I've always been a desk-jockey, but previously I was pretty good at biking to work in decent weather, and taking the bus (which involved a fair bit of walking) in not so good weather, at least most days of the week. And I'd be doing other activities. I'd typically gain a little weight and lose a little conditioning in the winter, but nothing too severe.
This job though, man! No decent public transit, so since the end of biking season I've been driving every day (blech). And it is a total time vampire--any time I don't specifically put aside to spend with my family I end up committing to work. The result is that I've a real inactive blob this winter, and I've recently come to realize this had had significant blobbing effects on my physique. Just in the past week or two I've noticed things like:
- more difficulty leaning over to tie up shoe laces
- going to lean my head against the wall (I was miming my frustration) and finding my belly hitting the wall first).
- an awkward feeling that I think is a result of a slight shift in my centre of balance
- when reaching across my body, my arms running into my "moobs"
For the most part I don't like having gotten this out of shape, and I didn't intend to let myself get this fat. On the other hand, part of my loves being fat and is all excited by how big I've gotten, and kind of enjoys how being out of shape emphasises the effects of being bigger. Still, my intention is to start making time in my schedule for more regular physical activity, and to try to shed a little of the new fat (something that I'm generally terrible at).
But first......
It happens to be school break here this week, and my son and wife are away for a few days. I don't think I have any good view of how fat I really am. So over the next few days I'm going to enjoy my new rotundness, and try to find some ways to get a good handle on just how big I am. If I manage to come with anything fairly evocative I'll share it on this thread.
I'm also open to any interesting suggestions from others!
For starters the dry numbers, not that they give much real grasp of things:
-height: 5'8"
-weight: probably about 220 pounds (my scale says 215, but I know it reads low, I'm just not sure how low)
-best fit in clothes: shirt 17.5" neck shirt, XL tops, 42" waist pants.
-Equator of the belly: 46" or so (haven't checked in a few weeks)
Regards;
-Ed
This job though, man! No decent public transit, so since the end of biking season I've been driving every day (blech). And it is a total time vampire--any time I don't specifically put aside to spend with my family I end up committing to work. The result is that I've a real inactive blob this winter, and I've recently come to realize this had had significant blobbing effects on my physique. Just in the past week or two I've noticed things like:
- more difficulty leaning over to tie up shoe laces
- going to lean my head against the wall (I was miming my frustration) and finding my belly hitting the wall first).
- an awkward feeling that I think is a result of a slight shift in my centre of balance
- when reaching across my body, my arms running into my "moobs"
For the most part I don't like having gotten this out of shape, and I didn't intend to let myself get this fat. On the other hand, part of my loves being fat and is all excited by how big I've gotten, and kind of enjoys how being out of shape emphasises the effects of being bigger. Still, my intention is to start making time in my schedule for more regular physical activity, and to try to shed a little of the new fat (something that I'm generally terrible at).
But first......
It happens to be school break here this week, and my son and wife are away for a few days. I don't think I have any good view of how fat I really am. So over the next few days I'm going to enjoy my new rotundness, and try to find some ways to get a good handle on just how big I am. If I manage to come with anything fairly evocative I'll share it on this thread. I'm also open to any interesting suggestions from others!
For starters the dry numbers, not that they give much real grasp of things:
-height: 5'8"
-weight: probably about 220 pounds (my scale says 215, but I know it reads low, I'm just not sure how low)
-best fit in clothes: shirt 17.5" neck shirt, XL tops, 42" waist pants.
-Equator of the belly: 46" or so (haven't checked in a few weeks)
Regards;
-Ed
