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.

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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

Netherlands2757 Posts

January 17 2010 18:32 GMT

XPIRL?

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

January 17 2010 18:33 GMT

way to go fat kid
good way of looking at things

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

January 17 2010 18:37 GMT

I've always wondered if anyone was able to make a real exercise program out of the wiifit game.

PanN

United States2828 Posts

January 17 2010 18:40 GMT

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.

FortuneSyn

1826 Posts

January 17 2010 18:46 GMT

Videogames can subsitute food, so u getz skinny. I personally dont have time to eat food, waste of time it is.

Kennelie

United States2296 Posts

January 17 2010 18:47 GMT

“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.

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

January 17 2010 18:49 GMT

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.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

January 17 2010 19:01 GMT

On January 18 2010 03:49 Luddite wrote:

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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

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.

Lovin

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.

Frits

11782 Posts

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

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.

NeO)MasCoT

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

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

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.

Trowabarton756

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.

ZaplinG

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?

ccou

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.

Dagoth_Mora

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

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