Post by dahrkdaiz on Mar 18, 2005 17:18:37 GMT -5
I started to play DDR exactly a year ago. For the first 6 months I was working on my skill to get better and better and finally started to pass all the 9 footers consistently...
However, despite playing at the arcade atleast once a week (and 2 to 3 hours when at the arcade), at home probably two to three times a week for an hour and a half or so (constant playing in Event mode) I STILL get sore from playing and I haven't lost a single pound!
Admittedly I used to heavily snack a LOT (like eat a whole bag of chips at a time) but now I only eat my main three meals (sometimes only two, but I never skip breakfast), the occasional snack, drink more water than I used to and have a better variety in my food... (plus cutting out the constant snacking really saves a lot of cash)
About the only thing I've noticed after playing the past year is that I have better stamina in the game itself and my heart rate is about 20 BPM lower than when I started (60BPM from 80), but it seems I haven't had any other health benefits what so ever (well my leg muscles are much more firm than they were)
Basically this is frustrating me to no end. Has anyone else been playing for a long time and not seen any weight loss results? Not losing any weight is just making my leg muscles stronger and stronger, but unless my whole body is a giant muscle, I should be losing atleast SOME weight or atleast some inches around the waist
However, despite playing at the arcade atleast once a week (and 2 to 3 hours when at the arcade), at home probably two to three times a week for an hour and a half or so (constant playing in Event mode) I STILL get sore from playing and I haven't lost a single pound!
Admittedly I used to heavily snack a LOT (like eat a whole bag of chips at a time) but now I only eat my main three meals (sometimes only two, but I never skip breakfast), the occasional snack, drink more water than I used to and have a better variety in my food... (plus cutting out the constant snacking really saves a lot of cash)
About the only thing I've noticed after playing the past year is that I have better stamina in the game itself and my heart rate is about 20 BPM lower than when I started (60BPM from 80), but it seems I haven't had any other health benefits what so ever (well my leg muscles are much more firm than they were)
Basically this is frustrating me to no end. Has anyone else been playing for a long time and not seen any weight loss results? Not losing any weight is just making my leg muscles stronger and stronger, but unless my whole body is a giant muscle, I should be losing atleast SOME weight or atleast some inches around the waist
