I WILL LOSE MY MANBOOBS!!!

[distrato]

Yo I just registered here. I've been playing DDR on the xbox for about 3 months. Except I haven't played frequently just every once in a while. I own DDR Ultramix 3 and 2 (2 is my favorite cause it has a more technoy soundtrack). Anyway I want to get serious about losing some weight before school starts (in about a month and a half ). So I will be playing DDR and Wii Sports. I was wondering though, how long should I play DDR for and Wii Sports (probably going to play boxing the most). I'm about 5'9 and weigh about....?...uh I think maybe 280? I'm not sure I haven't weighed myself in a long time. Not that I don't want too I just forget. I should probably invest in a scale. Also how many calories do you think I should consume? When I play DDR I play for about 40 minutes and burn about 300 calories. Wii sports its about 30 minutes and I'm not sure how many calories I burn. Should I play longer? I normally stay away from EXTREMELY greasy foods. I also HATE eating fast food. If you can call that food. Lately I've been eating fruits and vegetables. I'm also taking vitamins (FLINSTONES KIDS FTW!!!). So yeah thats my current situation in a nutshell please lend your advice to a nub.

[abrannan]

Welcome! Sounds like a pretty solid plan so far. 40 minutes on DDR is good, just make sure to push yourself right up to the maximum of your ability. Treat it like a series of minute and a half sprints. Wii Boxing is probably the best choice on Wii sports, too.

As for calorie consumption, I probably wouldn't drop too far under about 1300 calories per day. That's going to give you enough energy that your body doesn't freak out about there not being enough food to survive, but still leave you with a good, solid calorie deficit every day.

[distrato]

ARGH MY FIRST POSTER IN MY FIRST THREAD!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[distrato]

EWWWW I'm all sweaty. I burned 345 calories playing DDR for about 40 minutes. I usually try to burn at least 300. Now for some Wii Boxing.

[distrato]

Holy shit these forums are dead. Are there only like five people who actually post in these forums?

[xstatic]

lol yep... but we post like every day!

[Ixi0n]

There's also the occasional person that will kinda phase in and out every month *points to himself*

[abrannan]

Well, we're a niche community (wieght loss) inside a niche community (DDR) inside a niche community (rhythm games). These boards are targetted at probably a fraction of a fraction of a percent of all gamers, which will onyl get us som many members. On top of that, on any online message board you probably have around 1% regular participation. So, after you work all of that math out, and you end up with about 10-15 regular posters here. We're a small, but tight knit community.