I'm new, and need to lose weight

[my3littlegirls]

We don't have the DDR yet, but we want to get one for each other for Christmas (my husband is on his computer registering to this site right now). But we did just get this other dance mat for our daughter for her birthday and I think we spent more time playing with it today than she has. LOL Anyway, it is a lot of fun. I have been trying to lose weight since June. I lost 23 pounds just doing what I normally do, but I really want the rest of this weight off. I have had three kids, our youngest is 7 months old and it is time to get the rest of it off. When I started losing weight I needed to lose 100 pounds, so I'm down to 77 pounds left to lose and I'm looking forward to getting it off. I don't have a time limit or anything for it but I just want it off as fast as I can.

However, the biggie for me is I am currently breastfeeding my youngest daughter. Since she gets all of her nutrients from me (she is not on solids yet) I cannot do the "fad" diets or anything like that because then I will lose my milk supply and then not be able to continue to nurse her. So therefore, pretty much to lose weight I have to eat healthy and exercise. However, the regular "exercise" stuff really bores me. I bought Yoga Booty Ballet on Ebay because I would prefer to lose weight dancing than anything else but I haven't found the time to actually do that. With three kids (ages 6, 4, and 7 months) and a household to run (I"m a full time housewife/mommy) I am exhausted at the end of the day and at the beginning of the day I am dealing with getting kids up and off to school. So anyway, this is something that is fun and I can do it at several different times throughout the day.

So here I go to start trying to lose this weight and have a lot of fun! My girls like to do it too and we watch each other, so that is fun, but I get to lose weight and they just see it as we are playing! So it's all good!

[DDRMom]

It's the perfect thing to do w/kids - you can just leave the pad out and get on it whenever - and it keeps kids entertained for sure.

[my3littlegirls]

Exactly! If I have it out all day then it is sitting there taunting me to get up and do it! LOL Actually right now I'm not having a motivation problem, but when it gets to "that time" then it does! LOL We have a huge living room so it doesn't even get in the way or anything. It is really a great thing to have. I can't wait till we get the DDR though! We were going to get a Wii for the family for Christmas but after we found out about the dance mat that we have and then the DDR we are rethinking of getting a PS2 and then the DDR, a couple of mats. I"m not for sure yet though. But this is a lot of fun!

[fharyn]

that's good to hear!
I used to live with my sister, and I would play with her kids (6 and 7 years). They had a blast!
Having only one pad wasn't so fun. haha. We'd have to take turns, and that was never a blast. LOL.

I would suggest getting two pads (if u're not already). Since I see u're taking this approach to lose weight for yourself, as well as spending time with your children, u'll start to improve your level, and both players can choose to play at which ever level is more comfortable for them.
I'll probably say this in every post...but drink a lot of water. It really helps.
Also...being a mother, u probably have less time in the day to play, and taking turns, means taking more time, and less time for u to exercise (if u're having to wait for your chance).
Who knows, maybe u can convince the husband to do it with u one night, and the kids will get a kick out of it!

I don't know what your life is like, but it'd be fun if u could set DDR into your daily schedule. Just as u have dinner everyday, if u spend an hour everyday with your kids to play DDR. Not only will u be getting your exercise, but they'll get to play a video game. And everyone loves adrenaline too. Especially from DDR exercise.

(I'm thinking about getting a metal pad one day and hooking it up to my computer. There is a free computer game called Stepmania, that is just like DDR, only on the computer. The best part about it is that u can download virtually ANY song online and play it. I like trying to find odd songs like TV show themes, or 80's music, or cartoon show songs. haha!)

Have fun!!
Happy Holidays!

~Fharyn~

[my3littlegirls]

We got our DDR over Thanksgiving. We found out my mom had an XBox and a DDR but she neve rused it so she gave it to us. It is so much fun! We love it! I am up to doing about 600 calories a day. I lost 4 pounds the first week and gained 1 pound back the next week which really sucks but my pants are looser this week than last week so I will contribute it to muscle. LOL My girls love it though. My youngest, 8 months, loves watching the lights and arrows on the screen. She just laughs and giggles at them, it is adorable. But my older girls love to play it with me which makes it so much easier for me to get my exercise in. I will play the games and stuff with them each day but before they get up in the mornings or after they go to bed at night depending on how my day went I will do about an hour on the workout mode, hence the 600 calories. But we play for an hour or so during the dya too. It is a lot of fun and the girls love it plus it is giving everyone exercise. My husband loves it too however, he doesn't have much time to do it except on the weekends and on the weekends we will do it together (we have 2 pads) and when we do the battle mode I kick his rear! But I get all the practice during the week. Anyway it is so much fun and the best thing I think we have ever bought!