improvstone wrote:Mike

That was a really cool post.  Thanks.... Good to see you have realised that your health is more important than working 9 to 5 or in my case 5 to 9

Cheers

Michael

    Thanks for the kind words...I've learned once you hit 40 nothing is as important as your health, unless it's a family member's health.  BTW, since I quit my job two men in my department (older than me by about ten years) have had heart attacks, one is still in the hospital six months later. Another former co-worker died recently from liver and kidney complications, he was a heavy smoker and very overweight, and often told me he "stress ate" when the going got tough.  To top it off my old boss fell down a flight of stairs at work about a week after I quit (which everyone told me was due to exhaustion from working overtime), broke her hip, and is still in a wheelchair months later after completing absolutely no rehab (work has kept her "too busy" to do so she has said!).  I truly say thanks to the game of D&D everyday (!) for allowing me to amass such a load of crap that I can now sell it full time.....the alternative is too painful to contemplate!
    BTW, while on the subject, all you 300+ lb gamers out there (you know EXACTLY who you are) whose most exercise is rolling dice or using the eraser on a character sheet...uh, work in a salad or a long walk once in awhile.  When I go to gaming conventions or even the local gamestore I'm truly embarrassed sometimes.  Besides being girl repellant in human form, you guys are killing yourselves slowly.  Cmon, I'll need some company in the old folks home getting a group together...

Mike B.

    Mike B.

Aw, fat isn't so bad. We used to play "You pick 'em, I stick 'em" on Saturday bar nights, and the pick was always a 200+ pounder. They make great breakfasts the morning after.
I know what you mean, though. I'm 5' 11", 195, not much on me for fat, but I am the exception in our gaming circle. The LEAST the other guys have is the Body by Budweiser gut. One guy, Sam, is fat enough that he probably has to use 3 crappers when loaf time arrives. 1 for each cheek, and the recipient in the middle.
Could it be the junk food? I don't eat junk food myself, but it seems everyone brings around $50 total in chips, peanuts, pizza, etc. every time.

bbarsh wrote:I think it goes deeper than junk food. I've got to assume most gamers were not very athletic in their youth and therefore sat around the table, arcades, movies, etc.

Sports?  We don't need no stinkin' sports!  My gaming group would play for hours/days on end, munching down pizza/chips/pop etc. etc.  Now, we're all fairly lucky in terms of genetics, but the reason we never got fat can be attributed to our D&D "intermissions":

Every 6 hours or so we'd get outside and run around trying to hurt each other with sticks/rocks/slingshots (whatever was available).  You wouldn't believe the exercise you can get when you're running through the woods at night and several other guys are trying to whack at you wiith "staves".  Some wrestling, climbing trees, and slogging through rivers was involved at times as well.  

Mind you, we lived in the countryside far away from innocent bystanders.

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