Most favorite geeky activity sacrificed for fitness

Aeriesified

Ugh... the leader of my guild just stepped down and quit the game altogether, and I was nominated to take his place. Trying to lead a sixty member guild and lose weight at the same time?

I need to put my Wonder Woman panties on to get this all covered. xD

You had me at Wonder Woman panties.

Me too! Er but seriously, get a couple officers you trust, give them the "base" rules on who they can invite, kick, etc, set up yuor ranks in a way that helps keep things in control (keep in mind you want a rank that you can set to "shut the **** up" to demote people to) and then you don't need to be around as much.

We're at full capacity and my second in command does a pretty decent job when I'm not around. I've got everyone in the ranks I want them, which is pretty decent. What I'm worried about is keeping everyone active. I'm trying to limit my hours, but at the same time, it's difficult when that's the goal for everyone else.

jenbunboo

My wakeup call came when a real life friend of mine passed away. While he had health problems his whole life, he had a standing job, so he got some movement in. When he got laid off, WoW was his escape. It was already my escape, so we spent plenty of time together. I was guild lead, raid lead, top dps (mmm, warlock), first of our friends to 85, <the insane> (before it was easy), <the exalted>, had the 100 mounts before cataclysm, <lorekeeper>, you name it. While my *kitten* was growing sitting playing the game for way too much time (my /played was ridiculous) he was on just as much supplying herbs for potions, gold for the guild bank, mats for every woman's everything (he had a weak spot for boobies), and gearing his own toons for our raids. That man was dedicated.

However, he developed sleep apnea, and found it most comfortable to sleep sitting up. He "ate healthy" meaning he ordered the strawberry shake thingy at starbucks, cheese stuffed pretzels from the convenience store with an apple, and didn't understand why he wasn't losing weight. The sleeping sitting up finally did him in. He developed a blood clot in his leg, which became a pulmonary embolism. He called my fiance and I to let us know he was going to the hospital because he was having a hard time breathing, and by the time we drove out to him (we had moved a bit over an hour away), he had died.

Now, don't get me wrong, WoW didn't kill him directly, but it gave him the blinders to his own life that are so dangerous. I tried to go back to playing again afterwards, but...it was not the same. And I knew what I was doing to myself, he removed my blinders. So, while I still miss it, I gave up WoW and got my life in order. I spend more than 15 minutes a night getting dinner together, which lets me cook healthy fresh foods. I wake up early in the morning to get moving instead of staying up into the wee hours "just checking one more thing on the auction hall." I think the first 20 lbs of my weight loss can pretty much be directly contributed to stopping playing.

Llyrian

Holy crap! I'm sorry for the loss of your friend; that's terrible. And yes, definitely a huge wakeup call. It makes me think some of the guys at work have the right idea with their standing desks...

tameko2

Holy crap! I'm sorry for the loss of your friend; that's terrible. And yes, definitely a huge wakeup call. It makes me think some of the guys at work have the right idea with their standing desks...

ohhhh if I could have a standing desk I totally would! and I wish my work would put in a few tread desks.

Iheartpsychosis

Definitely MMORPGS lol. I went from WoW (for many years. Start of TBC until a bit after Cata). Then tried Rift. Then played SWTOR - which is a really great game. If I was younger I probably would blow a few years on that game too...but I don't want to wonder what happened with the years..AGAIN.