30 for 360

[SegaAges]

I think I might have mentioned this slightly or said maybe one sentence on it here or there, but with how close I am to getting this accomplished, I figured that I would start a thread about it to see what the rest of the people here thought about it.

Ok, I got extremely unhappy with my weight. Needless to say, I was, and still am, overweight. Everytime I would start working out, I would lose motivation to continue to work out, and just gain it all back.

Well I got really bad around when my parents split up (I may have been 22 at the time, but the situation was really bad and included my mother getting into drugs). I got to a bad point, was extremely unhealthy, and weighed over 300 pounds. Now keep in mind I am only about 5'9 or 5'10, so I was massive.

I slowly started eating right, but I was still super big.

I found out that Sonic the Hedgehog was coming out for xbox 360, so it made me want a 360 really bad (I now know that the game isn't super good, but I am getting it anyway because of my goal).

I wanted a 360, and I wanted to lose weight. I decided that I would lose 30 pounds, and then the day I lost 30 pounds, I would buy an xbox 360 and sonic. My brother was so proud about me doing this that he said that he would buy me sonic. Now I had, and still have, motivation.

At this point, I have completely changed my diet, workout a minimum of 4 times a week, and feel great. I have currently lost 25 pounds in 2 months. I know I could lose more faster, but when I started, I figured that 10 pounds a month would be a good steady pace.

Now the reason for selecting 30 pounds. I tell you guys simply because I have nothing to hide from you guys. When I started and first weighed myself before working out at all, I weighed 280 pounds. I needed to find something where I would be in a habit of working out and eating right. As of yesterday, I was at 255 pounds. I figured once I get to 250, I could inform others of my weight (at this point I don't even tell close friends and family members how much I weight).

I feel this is one of the biggest steps I have taken in my life. I am at the point in my life right now where everything is coming together very nicely. I am graduating from college in May with a degree in Computer Science, I am about to open up my own online store that sells electronics here in about 2 or 3 weeks (more details on that will happen once I get more code done on it), and I am getting very close to losing the full 30 pounds and buying an xbox 360.

I think for the first time in my life, I can say that I am genuenly happy, and I was hoping that by posting this thread about losing 30 pounds for an xbox 360, that I would gain the support of the dp community in my goal.

5 more pounds, and and will post to this thread with more details.

[heybtbm]

Good for you. Remember loosing weight is easy if you follow this simple rule:

Burn more calories than you take in.

Works for 100% of the human population. Some need to burn more calories than others...that's a given. Still, it's a fundamental truth of human physiology. Live by it.

[RCM]

Keep up the good work! I bought a 360 for Sonic and don't have any regrets. Not the best entry in the series but like Darth Vader, there's some good in there!

I'm a huge proponent of hardcore gamers working out and eating right. Fuck yeah!

[Drexel923]

Congrats man. I think I may try some of that motivation on myself. I need to lose some weight myself and I want expensive stuff so its a win win :D

Being healthy and having a 360 are both worth it ;)

[SegaAges]

Drexel: Eat alot of apples, salad, and chicken breast (not greasy KFC stuff), and some weight will start coming off from a good diet alone. That is how I can afford to not work out everyday, because as long as you are eating healthy, the rest will come into play later.

[atariboy]

Congrats man that is awesome that you are losing all that weight. Due to eating alot of sweets me and members of my family have a bet going on as to who could hold out the longest with no sweets. we are now going on 4 weeks and let me tell you I feel great. Its funny how alittle motivation can help you succeed. once again congrats keep up the good work.

[Joker T]

Good idea for setting a goal and working towards it. Congrats SegaAges.

[Chadt74]

You are doing the right thing. Going cold turkey or doing some stupid diet will not work. It sounds like you are making the changes in your life that you can sustain and continue which will produce results, I have a lot of respect for that.

A few other tips:

Try turkey and fish (not the beer battered crap) make good low fat protein. Steamed veggies, I got a steamer for xmas and steamed veggies are great and can be made in 5 mins. I throw in a little chopped up potato to make it a bit more filling.
Make yourself work out before gaming at night, if you start you won't stop! (well I don't)

Keep up the good work

[Bluteg]

Congrats man, rewarding yourself is one of the best ways to motivate yourself to lose weight.

[carlcarlson]

congrats man, that's great to hear. if you want to lose even more weight just pick up a copy of dance dance revolution. that's the most fun workout i've ever encountered.

[Drexel923]

Drexel: Eat alot of apples, salad, and chicken breast (not greasy KFC stuff), and some weight will start coming off from a good diet alone. That is how I can afford to not work out everyday, because as long as you are eating healthy, the rest will come into play later.

Yeah, I was on a similar diet in college and lost alot of weight. But unfortunately I couldn't keep it up. Here's hoping this time it works for good.

[Emuaust]

<---- has lost around 120 pounds

[njiska]

Keep up the good work! I bought a 360 for Sonic and don't have any regrets.

Rob are you high again?

[Bluteg]

Stupid double post.

[Nebagram]

You're an inspiration to us all, man, I wish I were that devoted to losing weight. Just don't comfort-eat it all back on again when you finally get around to actually PLAYING Sonic 360.

[Ponyone]

Good job.

You can be the new Jared and do commercials for the XBOX 360.

Not sure how that would work, but who knows.

Or the wii. That would work.

A positive spin for videogaming

[Lothars]

Good for you, I need to lose weight as well, I have been wanting to just have to push myself to do it,

but I am happy for you :)

I really enjoy my 360 as well, it's a great system :D

[kaedesdisciple]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/joethemack/achieveweight.jpg

Good work, bro. Keep it up!

[SegaAges]

This encouragement is pretty awesome. I slacked off yesterday and the day before, so I still need to lose 4 pounds. Lucky for me, I have a friend that just got hired at Subway (I know I can't put on all those extras like oil and vinegar), but hey, free sandwiches (don't tell jared I am losing weight and eating subway).

[SegaAges]

Well, I know that there are faster ways to lose the weight, but I figured that me doing this gradually would work, and so far, it has.

I am actually 2 pounds away from getting my 360, and I haven't weighed myself yet today. More than likely I won't do it today (I went out drinking last night, so that will all add up), but soon, I will be playing Sonic and Crackdown on my 360, oh yeah

[hezeuschrist]

Heh, an early congrats on a great way to motivate yourself to health.

I recently lost 23lbs myself, and since I'm such a lazy asshole I just had someone else make all the food for me! It's expensive, but if you eat every meal and don't stray you'll shed weight like nothin. No workouts at all, I just wasn't that motivated. Used games to keep me busy when I was bored to keep from eating as an activity, and I hit my goals rapid fire ;)

www.meals21.com

Honestly, it works. I did the 1200 calorie plan for two months and went from 213 to 188. This morning I was 189 after being off the plan for nearly a month, so it's definitely taught me about portion control. If you can afford it, it's not a bad way to get to your goals at all!

[Sotenga]

GO SA!!! You're almost there, and you have my admiration. :)

I haven't weighed myself in a bit, but I think it was around 215 last time I checked. I bet it's quite a bit more now, and I've been feeling rather fat lately. I've been trying to control my sweet tooth and drink more water than soda, but I just can't get the exercise down pat. I usually try and take a thirty-minute walk every day, but I feel as if I could do so much more. The problem is that I don't have the slightest clue as to what I could do for a regular workout routine. I don't really have much in the way of equipment except for a few hand weights. If anyone could offer some advice as to ideas for a good routine, I would be super-grateful. See if I can try to get mine back down to 200, which is where it was at one point.

Sorry to divert with my own weight-loss ambitions. Rock on, SA. :rocker:

[Hwj_Chim]

keep going! Hearing about this kind of stuff gets me motivated to do the same thing.

[mailman187666]

if they come out with some kind of game for the wii that helps with cardio + weight lifting (like wii remote weight attachments) I'd be all over that in a second for getting healthier. I'm not mad overweight (175 lbs, 6'-0") but I got that fast food gut i want to get rid of. If they made a wii game that could give you a rough estimate of calories burned, some kind of diet planner, and a workout game, I'd pay good money for it, that would be my motivation.

Unfortunately I already have all the next gen systems so I would have to find other means of motivation.

congrats to you man, don't let the 360 make you gain the weight back by playing it all the time.

[SegaAges]

I am super close to hitting my goal now.

Even after a nice, BIG, Easter Dinner, my current weight (from this morning at about 10am) is 251.2. That means that I only need to burn 0.6 pounds today and tomorrow if I plan on getting the 360 tomorrow sometime.

I don't know if I have said this before, but I am sure that there are faster ways that I could do this, but I went from eating fast food almost daily, to not even having fast food within the past 3 months. I wanted to make this gradual so that my body would adjust easier.

I also chose 30 pounds so that I could keep this going as a lifestyle. I could have picked 15 pounds or something like that, but then I wouldn't be in the habit of being as healthy as I feel right now (I could have worked out everyday and pretty much became anorexic to lose the weight within weeks).

I know that it will happen sometime this week. It will probably be tomorrow, but there is a chance that it will be on wednesday or thursday, but either way, with how close I am, I will be getting a 360 sometime this week.

Everybody's encouragment (not just DP, but all of my friends and family as well) have literally been the reason as to why I have been able to continue this and make sure that I not only do this and do it right, but stick with it after I get my 360.

Strange enough, I am actually going along perfect with how I planned it. I planed on losing about 10 pounds every month. It is not alot, but enough to keep it gradual and to keep me feeling good (health wise).

Soon enough, I will have a 360 gamertag, and that will be a glorious day my friends.

So far, I do appreciate all of the support of the fellow DP'ers.

Thanks Fellas (I will probably post in this topic within the next couple of days when I actually have my 360).

[hezeuschrist]

haha, excellent man. Be sure to grab yourself a mini plastic guitar and rock out!

And yes, losing 10lbs a month is a very healthy and quality goal to have. Planning for anything more is just going to set yourself up for disappointment and eventual discouragement, but at the same time it's a definitely manageable task if you set your mind to it.

Keep up the good work!

[SegaAges]

Well, I weighed myself this morning, and I weighed in at 249.6 lbs

I lost the 30 I was gunning for. I bought a 360 premium today, and got crackdown, dead rising, and sonic. I have been playing crackdown all day. I will still work out tomorrow, but I did it.

For the past 3 months, I have gone through a tremendous change with doing this. The goal was set high (my end total was right around $600), but it was worth it in the end.

I still plan on continuing my diet and excercise. I would like to lend my advise to anybody else that is a bigger person like me trying to lose weight.

I appreciate the support of the DPers.

Look for me online (gamertag = SegaAgesDP)