DDR excercising

Senoskay · Basic Member Joined: 02 Mar 2004

Hey, im 13 and I'm kind of over weight by 60 lbs (yeah, thats alot). I heard on television that this lady lost 98 lbs from playing DDR for about 2-3 years.

Anyways, I want to lose around 40 lbs by the beggining of september. Do you guys know how long I have to play by then? I usually play 10-20 min a day on standard on random everyday of the week (cept sat n sun). I really want to look slim and all. Thanks for your guys helps

Oh, and do you guys know what modes I should play in? (arcade, diet etc)
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Kuriin · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 1:33 pm Post subject:

You'll lose more weight at home than at the arcade; specifically because you won't have to wait your turn, and it's free.

Play Arcade mode. Play as much as you can. Back when I was a fanatic, I would play well over five hours of DDR a day. Don't play a difficulty that'll exhaust you too quickly, if you can only play Light mode, play it.

You'll lose all that weight, and more if you play plenty and eat healthy. Replace soda with water and juice, don't eat junk food.

Good luck. =) Right now, I'm trying to gain weight. <_<
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Aoi-chan · Vivid Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Location: Wisconsin

I'm not an expert or anything, but I'm quite sure that only playing 10-20 mins a day won't help you lose 40lbs in 3-4 months. You'll have to bump that number up quite a bit if you're just playing DDR as your weight loss solution.

I would recommend playing in Workout Mode, as it tracks your calories and stats. Outside of that, I'm not the one to tell you much more on losing weight, since I've never had to lose any weight before..I'm quite in the dark on this subject. I would seriously check out books, talk to doctors and even surf on the web to find more information on this subject. Playing DDR will help, it's been proven in weight loss, but what other factors added to their losing weight, how much did they play, and such I don't have a clue. Good luck to you, please let us know how its coming ^^

xphoguytonyx · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Location: Haltom City, TX

Man i played ddr for 3 months i lost alot of weight . i use to weigh 400 lbs yes i did. but i played ddr for 12 hrs everyday. then i run, lift weights.... etc......

im now 230. but i want to loss more eve nthough everyone says i need to gain.

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dudernahata · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004

play as much as you can and do other stuff, eat healthy, run, and dont eat before sleeping

xphoguytonyx · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Location: Haltom City, TX

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Metal 01 · Basic Member Joined: 07 Jun 2004

Just start watching your calories more I wouldnt say you need to play for 5 hours a day, but spend atleast 1-2 hours playing, and drink lots of water. You should lose weight relativly quick and probably get AA's on most of the Light songs(if that's what you play on)

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Kuriin · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:07 am Post subject:

Imposter!

Don't use weights if you just want to be slimmer. Here's what I do when I need to lose some weight, FAST.

Run 3 miles with 20lb weights on my ankles and wrists.
Jump rope up to 500
200 pushups
100 crunches
DDR all day on Standard mode.

Do this, drink water and juice (NO NO SODA!!!), eat very healthy (diet is the thing here), and you'll be losing weight in NO TIME.
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chibidjinn · Trick Member Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Location: Central Oregon

Remember, BANANAS ARE YOUR FRIEND!

Verified · Trick Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Location: Behind You!

only thing i've changed in my lifestyle in the last 3 months is adding DDR, I've lost 10 pouns, i'm 220 now, i'm gonna be changing my diet and hoping i'll lose this nice litte *Mountain Dew Belly* I've got!!

Water is your friend!
Banannas are useful!
Just remember, Practice practice, and keep playing! IF you need help, I always go to the arcade and watch the people who are better than me, *few and far here in nebraska tho* that makes me want to try harder!
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jbean3535 · Trick Member Joined: 08 May 2004 Location: KC Kansas

So eat bannanas before u play???

xphoguytonyx · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Location: Haltom City, TX

banana makes me take sh*t .
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CelestialMortal · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

Ok I lost 40 lbs in 2 months. I went from 210 to 170. And i'm happy with that. Here's what i did. Eat healthy. But don't skip meals. Eat something light in the mornings and lunch and eat a little more at dinner. You stilll need your energy. Drink water (or a sport drink) cause it allows you to not get dehydrated. Also, don't just do DDR it helps the legs and burns calories but you need to do something like Sit-ups. cause your trying to lose weight around the stomach right? (or no i might have read it wrong) And while playing DDR try to go for long periods at a time. Your body first uses up carbs in your body, then glucose, and then fat (i might have skipped something there) so you need to use up your carbs and glucose before you will start to burn up your fat. I used to play 5 hrs a day on standard. (tip. don't overdo it on your first couple of songs. go easy and work up as it will help in weight loss and DDR stamina) And the most important thing....STICK WITH THE PLAN. doing this for 1 or 2 weeks will not help, you need to do this constantly. I hope this helps you dude

REGARDS
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DDR Fr33styler · Trick Member Joined: 27 Nov 2003

ddr alot!!!! also try not to eat alot of foods high in carbs or sat fat becuase those are the hardest things to burn off when you are exercising, sugar goes first so try to also steer away from that becuase it will just give youa big high then a real big low after its all burnt, which will result in you not burning anything off, jog also, do crunches, sit ups, push ups, and pull ups. Have fun
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CelestialMortal · Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:59 pm Post subject:

DDR Fr33styler · Trick Member Joined: 27 Nov 2003

yea i would try to do like little feet shuffels of kinda skips where when you hit that arrow you kick your foot out a bit, i do that for my freestyle to bag, lol. Irish Jig

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