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Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
January 17 2010 18:30 GMT
#1
Georgia teen Taylor LeBaron developed a method of tracking calories and working out on a gaming console, and it helped him shed 150 pounds in 18 months. He speaks with TODAY’s Meredith Vieira.

Click the link for video http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34845477/ns/today-today_health/

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“It has the same aspects of a video game,” the 17-year-old LeBaron told Meredith Vieira live on TODAY Thursday. “You have enemies, you have allies, and you have money. You have to play smart; otherwise, you run out of your money. Your score needs to be high at the end of the day.”

He also wrote a book about it. Rumors go that between the pages 50-55 there's hidden cheats & tricks.
Navane
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Netherlands2757 Posts
January 17 2010 18:32 GMT
#2

XPIRL?
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
January 17 2010 18:33 GMT
#3
way to go fat kid
good way of looking at things
Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
January 17 2010 18:37 GMT
#4
I've always wondered if anyone was able to make a real exercise program out of the wiifit game.
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
January 17 2010 18:40 GMT
#5
Wow, thats weird.

I lost all my weight playing WoW years back, I simply ran in place when I played, and even helped friends online lose weight by just playing videogames AND moving.
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
FortuneSyn
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1826 Posts
January 17 2010 18:46 GMT
#6
Videogames can subsitute food, so u getz skinny. I personally dont have time to eat food, waste of time it is.
Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
January 17 2010 18:47 GMT
#7
“You have enemies, you have allies, and you have money. You have to play smart; otherwise, you run out of your money. Your score needs to be high at the end of the day.”


lmfao, the 2010 hustler award goes to this guy.
ya had ya shot kid!
Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
January 17 2010 18:49 GMT
#8
On January 18 2010 03:46 FortuneSyn wrote:
Videogames can subsitute food, so u getz skinny. I personally dont have time to eat food, waste of time it is.

i dunno if you're joking but that seriously is how it works for me.
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
Boundz(DarKo)
Profile Joined March 2009
5311 Posts
January 17 2010 19:01 GMT
#9
On January 18 2010 03:49 Luddite wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2010 03:46 FortuneSyn wrote:
Videogames can subsitute food, so u getz skinny. I personally dont have time to eat food, waste of time it is.

i dunno if you're joking but that seriously is how it works for me.

It's true for me as well. If I am on a serious run of starcraft games that lasts for like 8-10 hours I won't feel the hunger at all. When I stop gaming it hits me like a fist though, but still that means 1-2 meals per day not containing alot of calories. A pretty bad way of losing/not gaining weight... but nevertheless a way. XD
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
January 17 2010 19:05 GMT
#10
Me, and some other guys I know, lost a lot of weight just playing games 14+ hours a day. Food? Maybe after this game... which turns into 5 more hours. Then you're too tired to go get food.
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Lovin
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark812 Posts
January 17 2010 19:08 GMT
#11
I mean, I don't know.. I think the graphics are all right, but without multiplayer this just feel like something I could play for years.. And what the fuck happened to the combat system? XPIRL > This IMHO.
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Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-17 19:09:36
January 17 2010 19:08 GMT
#12
Finally, LeBaron took control of his life by turning to the thing that helped make him fat in the first place: video games.


lollll this is just as pathetic as people who claim 'alcohol made me do it!'

Video games don't make you fat, lack of exercise and a horrible diet does. Playing video games has never stopped me from working out.
NeCroPoTeNce
Profile Joined July 2009
United States513 Posts
January 17 2010 19:11 GMT
#13
Wow, this is weird, cuz you can either get fat or really skinny, it's just all up to what you eat, and how much of it.
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NeO)MasCoT
Profile Joined December 2006
United States212 Posts
January 17 2010 19:18 GMT
#14
Hehe. I lost 100lbs in a year, so big ups to this guy.



Instead of substituting food with video games, how about every time you lose you do 20 push ups, 50 sit ups, and run for 2 minutes.



I think that's a bit healthier for you o_O
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7577 Posts
January 17 2010 19:24 GMT
#15
neo)mascot imagine how good our current pro gamer lines would look if that was required lol.
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
January 17 2010 19:27 GMT
#16
its called the World of Warcraft diet

where you're so busy grinding and raiding that you forget to eat and eventually lose weight

definitely helped me.
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Trowabarton756
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States870 Posts
January 17 2010 19:45 GMT
#17
hahaha I didn't know i was the only one that subscribed to the zombie video game diet(ala world of warcraft or starcraft grinding). Like everyone else I don't feel the hunger unless I stop thinking about the game.
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ZaplinG
Profile Blog Joined February 2005
United States3818 Posts
January 17 2010 19:55 GMT
#18
So basically this kid just went to the YMCA, got a personal trainer assigned to him, started working out and eating healthy, then somehow called it a video game and got national exposure?
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ccou
Profile Joined December 2008
United States681 Posts
January 17 2010 20:18 GMT
#19
On January 18 2010 04:24 AttackZerg wrote:
neo)mascot imagine how good our current pro gamer lines would look if that was required lol.


Don't most pro teams already have mandatory gym time? Otherwise how would you explaing Stork/Nada's body.
Wake up Mr. B!
Dagoth_Mora
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1 Post
January 17 2010 20:26 GMT
#20
I don't believe this- I've done hardly anything but play video games in the last 10 years and I've gone from 90 pounds to 280... I think they call that puberty, though
ilistis
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States828 Posts
January 17 2010 20:30 GMT
#21
On January 18 2010 04:55 ZaplinG wrote:
So basically this kid just went to the YMCA, got a personal trainer assigned to him, started working out and eating healthy, then somehow called it a video game and got national exposure?

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."-William Faulkner *_*_*_Kolll FAN_*_*_*
Murlox
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France1699 Posts
January 17 2010 22:35 GMT
#22
On January 18 2010 05:26 Dagoth_Mora wrote:
I don't believe this- I've done hardly anything but play video games in the last 10 years and I've gone from 90 pounds to 280... I think they call that puberty, though


Are you certain you didn't eat a bit, too?

On January 18 2010 04:55 ZaplinG wrote:
So basically this kid just went to the YMCA, got a personal trainer assigned to him, started working out and eating healthy, then somehow called it a video game and got international exposure?
Resistance ain't futile
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
January 17 2010 22:39 GMT
#23
I thought this was going to be some stupid Wii Fit success story or something. Its actually much more lamer than that.

Kudos to the guy, but whatever.
♞
sith
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States2474 Posts
January 17 2010 22:50 GMT
#24
This is possibly the lamest weight loss story I've ever read. He wasn't even that fat, and he lost it through the most basic way possible: eating right and exercising. Not saying that was easy...but I mean really? This isn't news.
Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
January 17 2010 23:50 GMT
#25
300lbs isn't that fat? Its 100lbs over obese for most people, especially when you have no muscle which if all you're doing is playing video games ... you have no muscle.
♞
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
January 18 2010 00:50 GMT
#26
On January 18 2010 05:26 Dagoth_Mora wrote:
I don't believe this- I've done hardly anything but play video games in the last 10 years and I've gone from 90 pounds to 280... I think they call that puberty, though

yeah i think so
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Profile Blog Joined June 2003
11739 Posts
January 18 2010 01:22 GMT
#27
On January 18 2010 04:05 BottleAbuser wrote:
Me, and some other guys I know, lost a lot of weight just playing games 14+ hours a day. Food? Maybe after this game... which turns into 5 more hours. Then you're too tired to go get food.


I used to call that the Star Craft Diet, which then became the Halo diet. I just played SC or Halo so much I didn't have time for food. Ironically, I actually got fatter....
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meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
January 18 2010 01:35 GMT
#28
I dunno... I could see how they could give someone the drive. For most people they take it away though.
JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
January 18 2010 03:56 GMT
#29
On January 18 2010 04:27 mOnion wrote:
its called the World of Warcraft diet

where you're so busy grinding and raiding that you forget to eat and eventually lose weight

definitely helped me.


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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20164 Posts
January 20 2010 08:19 GMT
#30
On January 18 2010 04:08 Frits wrote:
Show nested quote +
Finally, LeBaron took control of his life by turning to the thing that helped make him fat in the first place: video games.


lollll this is just as pathetic as people who claim 'alcohol made me do it!'

Video games don't make you fat, lack of exercise and a horrible diet does. Playing video games has never stopped me from working out.


this x2
I play video games 8 hours a day and stay in great shape ~~
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Ricjames
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Czech Republic1047 Posts
January 20 2010 09:22 GMT
#31
This works/worked for me, when i played games a lot i lost weight. Even when i was eating a lot and everything i was not gaining any weight. I started to gain it only when working out and playing sports, which is kinda weird, cause it works other way round for everyone else.
Brood War is the best RTS that has ever been created.
pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5098 Posts
January 20 2010 09:30 GMT
#32
lol i thot this was about some kid playing a ton of awesome games so awesome that he forgets that he's hungry and thus loses weight.

this isnt even that cool wtf its just the media jumping at anything that has any connotations to video games cuz it attracts viewers.
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-20 09:35:57
January 20 2010 09:34 GMT
#33
On January 18 2010 03:33 travis wrote:
way to go fat kid
good way of looking at things


lol

I thought this was about some kid playing computer games as if he were a korean and then forgetting to eat/know what food is.

+ Show Spoiler +
with the exception of july zerg o.o
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jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
January 20 2010 09:38 GMT
#34
the only way i can imagine to lose weight by playing video games is an excessive amount of dance dance revolution or the way they play in the movie 'gamer'
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IdrA
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States11541 Posts
January 20 2010 09:42 GMT
#35
On January 18 2010 04:08 Frits wrote:
Show nested quote +
Finally, LeBaron took control of his life by turning to the thing that helped make him fat in the first place: video games.


lollll this is just as pathetic as people who claim 'alcohol made me do it!'

Video games don't make you fat, lack of exercise and a horrible diet does. Playing video games has never stopped me from working out.

it says "helped"
spending alot of time gaming encourages a sedentary lifestyle and, unfortunately, we dont all have your masterful self control.
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anch
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States5457 Posts
January 20 2010 09:52 GMT
#36
fucking christ, this is not a video game, there is no video game at all. Its a fucking mind game diet.
The titel was very misleading. This isnt revolutionary like what others said, its more of a keep your self on a agenda but mind games.
zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15365 Posts
February 10 2010 09:35 GMT
#37
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=112001
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