Weight and DDR

[Almost Crimes]

I'm overweight, at 5' 8" I weigh almost 200 pounds, yet I play DDR every day, 8 and 9 foot heavy songs, working my way up to 10 footers (besides Sakura). Yet I've never seen this miraculous effect that everyone talks about DDR and losing weight. My weight's been the same before and after playing DDR. I don't over indulge in food either, so maybe this is just the way I'll always be.

Anyone else relatively good at this game and still overweight?
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[Pandemonium]

I play on standard, and I’m overweight. DDR doesn’t cause miraculous weight-loss, but it does burn calories. You won’t gain weight like you would sitting around and playing a normal video game. Konami just used the whole weight-loss thing as a sales pitch.
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It works for some people, and not for others.

Just like any diet.
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[XxricexX]

Well...it's been working for me. I've somewhat lost weight and I've playing for about 9 months.

If you want to lose some weight...I guess you're going to havta change some of the things you're used to eating/drinking. I did and it worked. :/
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[DDR Seth]

Meh, i wish i weighed more beleive it or not. Playing at the arcade is alot easier when you can barely step on the arrows, takes alot less stamina.

[Bliznab]

I think it depends more on how often you play & how long you play, along with what your intake of food is.

Personally, I cut back on my food intake just a bit. But my soda/sugar drinks I cut back almost 95%, which really helped. Turned to real juice drinks and water which is better for you.

You won't lose too much in the upper body dept, but your legs will lose much and get stronger. Your stamina will go up and the whole process does wonders for your cardiovascular system.
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[DarkJediBrent]

It has worked for me, I lost about 6 pounds and I've gone down from a 33 to 31 in pant sizes....
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[MAAAX_himself]

Its worked for me too...i weighed about 125 now i weigh about a little under 110 and ive played for about 8 months

[DrumUltimA]

If you're going to lose weight playing DDR, you have to play for a long time. You can't go in for a sprint and expect to leave five pounds lighter. It's how long you can keep sweating. But you might be doing this anyway. In that case, it's entirely possible that you're losing fat, but gaining muscle (which weighs more than fat anyway).
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[KenG>j00]

I don't lose weight :<

I'm 5'5" 125lb.

And I whore the $hit out of 11's+12's on ITG.

Still doesn't work for meh =(
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[DJTyrant]

One critical thing: diet.

That's the one thing I'm missing and why I'm not losing weight playing DDR/ITG. And I'm basically the same size as you...5'8", 200-215 lbs.

This reminds me how I need to drink WATER playing DDR/ITG and not Mountain Dew Code Red -____-.

Thanks for reminding me (I'm being serious).
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[BraveLittleToaster]

Like 95% of the kids here are overweight. I weigh like 115 pounds and im 5'10. Maybe you guys should go run a mile a day or something. And you guys should think "Should I order 5 cheesburgers?, or should I just get a salad?" every day when you go to McDonalds.

[Ghettoman-DDR]

I've actually lost weight and gained 10 pounds of muscle weight playing ddr al the time.
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[chrislb98]

You're not going to lose any weight unless you burn more calories than you take in. Lets say your resting metabolic rate take care of 2000 calories a day, and you burn an extra 300 a day playing ddr. If you eat 1800 calories a day you'd burn about 1 pound of fat a week (1 pound of fat = 3500 calories).

So, check your diet. Eat several small meals throughout the day.

[toady007]

[star_hyral]

I'm 5'4" and I've lost some weight playing DDR. But I've got a friend who's lost much more than i have. She weighs more and sweats more so it makes sense. If you want to lose weight, drink water not sida when playing or otherwise.

[Brandon DDR fan]

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[Bliznab]

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But the lack of punctuation & grammatical errors diminished it. :/
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