[DDR] DDR article

[Tombot]

I found a pretty funny article (http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=1858486) about DDR and people playing it to lose weight.

[Ishbo]

Yeah I believe it. I lost 30 pounds playing it. Plus in Maine, gym teacchers did an experiment. They got ddr machines in the gym classes. Now everyone in the classes participate. Shoot, I would too.

[Devil Warrior]

I probably lost some weight last summer when I was only eating ramen all day and playing DDR all night. Never checked though.

[Craz]

I dont think i have lost any weight :P, well DDR does cause some people to loose weight.

[Devil Warrior]

Craz, you're too small to lose weight from DDR. If anything you're going to gain it in muscle.

[Craz]

.... im like 20-25 pounds overweight. I just wear baggy shirts so you dont see the big belly :P

[Got Turkey?]

HEY now, i know a guy that lost like 20lbs then gained a good 30 while playing DRR

ME hah

(turkey here)

[Darius]

Yea. I beleive it all.

I actually almost got a charter school in providence to do a DDR gym program, sadly the guy running it failed to get his paper work together in time, and the idea was dumped....

Wouldn't THAT have been a cool job?

But yea.. seriously, I don't think it's possible for me to loose ... or gain... weight. Even with the aid of DDR.

I'm 2 dimensional as is =D

[Shin-Peter]

There was a time where I was almost hired to teach people how to play DDR at this local exercise place. However, I was too busy to take up the job... College and stuff.

[Devil Warrior]

I don't think it could hurt for me to lose some weight. Might help more to get some muscle though.

[Bryan]

Last year was my peak in DDR PA, I was pretty lean, I lifted weights often, but now I'm kind of... not like that. I can't play nearly as many songs as I used to, so I'd love to get back into it, it's like exercise, you got to do it every day and keep with it.

[Devil Warrior]

Yeah... I managed to pass Maxx Unlimited with a C, SOMEHOW, last friday. I was at about 1/10th of the bar for the last 20 seconds. Last summer I would have been able to get a B on the song no problem, and be ready to play it again.

[Cristian989]

diet + ddr = weightloss...my friend lost 100 lbs with a 2000 calorie diet and playing ddr everyday. Im on the same dietmyself , 2 weeks strong and going :p .

[Dipstick]

Whatever works as exercise. Hell, that is still the main reason I play. It is not nearly as good fitness wise as a full-body routine at a gym or anything of the sort, but it is a hell of a lot better than nothing.

I never lost weight playing DDR alone, though. Only after I went on a low-carb diet with exercise did I start losing weight -- and since then I have lost about a hundred pounds. I would call that a small success. :D Definately noticeable in-game. Last year I could not finish something like Maxx Unlimited or Paranoia Bros. at all. Now I can do it and not be noticeably tired.

-Dippy

[DJ_Midnite]

Right now Im on a diet to loose some serious weight and DDR will be my excersise along with Crunches and push-ups to get the upper body better, My doc wants to see me lose like 75 lbs in a year, Hopefully at TGA's one year next year Ill be seriously thinner :guin:

[Shin-Peter]

I want to gain weight, but, the only way I am going to do this is by now exercising at all... I used to eat Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner... 3 plates full of food, a dessert, 2 glasses of soda, and snacks... I done this for 3 months straight... I played DDR occasionally... I gained only crappy 10 pounds. I lost it in a matter of 3 days when I got out of college to play some DDR... College doesn't have the best food, but man, you can eat all the hell you want.

[Devil Warrior]

Maybe if I gained some muscle I wouldn't care about my weight as much... must build arm strength... bring on the Pop'n!

[Craz]

Meh, i need to loose weight :(

[Kamashi-Kun]

I lost a few pounds. By eating fried rice and playing DDR. DMX Helps too.

[Ishbo]

DMX helped my arms to get toned. I eat rice everyday. Part of my wonderous culture. But I lost so much weight and eating so much. The Subway diet has nothing on us.

[Devil Warrior]

I'm eating pure ham right now. Mmm ham.

[Ishbo]

I am eating ham too at this moment. Funny you said that.

[Bryan]

DMX helped my arms to get toned. I eat rice everyday. Part of my wonderous culture. But I lost so much weight and eating so much. The Subway diet has nothing on us.
Rice rules... the end.

[Devil Warrior]

What kind of rice and where? I had rice from chans and didn't like it so I made a pair of pants out of it. Ask Amanda.

[Ishbo]

What kind of rice and where? I had rice from chans and didn't like it so I made a pair of pants out of it. Ask Amanda.

Well I eat white rice, rice with beans, yellow rice with peguion peas, rice with corned beef, yellow rice with corn, RICE!!! Umm.. So many different kinds. But yeah rice rules. I eat it right now actually. I'll make some for everybody when I go up there.

[Yao]

i hate rice....and anyone who has seen me knows that i need to lose some major weight. Or gain it.....RICE! </3

[Shin-Peter]

Rice... I don't eat it much, but it is a common necessity in foods. Better than choking on some twinkies...

[Devil Warrior]

Rice... I don't eat it much, but it is a common necessity in foods. Better than choking on some twinkies...

Hey! I like Twinkies! Mmm... sponge cake + cream....

[Dr. J]

yea, i believe it, my friends downstairs neighbor lost 50 lbs. doin DDR

[Zurden]

I think I'm losing weight, I've been playing for three months....

But I love food too....

:: ponders decision between food and DDR::

OH WHY CAN'T WE HAVE BOTH AND BE HAPPY?!