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<blockquote data-quote="Bride of Cthulhu" data-source="post: 7650583" data-attributes="member: 6746165"><p>I greatly enjoyed this article! I used to be an extremely active person. Not owning a car was a huge part of that. I used to walk for at least an hour (usually more) every day broken up into 30-45 minute walks throughout the day and I lived in a city where it was easy to find a place to dance or join friends on a hiking trail. </p><p></p><p>It was difficult for me to imagine myself ever falling to the 'Gamer Physique' being a girl. I never thought it could happen to me! After getting married, however, my situation changed. Not only do I now share my husband's car but everything I need or want in town is only a short 10 or 20 minute walk away! It has been difficult to try to pencil exercising into my busy schedule. I usually justify this with 'I will clean around the house. That has to burn some calories.' As a woman, the media has a huge impact on how I feel I should look but more so than fear the judgement of modern American standards I fear falling in the eyes of my peers into the 'chubby gamer girl' look. I have been married for a few months now and everyone has warned me 'prepare to pack on more than a few pounds now that you've tied the knot. It's just what happens.'</p><p></p><p>Is it wrong that the most daunting part of gaining weight is worrying about cosplaying my favorite characters at conventions? The expectation of my peers for me to sport a skintight leather 'onesie' or to walk around in knee high boots, tights, and a leotard as their friendly Marvel and DC favorite is sometimes (MOST OF THE TIME) the only thing between me and a box of bugles and a Dr. Who marathon on the couch. </p><p></p><p>Even so, it is so hard to motivate myself to exercise. I've never HAD to in the past and now that I married my main PC, I find myself sitting in the DM chair waaaay more often and spending hours and hours sitting down, not moving around at all, sometimes after a full day at work doing just that. Sitting. Not moving around. There are no decent gyms in this town and I couldn't bare the shame and extra work of having to remake all of my cosplaying clothes. Vanitas, vanitas, et omnia es vanitas. This article, however, has been more than inspiring. </p><p></p><p>Maybe Fitocracy is just what the gamer girl in me needs to turn that jog into experience points and who knows; maybe my husband (bless his beautiful soul, he is and has always been standard gamer physique) might join me? Thank you so much for posting this. I sincerely believe that it will help get me moving more often. If nothing else, this may be ( imho ) the closest acceptable thing to LARPing. . . where you play yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bride of Cthulhu, post: 7650583, member: 6746165"] I greatly enjoyed this article! I used to be an extremely active person. Not owning a car was a huge part of that. I used to walk for at least an hour (usually more) every day broken up into 30-45 minute walks throughout the day and I lived in a city where it was easy to find a place to dance or join friends on a hiking trail. It was difficult for me to imagine myself ever falling to the 'Gamer Physique' being a girl. I never thought it could happen to me! After getting married, however, my situation changed. Not only do I now share my husband's car but everything I need or want in town is only a short 10 or 20 minute walk away! It has been difficult to try to pencil exercising into my busy schedule. I usually justify this with 'I will clean around the house. That has to burn some calories.' As a woman, the media has a huge impact on how I feel I should look but more so than fear the judgement of modern American standards I fear falling in the eyes of my peers into the 'chubby gamer girl' look. I have been married for a few months now and everyone has warned me 'prepare to pack on more than a few pounds now that you've tied the knot. It's just what happens.' Is it wrong that the most daunting part of gaining weight is worrying about cosplaying my favorite characters at conventions? The expectation of my peers for me to sport a skintight leather 'onesie' or to walk around in knee high boots, tights, and a leotard as their friendly Marvel and DC favorite is sometimes (MOST OF THE TIME) the only thing between me and a box of bugles and a Dr. Who marathon on the couch. Even so, it is so hard to motivate myself to exercise. I've never HAD to in the past and now that I married my main PC, I find myself sitting in the DM chair waaaay more often and spending hours and hours sitting down, not moving around at all, sometimes after a full day at work doing just that. Sitting. Not moving around. There are no decent gyms in this town and I couldn't bare the shame and extra work of having to remake all of my cosplaying clothes. Vanitas, vanitas, et omnia es vanitas. This article, however, has been more than inspiring. Maybe Fitocracy is just what the gamer girl in me needs to turn that jog into experience points and who knows; maybe my husband (bless his beautiful soul, he is and has always been standard gamer physique) might join me? Thank you so much for posting this. I sincerely believe that it will help get me moving more often. If nothing else, this may be ( imho ) the closest acceptable thing to LARPing. . . where you play yourself. [/QUOTE]
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