Yup. It is a struggle to balance it all. I have so many things I like to do besides gaming as well. I can't do half of the things I love. I can't even play more than one game at a time which sucks because my fiance is always wanting me to play Halo with him but I also want to play Stardew Valley. I get sad because I want to play other games but him and his friends always go back to Halo and so I gave up trying to play things like Elder Scrolls Online and such because it is boring alone. So I went back to computer gaming on games I don't mind playing alone.

It's definitely hard to find a balance. Especially since I started lifting. Lately I've been playing games that don't require a lot of commitment.

I'm in the same place. For me, it's almost a psychological battle. Like when I get up in the morning and think of what I have to do all day (work, be active, cook, etc.) I actually get really grumpy and unreasonable when I find I'll have less than a couple hours left for gaming or reading or writing or whatever. It's as much of a bad habit as eating the wrong foods for me.

I've been on MFP for a few years now and I knew my gaming habits were one of many reasons I got big and heavy and was that way for the majority of my 20's. I was addicted to many games but one of my main ones was the MMORPG FFXI. If I wasn't at work, asleep, or hanging out with friends, I'd be on the game. In my late 20's I quit cold turkey on all of my gaming, focused on controlling my intake and getting exercise in for nearly 2 years. It was a bit hard at first but over time it got better as I felt the weight drop and my health improve. One of the things I found that helped is Fitocracy. It made exercising into a game and I'd challenge other Fitocracy members. I've also joined various MFP challenges people create, my most recent one I completed was a Harry Potter themed one.

hyIianprincess wrote: »

It's definitely hard to find a balance. Especially since I started lifting. Lately I've been playing games that don't require a lot of commitment.

I do this as well. I tried briefly the STWOR MMO but knew it was not going to work for me considering the time sink it can become. I stick to mostly single player games and I limit myself to 4 to 6 hrs a week.

megzchica23 wrote: »

lacroyx wrote: »

I've been on MFP for a few years now and I knew my gaming habits were one of many reasons I got big and heavy and was that way for the majority of my 20's. I was addicted to many games but one of my main ones was the MMORPG FFXI. If I wasn't at work, asleep, or hanging out with friends, I'd be on the game. In my late 20's I quit cold turkey on all of my gaming, focused on controlling my intake and getting exercise in for nearly 2 years. It was a bit hard at first but over time it got better as I felt the weight drop and my health improve. One of the things I found that helped is Fitocracy. It made exercising into a game and I'd challenge other Fitocracy members. I've also joined various MFP challenges people create, my most recent one I completed was a Harry Potter themed one.

hyIianprincess wrote: »

It's definitely hard to find a balance. Especially since I started lifting. Lately I've been playing games that don't require a lot of commitment.

I do this as well. I tried briefly the STWOR MMO but knew it was not going to work for me considering the time sink it can become. I stick to mostly single player games and I limit myself to 4 to 6 hrs a week.

If only I could get my fiance off Halo... He plays it every day after work and all day on weekends if we don't go somewhere. He only stops to eat food with me and then back to Halo. I tried to get him to exercise with me and ask him to go for walks. But he never does anymore. I have a feeling he is going to kick himself in the butt when I get back down to the weight I was when we met and he hasn't. Which I don't care what he weighs. But you should see how he eats... it isn't healthy. I worry about his health a lot. He has no self control. He doesn't even have to be hungry, he just eats to eat. If there is food, he has to eat it all. So I just worry what is going to happen if he develops health issues and has to refrain. Like if he had my stomach issues he wouldn't make it because he wouldn't be able to cut everything out like I do.

Tell him you want to spend more time with him, if he doesnt change start going out with your friends etc, after a few early morning sneaks into bed he'll take notice.

If the cat dont behave take its food away

Looking for more gamer friends here!

megzchica23 wrote: »

Mr_Stabbems wrote: »

megzchica23 wrote: »

lacroyx wrote: »

I've been on MFP for a few years now and I knew my gaming habits were one of many reasons I got big and heavy and was that way for the majority of my 20's. I was addicted to many games but one of my main ones was the MMORPG FFXI. If I wasn't at work, asleep, or hanging out with friends, I'd be on the game. In my late 20's I quit cold turkey on all of my gaming, focused on controlling my intake and getting exercise in for nearly 2 years. It was a bit hard at first but over time it got better as I felt the weight drop and my health improve. One of the things I found that helped is Fitocracy. It made exercising into a game and I'd challenge other Fitocracy members. I've also joined various MFP challenges people create, my most recent one I completed was a Harry Potter themed one.

hyIianprincess wrote: »

It's definitely hard to find a balance. Especially since I started lifting. Lately I've been playing games that don't require a lot of commitment.

I do this as well. I tried briefly the STWOR MMO but knew it was not going to work for me considering the time sink it can become. I stick to mostly single player games and I limit myself to 4 to 6 hrs a week.

If only I could get my fiance off Halo... He plays it every day after work and all day on weekends if we don't go somewhere. He only stops to eat food with me and then back to Halo. I tried to get him to exercise with me and ask him to go for walks. But he never does anymore. I have a feeling he is going to kick himself in the butt when I get back down to the weight I was when we met and he hasn't. Which I don't care what he weighs. But you should see how he eats... it isn't healthy. I worry about his health a lot. He has no self control. He doesn't even have to be hungry, he just eats to eat. If there is food, he has to eat it all. So I just worry what is going to happen if he develops health issues and has to refrain. Like if he had my stomach issues he wouldn't make it because he wouldn't be able to cut everything out like I do.

Tell him you want to spend more time with him, if he doesnt change start going out with your friends etc, after a few early morning sneaks into bed he'll take notice.

If the cat dont behave take its food away

Lol. That wouldn't work because I would have to find friends and if I suddenly had friends and going out he would think I was cheating or something LOL Plus I always go to bed early. I'm an old person. I go home cook dinner, cuddle my cats, clean up and go to bed.

Literally me. If I told my beau that I was going out with friends he'd be like "friends? do you mean your taking the dogs for a walk?"