[kasumi_satoshi]

I'm 15, 5'3 and weighed this morning, 142 pounds. Since school started (4 weeks ago) , I've already gained 4 pounds. Not fun. I have a costume coming in for Halloween, and I want to be able to fit it, but I'm worried that this rate of weight gain is gonna interfere with that. So I thought I'd get started on losing/maintaining some weight. But my previous attempts haven't been successful. I've kept up with at least 3 weeks of DDR/target toning but saw not a single lost pound. I watched my food intake pretty well too. Quite discouraging.My new plan of attack is to try an hour (the game marks it 30 minutes) of DDR and then alternating toning of the upper/lower body each day along with it. I can't really choose my meals because I gotta eat whatever is at school and whatever my mom has waiting for me at home for dinner. But I was thinking a granola bar would work well for a before-workout snack. During school, I was wondering if water would effectively help keep my hunger at bay for awhile (an hour at least) without me having to chug a whole bottle. Also, I was going to start a food journal. Some people say you should mark the calories, others don't. I'd rather mark calories, but what do you do about the foods that don't have a label? Like homemade foods?Any tips would help, thanks.