If you’re having difficulty shifting your baby weight after trying diet after diet and workout trend after trend, why not become a Wii Mommy. Many mothers have joined an online community where they swop stories about how the Nintendo Wii Fit has helped them drop their post-baby weight.

Essentially a video game, the Wii Fit helps individuals lose weight with a series of fun exercises based on games. Julie Maloney lost 60 pounds over the course of a year using her Wii Fit Plus
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“Workout tapes, gym memberships; I tried everything and all I was doing was dumping my money and I was getting nowhere except upset,” Julie told Better TV. “I did the balance and aerobics. [With just] 10 minutes of hula hoop my weight shrank. I was just playing games and I was enjoying myself. There was no work involved. The next thing I know, I’m in a size 8.”