Video Games

I've been using UFC Personal Fitness Trainer on Kinect quite a lot, and will also use Dance Central. And yes, I do count them as exercise, especially UFC. Ultimately, if it gets your heart going and burning calories, it is exercise. However, I will add, I usually do this as a warm up for half an hour or so before I do some weights, push ups, sit ups etc.

I count calories the same way I do with any excercise - I have bought a heart monitor with a calories burnt function. I don't really buy in to using averages posted on the web as the reality is everyone burns calories at a different rate, dependant on how your body reacts to different excercise, so I like to get as accurate a reading as I can.

I second the EA Sports Active 2 rec - it's absolutely brilliant! You can start off slow, pick your workouts for your problem areas and avoid any exercises that you may have problems with (I have real problems with doing push-ups for example, my wrists are pretty fine boned and just can't seem to take the pressure). Well worth investing in and I suggest some wrist and ankle weights as you progress to make things a little harder.

i use the kinect system and i log all of the games i use on it as exercise, even kinect adventures cos i get really out of breath and my heart rate goes up, i have zumba for it (waiting for 2 to be available) and according to my hrm i burn approx 450 cals during an intermediate 45min work out so it is a good burn. i have also used your shape: fitness eveloved which is good but involved a bit too much faffing about about between workouts. i just got the 2012 version for christmas and its much better, great variety of workouts improved menu system no horrendous fitness test that was all lunges and squats lol, but the calorie count was well off (but this was to be expected as it didn't ask for any of my details my hrm gave me a reading of 310 cals burnt compared to the games 120. but yes great exercise

I try, but Skyrim always distracts me.