Does anyone know how to figure out how many calories are burned while doing a Wii Fit workout? I am not looking to be exact, but a close estimation would be helpful.

Age and weight come into factor. I use a Heart Rate Monitor to get mine. Also depends on how much you put into it.

This may help, however you will need your weight in KG, not LBS.

uk.wii.com/wii/en_GB/software/calorie_meter_2317.html

If you are using Wii Fit Plus, it has a calorie counter that tabulates calories burned based on estimates created for the game. It's based on the strenuousness of the activity and time done with each activity. It's not always accurate as some exercises for me are very easy but it says I burn alot of calories. Others I find very difficult but it says I don't burn as many even though I'm working harder at it. YMMV

Space Jockey wrote:
If you are using Wii Fit Plus, it has a calorie counter that tabulates calories burned based on estimates created for the game. It's based on the strenuousness of the activity and time done with each activity. It's not always accurate as some exercises for me are very easy but it says I burn alot of calories. Others I find very difficult but it says I don't burn as many even though I'm working harder at it. YMMV

This too

I've been wondering just how accurate the calories burned part is. But I use it for a general guide, not as "the word".

As for accuracy, I found that, during my workout today, the game told me I'd burned 150 calories. I use a hr monitor, though, which said I burned 373. The game just can't calculate how much a person puts into the exercise or how strenuous that exercise will be for an individual. I just like to stick with my heart rate monitor.

That is so true. In some of them they say I have burnt a lot and I am like hmmmmm I didnt even break a sweat and then with others esp yoga, I am breaking a sweat, my legs and back are trembling... and by the end of my 16 min yoga session I feel that I had done more than my jogging.... If I am really interested I better get batteries for my heart rate watch and band.