I'm afraid to look at the scale after all I ate this holiday season. My birthday is in a couple weeks, I think I'm gonna ask my parents for a years membership to 24-Hour Fitness. The thing is, I really like jogging, and there is nowhere close to my apartment to do that other than a gym.

The downside is that I might not even need it, with all the walking and biking I will be doing once I get rid of my car. On the upside, I'll have access to weight lifting equipment, which would come in handy if I found the time (and could afford the protein) to lift regularly.

Either all that, or I was thinking about starting a pro-fat movement, not really like "eat all you can and get orca fat" but like, start walking around with my gut hanging out to foster acceptance of people who are a little over average. I don't think many people would get behind that, I mean, most fat people don't like getting naked...

Mike,
After I moved from my parent's suburban house to SF I lost about 10-12 pounds the first semester without "dieting" or "exercising." It's the hills and not having the family fridge. if there's no food in the fridge it's not gonna just magically appear unless I burn some calories to walk to the store to get some.

I dunno about a pro-fat movement. I have a skinny indie-rocker fetish which I don't think I gonna go away anytime soon.

Yeah, I'm thinking I'll be eating so little out of lack of funds and walking and biking so much due to lack of a car that a gym membership would be a waste. It's gonna come down to the weight lifting, cause I would really rather get a gift certificate to Aomeba, or nothing at all. I dunno what happened, I turned into some kind of freak that thinks it would be the coolest if I didn't get anything at all.