I was thinking of doing some kind of weight loss challenge for a gameplay idea. I've never tried to have an overweight sim lose weight before, but do they lose weight fast or slow if I send them to the gym every day? I mean, I don't want them to lose all their weight in 2 sim days. What would be a good amount of time per day to work out so the progress is kind of slow?

I *think* it depends on the workout type and whether you have them push the limits. I've tried sending a sim for a jog around the nieghbourhood once every day. It took a while (more than a week, I think) for her to lose the weight but it did go fairly slowly. I'm not 100% certain but I think changing the eating habits makes a difference too; more salads, etc. Not sure how accurate that is though - I've read it in numerous places but I'm not sure if it's true.So maybe once a day for cardio workouts? Running on the treadmill or something like that? Enough until they get the Good Workout (or whatever it's called) buff, at any rate.

It depends on the workout I think. Whenever I wanted a sim to lose weight in a realistic way (meaning no diet ice cream :D ), I made them go the gym every few days doing cardio workout at the treadmill. Jogging seems much less effective from my experience. I had a sim whose new years resolution was to lose weight. I sent her jogging everyday and made her eat healthy, but it didn't seem to make a difference and she couldn't fulfill her resolution. So jogging seems less effective. I also think pushing the limits is a good way to make them lose weight. I had a sim lose a minimum amount of weight (judging by their animations, I didn't really notice a change) after making them exercise on the treadmill two times (the second time while pushing the limits). Also, which food the sim eats also seems to play a big part. All the dishes in the game have a calorie amount and any amount over 0 seems to increase the sim's weight over time. You can find a list of all the food and their respective calorie amount online, but from what I remember, salads (including fruit salad) and anything with fish has 0 calories, thus the preferable choice when you want your sim to lose weight. As I've seen it, sims in this game don't lose weight that fast and it's a much more natural process than in TS3 from what I remember, so going onto the treadmill while pushing the limits every day should work. I hope this helped a bit.

"Coffeecrumblecake;c-17450208" wrote:I have my teen sims go to the gym quite often, since they tend to age up into quite chubby figures. I'm wondering--- is weight genetic in the Sims 4??? I guess it would make sense, but the thing is, my teens' parents are pretty fit too. ?On another note, another way to lose the weight is the Slim potion in the rewards store. Except it's not as fun when you don't work for it, and you don't get to experience how quickly you can become friends with gym trainers when you're being mentored. Like some of my sims' best friends are all gym trainers ?The weight itself isn't genetic, but certain body parts are. For example, when you give a male sim a big belly in cas, the child might get the same. But this doesn't have to do with the actual weight of the sim, the game handles it the same as eye shape, for example. Thus, a sim whose dad has a big belly and the mom big hips, the child may inherit these traits and look bigger when they age up, despite their weight being normal. However, sometimes sims just gain weight during their childhood and it only becomes really noticable when they age up to teen. It isn't easy to avoid that, since children have lesser option for losing weight than teens and older. If you have Cool Kitchen stuff, you could use the ice cream maker to make some diet ice cream which lets sims lose weight immediately after they ate it. I prefer it over the insta lean potion because the latter often makes sims too thin for my taste. The ice cream makes them lose a noticable amount of weight, but they don't end up stick-thin like with the potion. And in case they aren't thin enough after eating the ice cream, they can still take another portion of it.

"Huiiie_07;c-17450224" wrote:"Coffeecrumblecake;c-17450208" wrote:I have my teen sims go to the gym quite often, since they tend to age up into quite chubby figures. I'm wondering--- is weight genetic in the Sims 4??? I guess it would make sense, but the thing is, my teens' parents are pretty fit too. ?On another note, another way to lose the weight is the Slim potion in the rewards store. Except it's not as fun when you don't work for it, and you don't get to experience how quickly you can become friends with gym trainers when you're being mentored. Like some of my sims' best friends are all gym trainers ?The weight itself isn't genetic, but certain body parts are. For example, when you give a male sim a big belly in cas, the child might get the same. But this doesn't have to do with the actual weight of the sim, the game handles it the same as eye shape, for example. Thus, a sim whose dad has a big belly and the mom big hips, the child may inherit these traits and look bigger when they age up, despite their weight being normal. However, sometimes sims just gain weight during their childhood and it only becomes really noticable when they age up to teen. It isn't easy to avoid that, since children have lesser option for losing weight than teens and older. If you have Cool Kitchen stuff, you could use the ice cream maker to make some diet ice cream which lets sims lose weight immediately after they ate it. I prefer it over the insta lean potion because the latter often makes sims too thin for my taste. The ice cream makes them lose a noticable amount of weight, but they don't end up stick-thin like with the potion. And in case they aren't thin enough after eating the ice cream, they can still take another portion of it.@Huiiie_07 No, I don't have Cool Kitchen stuff at the moment, but I think I'm going to hustle on over to Origin now to get it! Diet ice cream sounds exactly like the ridiculously cool thing that would exist in the Sim world ?

In my experience...Weight Machine: Good for muscle definition, doesn't seem to do anything regarding weight loss.Treadmill: Good for weight loss, doesn't seem to do anything regarding muscle definition.Punching Bag: I honestly have no clue what this does besides raise your Fitness skill. Maybe relieve anger?Climbing Wall (Fitness Stuff): Claims to be able to loose weight and build muscle, I can confirm the muscle definition.

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AaronRulz78
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Coffeecrumblecake;c-17451366" wrote:
Don't forget jogging! A time-tried classic :)
Does it have a different level effect as using lets say, the weight machine, though? I feel like it would, since it is less strenuous.

i have noticed that sims are taking longer jogs these days
thatdamian123
6 years ago
nobody mentioning yoga?? Definitely the fastest way to lose weight ;) visible changes after every session! I have to feed my yoga sims cake to stop them from being skinny lol

I find pushing the limits either jogging or running on the treadmill to be pretty effective too. Swimming is the slowest way for sure, I started a max overweight sim off in Sulani, and after maxing fitness skill through swimming everywhere, I could barely notice a difference in his weight..

The food and weight system is surprisingly deep considering the rest of the games mechanics. Each meal has different caloric content too, so your sim won’t get fat eating salad, but will eating cake. I used to get my sims making grand meals all the time as it took them longer to cook, so they’d build cooking skill faster, but they’d also end up fat from eating grand meals all the time lol so watch out what you feed them ;)
horseandpenguin
6 years ago
@aaronrulz Now that you mention it, that is happening in my game too! My sim jogged for as long as two hours and a half, and I had to manually "x" the activity because his "fatigued" moodlet started fiddling with his comfort. Funny, I don't remember sims getting fatigued from light jogs in the past. Another thing: in the middle of his jog, he literally came home, went up and down the stairs, and left the house again to continue his route ?
elliebreton
Legend
6 years ago
I love using the yoga mat for my sims at university- they have all that fat inducing food brought in by their roommates and they always end up piling the weight on, but a daily yoga session works wonders.

Does cycling lose weight? My favourite place to cycle is the beaches of Brindleton Bay but I haven't done it enough to see if it keeps my sims trim.
CherryBerryCloud
6 years ago
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Daephene1
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
The workout videos on the tv work too. The dance one helps lose weight and the other helps gain muscle. My sim went from pear to hourglass shaped in a few days dancing to videos... she isn't skinny but she looks good!

Yoga both takes off weight and adds muscle. I'm not sure how much time it takes, but Siobhan Fyres started making yoga streaming videos and a couple of weeks in she was super skinny with awesome abs.
horseandpenguin
6 years ago
"KiniHokulani;c-17451509" wrote:
"aaronrulz;d-974145" wrote:
I was thinking of doing some kind of weight loss challenge for a gameplay idea. I've never tried to have an overweight sim lose weight before, but do they lose weight fast or slow if I send them to the gym every day? I mean, I don't want them to lose all their weight in 2 sim days. What would be a good amount of time per day to work out so the progress is kind of slow?

Maybe treat it like real life? I think about 30-60 minutes of cardio a day, 3-4 times a week is realistic. Perhaps even 2-3 times a week only. You can also swim for that amount of time, or do yoga, or jog. As long as you're not doing cardio for too long in one session, your sims shouldn't lose weight too quickly.

I myself am impatient - some of my female sims (or really, my simself's daughters) tend to gain weight fairly quickly for some reason so I send them to the gym and make them work out energized all day pushing the limits until they get back to their normal weight. Then they don't visit for another month. :lol:

"Coffeecrumblecake;c-17450208" wrote:
I have my teen sims go to the gym quite often, since they tend to age up into quite chubby figures. I'm wondering--- is weight genetic in the Sims 4??? I guess it would make sense, but the thing is, my teens' parents are pretty fit too. ?

It makes me wonder if it's genetic because the aforementioned daughters' biological parents are two male sims, but one (simself) has a fit body preset and the other parent has the 'fat' body preset (but he himself isn't fat or even overweight at all). Hmm.

Anyway, off track.. make sure they don't scarf down too many of those Monte Cristo sandwiches either! :lol: I like the Sugar Free Carob Coconut Cake as a sweet treat for my active sims.

@KiniHokulani Yeah I find it strange how things are programmed in the game ? Bright side is there's never a bad time to exercise :)
beadierturtle
6 years ago
"aaronrulz;c-17450750" wrote:
"beadierturtle;c-17450416" wrote:
In my experience...

Weight Machine: Good for muscle definition, doesn't seem to do anything regarding weight loss.
Treadmill: Good for weight loss, doesn't seem to do anything regarding muscle definition.
Punching Bag: I honestly have no clue what this does besides raise your Fitness skill. Maybe relieve anger?
Climbing Wall (Fitness Stuff): Claims to be able to loose weight and build muscle, I can confirm the muscle definition.

I still can't believe we only have 4 fitness objects/machines. I think we need a few more. It would be cool to have dumbbells and/or bench press that is functional. Hey it could be a new death if the weights fall on the sim while working out !! lol. Death by dumbbell!!

Freeweights meant to be done with a spotter. Alone, you risk death. I love it! And the sims working out on them together build friendship.

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