I am a gamer. Some call us Geeks, Nerds, Smartypants..whatever.

From the beginnings of computers waaaaayyyyy back when I was younger, in the early 80's, my bestus buddy and big toe Dave had a computer his Dad had that we played our ever first adventure.....Zork.

It was a text based adventure where you navigated through dungeons and the wilderness by reading the text on screen and deciding where to go by using the E,W,N,S, keys. (It was a 5 1/2 inch floppy disk game) Oh we would sit for HOURS playing this. Dave typing in the commands as I mapped the  area using a yellow legal pad so we could find out way out when we needed too.
And sitting there besides us as we gamed for hours on end...Tostitos and Bean Dip with a Soda chaser.

The purpose of this rant is to say..yes..computers will make you fat and even lazy if you let them.
Not only computers but X-box, PSP, Nintendo you name it..we are no longer running around outside, working muscles and lungs improving our health.
We are sitting behind a PC screen of gaming console working our characters muscles and lungs, improving their hit points and health while we eat chips and dip, nibble on snacks, drink soda and...EXPAND!!

Kids are the same way.
My Mom would kick us out of the house on nice days and even cut the plug off the TV so we could not just sit and veg out in front of it.
I am not saying throw your PC's, X-boxes and such out the windows, I am reminding you that there is a real world out there. Go visit it!!
Life is not the Sims.

When I was in the Army we had computers and email. I worked next to a Major who was glued to that screen. One day I had some paperwork I needed him to review and had it printed out attempting to hand it to him from across the desk. I said, "Sir, here is that range information I need you to look at"
He did not even look up...he said "Email it to me"

I said "Sir....I am sitting RIGHT HERE..."

Well get my point?

I don't own a PDA, iPhone, iPad or even have a MySpace or Facebook account. I tried Twitter and such, but you know what...if you want to know what I am doing in the course of my day or life...CALL ME.
I am narcissistic as it is but not so much that I think MILLIONS of people want to know what color my bowel movement was that morning.

As I stated in the beginning, I am a gamer..I like to game. I could waste years of my life (and have) gaming the days and nights away.
As my waist got bigger nibbling on munchies while playing my games, I decided I had to stop or figure out a better plan.

Being an adult..we are in charge of our own destiny's. I make sure that when I want to game, I have done something constructive first. Cleaned up something, ran my 30 minutes or walked my hour, and took a shower before I sat my big keyster in that oh so comfy chair.
I do the same with kids. I have set times they could play their games or be on the PC and made sure they did something constructive before they sat down. If it was a sunny day WE would go out and do something. My wife and I even made a day where we DO NOT get on the computers. We work on hobby stuff. putter around. Go out and explore, or just read a book.

In conclusion, as you get on that scale and wonder what the heck is going on..where all this weight came from..it's not your computer's fault. Think about all that time behind that keyboard and what you snacked on while working, surfing, or playing a game.

One of my High School Gym teachers (Mr. FrinFrock) summed it up way back then when he said "The more you sit, the wider you get"

He was a VERY wise man!!

So quit sitting there reading this...get up and DO something!!