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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 958378" data-attributes="member: 4">I think it's human nature (not necessarily a good side of human nature, mind you) to want to put things into little boxes.&nbsp; So &quot;gamer = fat pale nerd&quot; becomes one of these little boxes.&nbsp; Fortunately, the more you live the more you learn that these little boxes don't hold as much as you think they do.&nbsp; TV and news media and movies, etc., seem to do their best to keep those inaccurate perceptions alive, sadly.&nbsp; That said, gaming is a pretty sedentary hobby and, like computer gaming and watching movies, it's not surprising that if someone spends a lot of time participating in such a hobby their bodies will reflect it. Diet and exercise are kind of the banes of my existence.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I frequently fail to have the willpower to stick with what I ideally &quot;should&quot; be doing.&nbsp; But when I do stick with it, I find that I am enjoying a slightly more &quot;balanced&quot; life and I end up being happier in many ways.&nbsp; It's funny (not in a &quot;ha-ha&quot; way) for me to look back on my journals over the past 10 years or so -- every year around this time I write something like &quot;Ok, it's time to start doing a better job of exercising and watching what I eat.&quot;&nbsp; I'm like a broken record!&nbsp; 'course it doesn't hurt that I get 8-10 weeks every summer to bum around and hike, go bike riding, etc.&nbsp; That's a great perk of being in education. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; And in this past year I have learned a dieting technique (reducing carbs -- not loading up on meat/fat, mind you, but just cutting down on bread and potatoes) that I can live with and seems to be doing a good job of keeping me in shape.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 958378, member: 4"] I think it's human nature (not necessarily a good side of human nature, mind you) to want to put things into little boxes. So "gamer = fat pale nerd" becomes one of these little boxes. Fortunately, the more you live the more you learn that these little boxes don't hold as much as you think they do. TV and news media and movies, etc., seem to do their best to keep those inaccurate perceptions alive, sadly. That said, gaming is a pretty sedentary hobby and, like computer gaming and watching movies, it's not surprising that if someone spends a lot of time participating in such a hobby their bodies will reflect it. Diet and exercise are kind of the banes of my existence. :) I frequently fail to have the willpower to stick with what I ideally "should" be doing. But when I do stick with it, I find that I am enjoying a slightly more "balanced" life and I end up being happier in many ways. It's funny (not in a "ha-ha" way) for me to look back on my journals over the past 10 years or so -- every year around this time I write something like "Ok, it's time to start doing a better job of exercising and watching what I eat." I'm like a broken record! 'course it doesn't hurt that I get 8-10 weeks every summer to bum around and hike, go bike riding, etc. That's a great perk of being in education. :) And in this past year I have learned a dieting technique (reducing carbs -- not loading up on meat/fat, mind you, but just cutting down on bread and potatoes) that I can live with and seems to be doing a good job of keeping me in shape. [/QUOTE]

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