Role Playing

Role Playing has become a key role in my life. (Not the naughty kind you lovely pervies!) I write for three different characters on a Twitter role play as well as three other characters for a website. I devote a lot of time to them all, or at least I try to. I find my Twitter life is much easy to work with since I can use my phone to reply and post all day and night. As for the website, I am an administrator there and have worked with the site for over three years. Honestly if I could find an app for my phone that would let me post on there I'd use it in a heartbeat and flood that site with all my posts as well. It's fun to get out of your own skin and into someone else. Much like my writing I get different perspectives on how someone may respond in different situations. Some have even surprised me. With the Twitter the character is not my own creation so there are limits that even I would sometimes like to break but theyre there for a reason, even if I may not agree with it. They're definitely a good way to keep me writing and active in that world, always opening new and interesting worlds for me to explore. I would highly suggest all writers to try their hand at role playing once in a while, if only to give your mind a rest from the chaos of your own little world.

Exercise + Diet = My Life

They arent my life because I like them, more or less I like not looking like a fatty fatty boombalatty. Against my strong belief that I would never again weight over 140lbs I did manage to gain 20lbs within a year without even batting an eye. I knew it was happening. I had stepped on the scale and say 130lbs, then 135;bs. Certain clothes didnt fit, or didnt fit right, but I brushed it off and said 'Ill lose it with no problem.' The wake-up call was walking into my doctors office and having them weigh me only to find that I was now at a high of 142lbs. I nearly broke out in tears because it had been nearly 4 years since I'd weighed that much. I told myself all I had to do was eat healthy and eat less and the weight would fall of. Right? Wrong! I gained another 5lbs just by not adding exercise into my day to day. I know many people will tell you 'Eating right is all you need.' but that isnt so for everyone. I cut out so much from my diet, I hadn't drank soda or juices in years so there wasnt much in the way of drinking to cut back on. I'd mostly stayed away from processed foods or fast foods because I liked to cook and junk food was a once in a while treat, not an every meal of every day thing. So what was I doing wrong? I remembered that when I lost weight the most was working at Petland. Twelve hour days spent walking, lifting, climbing stairs and all around busting my ass for 4-5 days each week. I was getting roughly 60hrs worth of exercise just by working. When I left that job I had already lost about 20lbs. I was a nice 116lbs, for the first time since probably my elementary school days. I started working at the gym and tried to keep up with exercising and being active, although only working 3 days a week and having a desk to sit at I didn't get as much as I'd hoped. I gained roughly 5-10lbs but I believe most of it was muscle, because a lot of it went into my shoulders and arms due to lifting weights. Still I was content with 125lbs. So the answer for me was simple, the more I move the more I lose. I remembered eating plates and plates of food at that time. Two thanksgiving dinners on top of whatever else I had eaten for breakfast and lunch. It was amazing the way I could stuff my face and still stay so slim. Diet may be key to some, but exercise trumps it all for me. I've slowly gotten into walking and running, although running takes its toll on me and I can only usually do about 1 minute to 2 minutes at a time and a maximum of 10 minutes total for the night. I've lost 10lbs so far by just keeping up with my exercise but its only left me at 138lbs which is far from my goal! I still have another 18lbs to go before my birthday, although I would be content with just another 8lbs for the time. I hope to achieve this goal and rid myself of the depression that has slowly sunk into me.

Two Months?!

I'm ashamed to say that were 2/3rds of the way through the year and I have missed writing a post for the past two months. Not only that but I'm only halfway to 20 posts. Really it should not have been so hard for me to make two posts a month! I dont know if its because the blog isnt in a place on my computer that I can really see it everyday enough to think 'Hey I should post on there' or because I have been so wrapped up in my own little world the past two months that I havent had the time to dwell and write. I also haven't written much in general for the past few months and I feel like I really should get back into it as the winter months approach. I also notice that this has become a ramble of sorts and I should probably end it before it goes sour. All that I know is I should have at least 16 posts. So I have 6 more to make up before the end of this month because then I will be up to 8 posts required and I would really hate to see where I pull those out of.