Can I lose weight, too?

I'm 200 pounds, althought I've been told I look like I weigh 150. I guess it's "weight placement" on my body that does it, seeing as I'm a female.

I'd ideally like to weight 120 pounds, but I have a slight problem. I play DDR every day and put it on calorie burning mode, and aim for 100 calories a day. I also eat less than 2000 calories a day. I've been like this for well over a month, and haven't lost a single pound.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I could lose some weight?

~M

Is DDR an exercise programme?   Best place to start is to get a calorie recommendation from CC's calculator.  Enter your stats and a 'light' activity level (100 cals?)  and see what comes back. You should get a number around 1400-1500.  2000 sounds more like a maintenance amount for someone your size.

Next step... keep your food diary really accurately.  Weigh and measure portions for a while rather than guessing.   Finally,  make sure what you're eating includes plenty of vegetables, wholegrains, lean meat/fish, fruit and so forth and that you spread your food intake out reasonably evenly during the day.   2 litres of water every day completes the picture.  Then see how it goes.  Good luck

DDR is short for Dance Dance Revolution, an arcade game (that has transitioned onto home systems like the Wii) that is a little like hopscotch-on-one-spot.  You're on a pad trying to have your feet keep up with which numbers under them are flashing.  It's probably equivalent to random dancing around to music.

Original Post by susiecue:

DDR is short for Dance Dance Revolution, an arcade game (that has transitioned onto home systems like the Wii) that is a little like hopscotch-on-one-spot.  You're on a pad trying to have your feet keep up with which numbers under them are flashing.  It's probably equivalent to random dancing around to music.

DDR comes with a calorie-counting mode. You can set it to any number and keep playing until you burn all the calories you've set.

Do you understand how much 100 calories is? In relation to food I mean. Its about 3/4 can of soda, or 10 potato chips, or 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, or 1 cup of skim milk, or  4 tootsie rolls...

my point is that while it is true that any exercise is better than none, 100 calories burned is not very much at all.

i agree with surfee minus 100 calories a day isn't even a pound a month.
and i agree with gi-jane check to see what you should be burning, although i would use sedentary, and then you can add the 100 calorie deficit (under activity ? dancing).

good luck.

100 calories burned is 100 calories burned!  If you pay close attention to your diet, and eat fewer calories than you naturally burn each day, 100 calories can be a significant number.  This site can be very helpful, because it aids you in keeping track of what you put in your body in relation to what you work off. 

gi-jane is right--pay attention to the kinds of food that you take in, as well as portion sizes.  Look at nutrition labels.  Avoid anything that has "high fructose corn syrup" or "enriched" in the first 3 or so ingredients (there are a few more really bad ones I can't think of right off--help, anyone?).  Drop candy, cookies, and sodas, or really limit them, because those contain nothing but empty calories (they have no value to your body nutritionally, and do nothing to satiate your appetite).  Avoid fast food and fried food when you can; check out how bad they really are for you by looking up your favorites in the food add-in function.  Once you see that a Big Mac wipes out all the dancing you just did, you might be less inclined to order one!  And talk to people here--there's lots of helpful advice from people who know all the ups and downs you'll be going through.

It seems like it's a lot to deal with, but especially if you focus on changing one thing at a time, you WILL see a difference.

Step 1 - use the CC tools to determine your calorie needs.  I'd start with the burn meter and figure out what you burn in a typical day, then deduct calories from that to get the right amount. 

Step 1 - Read this and follow it to the letter http://caloriecount.about.com/simple-diet-pla n-b268068

Are your clothes any looser?

OMG! i love DDR!