Hawt for Chillin

06/23/2011

Days until Con : 70

You may not know this about me, but I'm obsessive. Over just about everything. I believe podcasts were invented for people like me who take a subject and completely devour it. I'm now actively listening to 12 podcasts, 4 of those are SWTOR related, and the others are health related. When I was first dipping my toes in game mastering (it's a d&d thing) on top of reading storytelling articles and youtube videos, I also had about 5 subscriptions active for actual play tabletop podcasts.

I bring this up because focusing on subjects is my thang, it's something that defines me and it's definitely a double edged sword. There's a threshold consuming knowledge using my methods and it causes me physical stress when I'm frustrated at my rate of intellectual growth on the given subject. The past week or two I had to back away from obsessing over heath and it was a much needed reprieve. Due to time and driving limitations I haven't gone to a gym or had adequate intense exercise but it's been something of a blessing as I was probably pushing things too hard.

The lesson to be learned for anyone here is that losing weight is a ridiculous amount of pressure if you concentrate on it too much and stress has a direct effect on metabolism. I'm learning, as I hope you will, to calm down and just have faith in your day to day routines. Losing weight isn't a race, it's not a marathon as I've once stated, instead it's the sum of all the parts that make up of your day to day life. Sleep, food, physical activity, and stress are things we must deal with on a day to day basis in order to survive, and if you make the changes necessary in all those parts then allow yourself to sit on autopilot.

Willpower alone will not help you lose weight, and you wont lose it all today, or tomorrow. You'll lose it steadily over the course of months if you're doing things right. So calm it, as I've had to do lately, and you'll settle into a cozy place where you just know things are going to work out.

I'd like to thank Andrea for starting Hawt for D*Con up. It's like a punk rock tattoed bizarro version of Hot for Con. You should try the challenge she's inflicting on folks, much more hardcore than my puny "just try to lose weight and stuff" demands. I imagine her in full centurion battle regalia, duel wielding whips and shouting furiously at a platoon of dragon con health soldiers.

"For the Glory of Our Empire!" She'd cry over the sweaty and panting candidates.

I love it, and will comply with reckless abandon.