Active Lifestyle Ideas

"Movotti;c-17595590" wrote:
This game is just not cricket, without the addition of cricket!

"dg51829;d-978403" wrote:
I really want afterschool activities to come back and having kids/teens playing soccer, football, volleyball, baseball, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, cheerleading, and wrestling.

No really the options I want, as only a few are realistic to me.
Cheerleading and wrestling don't exist here.
Gymnastics aren't anywhere near as popular as dance or circus training.
Theatre is a big deal here. It's a physical activity.
Soccer is played, as is football, but not your football, we've got Aussie rules. Rugby is a thing, as is hockey.
Volleyball and baseball barely exist. Basketball and tennis do have a bit of a following.
Cricket is a big deal. It's up there with AFL (Aussie Rules)
Skateboarding and scooters are hugely popular with kids and teens. There's new skate parks popping up all over the place.

I consider Theater as Drama Club. I don't know what your school's theater was like but mine I would not consider a physical activity unless you were the one moving the set around.
Skateboarding is a good idea.
They should really add all sorts of activates like they did with Sims 2 Freetime. It should be a bit more international inclusive, but they shouldn't completely ignore the American roots of the game. This seems to be happening lately. It can end up alienating some players that may not be as cultural exposed you could say.

I've known non-meateaters who eat nothing but junk.

I'm not saying they are. But maybe more healthier food. Like why is all the basic food basically horrible for your sims. Like it's super annoying.

I've got a friend who lost a lot of weight due to gaming, and rarely leaving his room. He was too busy playing to eat much, and when he did eat, it was junk.

This is a good point. Metabolism is not a thing. There is no diversity. Your sims only get fat from being inactive.

Being fit and healthy doesn't make a person immune to illnesses.

I don't really understand why you knitpick my post instead of add your ideas such maybe immune systems varities. Being healthy/fit does decrease you getting sick. Being healthy by eating balanced diet and exercising does increase your immunity. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/how-to-boost-your-immune-system

I don't find gym-junkies or sports nuts to be 'healthy', even serious dancers are often seriously unhealthy.

I didn't ever say going overboard was healthy. Lol. Anyways, that's not the point. It's about promoting a more active lifestyle, which in 90 percent of people is a healthy lifestlye.

You want healthy, then more garden digging needs to be included. You wanna get fit? Try digging a veggie patch in my back yard. It's soft soil for about 6 inches, and then it's rock hard under that. You can't use a garden spade. I've got a miners pick, and even with that I can only chip at the soil. It's back breaking work just to dig a tiny patch for some veggies... Oh, and then there's the issue with the soil quality here. This is the desert. The soil is red, and you have to load it with organic matter to get anything to grow. That means composting, and more digging.
Gardening in the game is too easy. It needs to be hard work to prepare a patch, just planting anywhere should lead to inferior plants. But once a patch is prepared, then the gardening should be a little easier. Just dig in some more compost each year, and it's good to go again.

That may be the case but that is not the theme of this post. This post is mostly about promoting an active lifestyle as in sports and how to improve the in game health system that is very broken without mods.