It all started in April of 2019. My job at the time was on the second floor and the elevator was out. I let out a sigh and slowly made my way up the stairs. This quite the challenge for a 10 year smoker who weighed 294lbs. By the time I got to the door I was already sweating and panting. It was then that I realized that I was tired of being overweight.
That day I threw out all of my nicotine products, downloaded MyFitnessPal, and stopped going to fast food restaurants. I began to count my calories, fast intermittently, and take the stairs wherever I went but, I never actually worked out. Working out was always difficult for me mainly because I get bored easily. Enter: Ring Fit Adventure.
Ring Fit Adventure is a RPG workout game for the Nintendo Switch. It uses a leg strap and plastic ring in which you attach the controllers to in order for your movements to be inputted into the game. Now, when I first saw this game I thought it was just another Nintendo gimmick like Wii Fitness or Wii Sports. Boy, was I wrong.
Now Ring Fit didnt come into play until the end of December or 2019. At this point I had already lost 60lbs. At the time I was a streamer for Mixer (RIP) and I decided it would be a fun idea to stream the game and see if it would help me lose weight! Streaming the game was a great motivator for me considering that the game makes you break a sweat. Here is a clip of me during my first workout. It was not but, I kept at it. I streamed the game almost every other day and kept pushing myself further and further. The game calculates the total amount of time you are exercising by how much you movement you are imputing. Heres me pushing myself to a full hour.
While the game is difficult it is by no means not fun or entertaining! There is mechanic in the game where you make smoothies to give yourself buffs and jamming out while making them. There are bosses that have powerful attacks that you have to put up a beefy defense and sometimes the ring-con has a mind of its own! It also helps when you have a dog who loves to encourage you along the way.
In three months of me streaming and playing I had lost 30lbs! I wanted to continue pushing myself but, the pandemic hit and just kinda screwed everything up as Im sure a lot of you know. On top of that Mixer shut down and I had to move my streaming over to Twitch. I fortunately kept my health up and was able to hit my goal weight of 194lbs by my birthday on 5/15!
Currently I am back to streaming Ring Fit Adventure on Twitch every Wednesday and I am now sitting at 1851bs and I have set my new goal to 165lbs. Not only did is this game helping me lose weight but it is also motivating me to workout outside of the game. I have been trailing running as much as I can and lifting weights at home! Its also a great tool to show yourself how much you have grown! The game will tell you how many times you have done an exercise!
Who would of thought that a game would help me with my weight loss journey? I like looking back onto this clip of me doing overhead squats for the first time compared to this clip of me doing them with ease last month.
Thanks for reading and I hope that you know that if I can do it, so can you! If you ever need any help, want to know more about the game, or would like to know where to watch me let me know!
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