It's that time of the year again…

I know it's a little early since Christmas isn't here yet, but you can't be too early to think about New Years Resolutions and video games. In the past I tried making a video game weight loss challenge or whatever it was called. So to make everything easier for this upcoming year, and to make us Angels healthier, I made a different challenge for us gamers as a gaming community.

We are gamers at heart, and as such gamers we like a little fun in our daily life challenges. So, this year for the year 2010, for those Angels who want to join, but you don't have to join this healthy game challenge if you don't want to. Also, I am not implying anything or trying to offend anyone. I am an overweight gamer and I'm not talking about ten to thirty pounds overweight either. I just want to motivate as many people as I can to be healthy and happy. All though, if your healthy and/or happy all ready you can just ignore me and there is no harm done. So, without further adieux, here is the challenge…

Starting January 2, 2010 there will be a weight loss challenge for those who want to participate.

You state your weight, reasons for wanting to lose weight, or if your weight is perfect, but you need/want a reason to be healthy then you can do that too.

You also state what gaming method your going to use in order to be healthy. I.E.: DDR, Wii Fit, In the Groove, Stepmania, Yourself Fitness (PC)/My Fitness Coach (Wii), Jillian Micheal's what's her title game workout thing…

As long as it's a video game that your using for your goal then your not disqualified. You can also use if you want other methods of exercise as well, but let people know that too.

The challenge is to lose at least thirty pounds by April 3, 2010. And for those who join who need a different goal will be in a different class of either losing five or ten pounds. I'll call all three categories Class A, Class B, and Class C.

I'll reward each class accordingly with bragging rights and achievement awards in the form of art that they can put on their sigs or whatever.

My method will be DDR.

Who will join me this year?  

- Saiyu  

Again, I'm so down for this! I can't do DDR because of my insanely small room (it's a 9ft by 9ft square; i kid you not), but I ride my bike and walk a lot during school, so I'm gonna try it the old fashioned way! My goal's 20 pounds.

Good luck to everyone!

I can look into it! =)

Great! Uh…what's ITG?

Oh and I got a Wii-Fit Plus for Christmas!! Wooooo!!!

So I need to re-state what I am using. I'll be using DDR and Wii-Fit!

And I got other great news Angels! In the last week and a half of doing DDR I dropped five pounds! So instead of 299 lbs. I'm 294 lbs.!

Wii-Fit is all weird, cool, new, and funny, but with practice I'm sure I'll get it. The Kung fu I didn't do so well though. Like the controls werent responding, but everything else is great. I love the running, boxing, and yoga breathing exercises so far.

26 more lbs. to go!!

- Saiyu

Post edited 3:15 pm – December 24, 2009 by RenoChan

Saiyu! That's awesome news! The first few pounds tend to be the hardest, aren't they, while you're getting into the swing of things. Mm, I'm going to try to cut back to 1 soda a day again, like I did while gearing up for my summer job. That alone helped me lose at least 5-10 pounds.

Hm, maybe I'll try to find an arcade near me that has a DDR machine or hook up the PS2 sometimes and actually do the DDR part. I don't have anything other than a couple PS2 versions, and there's no wii in my house. -sadface- Oh well! Someone's gotta be crazy and try it 'normally'. April 3 is right before my birthday, so I'm, personally, shooting for April 8th. I wanna drop 20 pounds for my 20th birthday!!

Question for all: on Jan 2, should we post our starting weight (for those of us that don't mind sharing it, that is) so we can keep track of how much in case we, for some reason, happen to forget how far along we are in the course of our lives?

I'm in!  I gotta get back into the habit of playing DDR/ITG/Stepmania again.  It's been months since I played on a regular basis.  Plus, I'd like to be in better shape and have more energy. 

I don't know my overall goal yet, but I'd like to lose at least 15 lbs. by my birthday, February 12th.

Count me in.  My husband got me Wii Fit for Christmas, and I could always use some friends to help hold me accountable.  I'm going to give up sodas completely, and as a bonus I will be using January 2nd as my date to quit smoking.

Part of me is yelling "no, don't put it in writing!!!" righ tnow…but I think this is a great idea to keep motivated.  I am a terrible procrastinator, and I tend to have life A.D.D, but I'm really trying to structure some things and this healthy challenge on GA certainly couldn't hurt   Like Folenswife, I plan to quit smoking after the 1st of the year also, and I'm going to need something to keep me active and not pacing the floor eating candy.  I'm trying to steer my diet in a healthier direction also…back to living without soda and eating a lot more fresh foods, fruits & veggies.  I don't "diet", it's just not in my DNA, but I am all about eating healthy.

So I shall join you all.  I don't necessarilly have a goal for weight loss, although 15-20 lbs. sounds about right.  I will be using DDR and Wii fit plus (with some help from my eliptical machine and an ab roller). 

GamingAngel…yeah that plan is to give up soda completely.  I always start the day with a Mountain Dew or a Pepsi, and the same thing goes when I get home from work.  I know that alone would help me a lot….I've done it before, and I know I can do it again.

Rachel, I'll make a deal with you….you hold me accountable for any time I slip and smoke a cig, and I'll do the same for you.  My husband is a smoker, so it's definitely going to be difficult.  But I'm determined to do it….

I actually don't mind that my hubby isn't quitting with me.  I never really asked him, and I'm just doing it for me for a variety of reasons.  Don't get me wrong….I would love for him to quit smoking, but he's got to make that decision on his own.  We're already spending 50 bucks a carton, so I know just me quitting smoking will free up a considerable amount of money.  I've been reading alot on becomeanex.com, and I read about the appetite thing.  I'd be willing to bet that the weight I've lost over the last year or so with no real effort has to do with my smoking.  I'm worried about quitting and afraid I'll be way too irritable, but I miss my singing voice.  I love to sing, and I've noticed I can't hit the notes I used to be able to.  That could just be a factor of getting a little older too, but I'm going to stick with the assumption it's because of smoking to encourage myself to quit LOL.

As far as eating better and exercising, my big thing is going to be motivation.  I've tried getting into some sort of an exercise routine in the past, and every time it has died simply because I get home from work exhausted and all I want to do is sit down and relax.  I've subscribed to this thread, so I'm hoping the reminder that all of you ladies are here for me to check in with will help keep me motivated to take off this excess weight once and for all.  I've got a considerable amount I'd like to lose and am still working on breaking that large number into smaller, more reasonable goals.  I'll be checking back in to let yall know what my goals are going to be after I figure out for myself.