One of the most alarming things for me when this game first came out was how quickly all of my played Sims got rather ... large. I mean, no matter what they did all of my sims gained a lot of weight within a few sim weeks of starting them. This has largely been addressed in patches since, but it did cause me to develop the habit of making all of my sims have a bit of an obsession with the gym.Mind you, I still have some sims which are way more 'active' than others...but pretty much all of them hit the gym at least every few days when they have some idle time. I'm curious how other people play with this aspect.Spoiler (Highlight to read)http://i.imgur.com/zjn7BWk.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/zjn7BWk.jpg

My sims are more into wellness instead of fitness, they almost always have a yoga mat and meditation stool. Occasionally I'll put a treadmill in their home if there's enough room.

My game still leans towards everyone putting on weight all the time. I like to have a variety of body types and I love the variety of food in the game so they never diet. Some just get large and stay large and others get large and try to work it off and others are so active from a young age or start with such a small body type that they never get large no matter what I feed them. Mostly I use yoga or the treadmill or sometimes the tv workout for middle aged sims who want their younger body back. All of the other equipment is used by sims who want muscle, which usually starts in the YA phase.

Totally hear you there, @LMLS2143... I have kind of a yoga obsession. Most of my sims do at least some yoga every day and I made a yoga club for each public gym in my game. Not one club, but one for each gym and spa. Yoga is awesome.

I use RoBurky's "Fitness Controls" mod to slow the rate of change way, way, way, way down, because it happens much too fast if you are playing with aging turned off, and I prefer my sims to more or less stay looking the way I originally made them.

In my game it's just the female sims that seem to get fat. I start with married couples, both of them at a regular weight, but soon enough the female balloons up. However very few of my sims actually go to the gym, some I send jogging around the neighbourhood, some will do exercises in their livingroom, but most of them sooner or later will visit the restaurant where they order Diet icecream. I also sell it in a shop, they buy a bucket and stick it in their fridge and I let them eat icecream when they are hungry.

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DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
My sims are more into wellness instead of fitness, they almost always have a yoga mat and meditation stool. Occasionally I'll put a treadmill in their home if there's enough room.
Daephene1
New Spectator
3 years ago
My game still leans towards everyone putting on weight all the time. I like to have a variety of body types and I love the variety of food in the game so they never diet. Some just get large and stay large and others get large and try to work it off and others are so active from a young age or start with such a small body type that they never get large no matter what I feed them.
Mostly I use yoga or the treadmill or sometimes the tv workout for middle aged sims who want their younger body back. All of the other equipment is used by sims who want muscle, which usually starts in the YA phase.
JaggidEdje
3 years ago
Totally hear you there, @LMLS2143... I have kind of a yoga obsession. Most of my sims do at least some yoga every day and I made a yoga club for each public gym in my game. Not one club, but one for each gym and spa. Yoga is awesome.
GlacierSnowGhost
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
I use RoBurky's "Fitness Controls" mod to slow the rate of change way, way, way, way down, because it happens much too fast if you are playing with aging turned off, and I prefer my sims to more or less stay looking the way I originally made them.
crocobaura
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
In my game it's just the female sims that seem to get fat. I start with married couples, both of them at a regular weight, but soon enough the female balloons up. However very few of my sims actually go to the gym, some I send jogging around the neighbourhood, some will do exercises in their livingroom, but most of them sooner or later will visit the restaurant where they order Diet icecream. I also sell it in a shop, they buy a bucket and stick it in their fridge and I let them eat icecream when they are hungry.
JanuaryGarnet08
New Spectator
3 years ago
It’s situational for me, heavily dependent on sims traits, personality, and my story for them. I have some sims who seem to naturally stay slim, others who have gained a few virtual pounds, especially females after a couple of kids, and some who have lost weight through diet an exercise, and others who exercise to varying degrees of obsessive. Right now I am playing a family whose patriarch is working his away up the political ladder and his wife is yoga obsessed. She’s not bulky but even after 4 kids she’s sporting an admirable 6 pack.
DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
@Stormkeep I usually set aside one room for them as a meditation zone. And if I'm playing a sim who loves painting then the art room merges with it usually.
DoloresGrey
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
Some do, some don't. I just wish meal option would played bigger role in maintaining weight. If you want your sim to lose weight they need to run. And that's it.
cyncie
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
I don’t enjoy “playing” fitness, so unless it’s part of their character, I just cheat freeze their physique where I want it. Most do some yoga or swimming, but I hate how gym equipment always creates super muscular body builders, so I don’t send anyone to the gym or include workout equipment in their homes unless they need to be super buff for story reasons.
logionX
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
They mostly work out to keep their original body shape (so they rarely push their limits). I use Roburky's Fitness Control mod so that unplayed sims don't lose or gain weight or fitness because I don't like it when their body shape changes too much.