Coach software feels much more at home on DS than this.
  2. Eurogamer
    60
    As an actual coach it really only works in general terms: there's no way to finely tailor the experience for your own capabilities in ways that an actual person could, and there's not much to commit you if the determination lapses. My Health Coach is a fair package for those who treat this as a first small step in getting off their plump behinds, though it's not essential.
  3. Pocket Gamer UK
    50
    Not a game but an interactive exercise manual. My Health Coach: Weight Management might help shed the pounds if followed to the letter but it won't do very much to entertain you along the way.
  4. Thunderbolt
    50
    All of the information and progress is efficiently stored, which beats writing things out by hand. Alternatively, running for a while and checking some forums could be just as effective for many people.

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  1. AnonymousMC
    9
    It's very educational and definatly puts the ball in the player's court when it comes to accountability for your own health. It';s good if you want to get really in-depth with your activity and nutrition levels, or if you only have a couple of spare minutes in your day to pop open your DS and check what you should do later on in the day. Although it's kind of sucky that it only allows one player profile, it's still well worth the money.… Expand
  2. Elizabeth
    9
    I love this game and I do think it makes healthy living fun; however, I already ruined the pedometer. It fell into water (don't ask) and shorted out. I cannot seem to find a place to purchase the pedometer separately and I strongly encourage Nintendo to make this option available.… Expand
  3. RichelleL.
    9
    It's a great weight management tool. Not something I would recommend as a "fun game" to play though.
  4. BrendaBailey
    5
    THis has some good features, and I like the interactivitiy of the pedometre, however, it is too lightweight to be a truly useful tool. I'd love to see them include weights of food, for example, using the weight watchers methods, or something similar. Now, any food you input is too general to be measurable. So too with the activities. This could be made to be far more useful for those of us on real work out and nutrition schedules, but it doesn't allow for any real schedule tracking. A workout calendar would have been an aweseom addition. I see it as a great start, but hope it is enhansed, and less dumb downed.… Expand